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World’s Greatest Cantilever Bridge, the Last Span, Weighing 5,000 Tons, Placed in Position on Quebec Bridge

Date released

3 Dec 1917

Series name

Gaumont Graphic

Issue no

699

NoS ID

076944

Story no

2 / 4

LS unfinished bridge. Photographer and visitors on bridge. Part manoeuvred into position.

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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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National Theatre Live: Julius Caesar (2018 Video)

Director

Nicholas Hytner

A recording, from London’s The Bridge Theatre, of Shakespeare’s tragedy broadcast live to UK and international cinemas from the Bridge Theatre on 22 March 2018 by National Theatre Live.

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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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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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Willems Bridge (New Generation) Rotterdam, The (1985 Video)

Subject

Engineering

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 30 min., 1995 sale: £65.00 (inclusive)

The new Willems bridge is a cable stayed bridge across the River Meuse in Rotterdam. It is, in fact, a bascule bridge which cannot be opened. Shows all phases in the building from the foundations to the...

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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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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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Science Shack: The Millennium Bridge (2004)

aka: Building Blocks

Subject

Architecture; Civil Engineering & Building

Distribution

VHS (PAL, 60 minutes), off air recording under licence

Adam Hart-Davis investigates why the Millennium Bridge wobbled and how it was fixed by building his own wobbling bridge.

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Hampshire. High Speed Bridge Building

Date released

30 Aug 1926

Series name

Topical Budget

Issue no

783-2

NoS ID

130742

Story no

2 / 6

[SUBTITLE]: "Rivers spanned in record time by Royal Engineers." Long shot of rural scene. Men approach river with bridge-building materials. Man floats across on front portion of bridge. Pontoon-style bridge...

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