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Tacoma Bridge Collapse

Date released

2 Dec 1940

Series name

Pathe Gazette

Issue no

40/97

NoS ID

098422

Story no

5 / 7

Extras

1 film clip, 1 commentary sheet, 1 shot list

Suspension bridge which was only opened a few months previously is caught in a 35 mile an hour wind, which apparently sets up a rhythmic swinging of the bridge which increases with each swing. Finally the...

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