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Color Footage of Tacoma Narrows

Some of the footage in this is pre collapse and is hard to find. It gives you an idea why it was named Galloping Gertie since Transverse waves were visible along the span  
 
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Theburn77 (2 days ago) Show Hide
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i read that the guy left his dog in the car and it was the only fatality
DontBeAfraidToCare (5 days ago) Show Hide
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A major design flaw?
DrBPhD (2 days ago) Show Hide
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@DontBeAfraidToCare Yes, in the way that they had not accounted for the effects of wind. It caused the bridge to go into resonance.
crazygamer3D (1 week ago) Show Hide
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i guess it was a very large sound AND I MEAN VERY LARGE TO DO THIS
Msayed100 (1 week ago) Show Hide
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Its a phenomenon called resonance...
clintonearlcecil (1 week ago) Show Hide
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that sucked
lakerstrufan24 (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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no more than 40 miles per hour. cal tech says so
44centz (2 weeks ago) Show Hide
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yer soz it was a typo
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WTF?
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