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  1. Bridge Collapse

    Date released
    28 Oct 1957
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1482
    NoS ID
    021996
    Story no
    3 / 9

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Bridge Collapse. DESCRIPTION: A four-million-dollar suspension bridge across the Peace River in British Columbia. Part of the framework buckled and bent, collapsed. SHOTLIST: Long shot...

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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. The Genius of Brunel

    Date released
    14 Dec 1964
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1854
    NoS ID
    025790
    Story no
    3 / 4

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Clifton Suspension Bridge Centenary. DESCRIPTION: The Clifton Suspension Bridge across the Avon at Bristol is exactly 100 years old. It was at least a century ago the people in Bristol...

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  8. 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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  9. Deconstructing the World’s Longest Lego Suspension Bridge (2017)

    Subject
    Engineering

    Short video. The world’s longest LEGO suspension bridge is subject to destruction testing in the library of the Institution of Civil Engineers. [3 minutes]

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  10. Bridge Building - Somewhere in England

    Date released
    2 Oct 1939
    Series name
    Pathe Gazette
    Issue no
    39/77
    NoS ID
    097449
    Story no
    2 / 5
    Extras
    1 film clip

    New kind of steel suspension bridge made up of steel parts that can be screwed together in no time at all and thrown over rivers or canals should the regular bridge be destroyed.

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