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Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse (Standard 4:3)
About this film
In November, 1940, the newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge, opened barely four months before, swayed and collapsed in a 42 mile-per-hour wind. There were no casualties except a dog trapped in a car stranded on the bridge. A rescue was attempted (by the man with the pipe), but the frightened animal would not leave the car. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark to discourage relic seekers and salvage operations. The whole films can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/Pa2096Tacoma
Directors & creators
Stillman Fires Collection; Tacoma Fire Department
Subjects
stock footage; standard 4:3; historic; 1940; bridges; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; disaster