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  1. Oscillations of a Model Suspension Bridge in Wind & The Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge 1938-1940 (Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Free loan, Videocassette. U-matic, VHS. st. b&w. 15 min.

    To assist the designers of the proposed Severn bridge, experiments were carried out by the National Physical Laboratory on behalf of the Ministry of Transport. Followed by THE STORY OF THE TACOMA NARROWS...

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  2. Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse, The (1940 Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. st. b&w. 4 min., 2005 sale: £19.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in Novermber 1938 and in July 1940...

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  3. Story of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, The (1940 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in November 1938 and in July 1940 the...

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  4. Failure of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, The (1940 Film, Video)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The Tacoma Narrows is near Seattle, Washington, and is exposed to westerly winds from the Pacific Ocean. The construction of a suspension bridge across the narrows began in Novermber 1938 and in July 1940...

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  5. Collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Suspension Bridge (1940 Film)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The bridge was destroyed when its central span, the third longest in the world at the time, went into oscillation in a high wind. Dramatic shots of the disaster itself are preceded by brief scenes of the...

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  6. Building the New Tacoma Narrows Bridge (2007)

    Subject
    Civil Engineering & Building

    The Puget Sound Region is famed for its floating bridges and infamous for Galloping Gertie’s collapse. Now itboasts the USA’s fifth-longest suspension bridge. What did it take to span a mile-wide,...

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  7. Mechanics in Action (1990 Video)

    Subject
    Mathematics; Physics
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 21 min., 1999 sale: £12.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Introduces Newton’s laws and their application for solving problems in mechanics. Uses as illustrations real-world problems such as the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse; and compares Aristotle’s ideas on...

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  8. Roof of the World, The (1998 Video)

    Producer
    Anne-Marie Gallen
    Subject
    Mathematics
    Distribution
    Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The collapse of the Tacoma Narrows bridge in the 1940s, the destruction of cooling towers at the Ferrybridge Power Station and the loss of two Lockheed Electra aircraft in the 1950s were all caused by a...

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