Krakatoa, East of Java

00:00:07 the tiny volcanic island of Krakatoa erupted

00:03:50 I win! I win!

00:05:53 The Schuits, a Dutch family, lived and worked on the Fourth Point lighthoUse

00:07:53 A sign of what was happening deep inside the volcano.

00:11:33 (SPEAKING IN MALAY DIALECT)

00:14:39 -Got it. -What is it?

00:18:02 -So, the money? -I need more time.

00:20:17 I hardy think that native superstition qualifies...

00:23:20 Corpses. They think we smell like the dead.

00:26:57 Willem!

00:32:22 (SHOUTING IN MALAY DIALECT)

00:38:32 Oh, thank God. Thank God.

00:40:34 It's done this before.

00:44:54 NARRATOR: Sailors that survived the eruption reported a strange glowing.

00:46:55 And some people say that it will come again.

00:49:38 It means that if I can't lower her centre of gravity, she'll capsize.

00:53:16 NARRATOR: 8:30 p.m.

00:57:47 (EXPLOSION)

01:01:03 Hold her steady, now.

01:04:03 Keep the screw turning. Ahead full speed.

01:09:36 Theo!

01:14:16 (SOBBING)

01:20:35 being washed up on the coast of Africa a year later.

01:26:17 and it's still growing.