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Tacoma Bridge Collapse

Series

Series Name
Pathe Gazette

Issue

Issue No.
40/97
Date Released
2 Dec 1940
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Marshal of the RAF Sir Cyril Newall
  2. 2Post Much Earlier This Christmas
  3. 3Trained in Canada
  4. 4The King Receives a "Decoration"
  5. 5Tacoma Bridge Collapse
  6. 6Evans of the Broke Comperes a Shelter Concert
  7. 7Tube Snacks
  8. *South Africa’s Agricultural Show
  9. *Walking Race in Regents Park
  10. *Rugby at Oxford

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 7
Summary
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 suspension cables give way and the bridge plunges into the water below.
Keywords
Weather; Accidents and disasters
Locations
Washington; Tacoma
Length of story (in feet)
117
Story extras:
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Notes
Pathe now also handles the Reuters Historical Collection, which includes the British Paramount, Empire British, Gaumont Graphic and Gaumont British newsreels.
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