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  1. Re-Building Destroyed Bridge

    Date released
    19 Sep 1949
    Series name
    British Movietone News
    Issue no
    1059
    NoS ID
    015956
    Story no
    6 / 7

    MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Rebuilding the Freak Bridge. DESCRIPTION: The Tacoma Bridge in Washington State is to be rebuilt. It was originally built nine years ago, but high winds revealed a structural fault,...

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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 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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  4. 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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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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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  8. The New Tacoma Bridge

    Date released
    19 Sep 1949
    Series name
    Universal News
    Issue no
    2001
    NoS ID
    150853
    Story no
    7 / 7

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  9. Tacoma Bridge Collapse

    Date released
    12 Dec 1940
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    724
    NoS ID
    061186
    Extras
    1 film clip

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  10. New Tacoma Bridge Recalls 1940 Disaster

    Date released
    19 Sep 1949
    Series name
    Gaumont British News
    Issue no
    1639
    NoS ID
    067844
    Story no
    7 / 8
    Extras
    1 film clip

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