ABC 7pm news Westgate Bridge collapse 1970

An actual telerecording of the 7pm ABC news Oct 15 1970 the day the Westgate Bridge
collapsed in Melbourne

Category:

News & Politics

Tags:

• westgate
• bridge
• collapse
• telerecording
• abc
• news

[miss3844]

compared to the bridge today , how high was it when it collapsed

[telerecordings]

Same i think.

[trebor2122]

my uncal fall from the bridge on callapes and lived and went back work to finish it of and said it was the safest bridge in the world on tv the day it was opened

[mahargkcaj]

Was this filmed with a cinder-block?

[darkangel2347]

One day, I'd like to visit Melbourne and for the use of this name, I would pay a visit to the Westgate Bridge memorial.

[darkangel2347]

the name that I use here (darkangel2347) does pay tribute to my almost 4 years in Melbourne (15/3/70 to 8/1/74) and with a specific reference to this event. I was 7 months old at the time. The bridge finally opened on 1611/78. But by then, I'd had moved to SA. I still live in SA as of 12/7/11. The suicides of Jodie Gator & Stephanie Gestier in Melbourne (two 16-yo emo girls) in April 2007 also contribite 50% for this name that I use on Youtube.

[xxsammitxx]

this is why i freak out everytime i go over it..

[codyjarrat]

Thanks, this was interesting.

[Divjak9]

here comes 2

[avidutubewatcher]

@neilringram thanks for the post - still recalling the screams nearly 40years later must be a horrible experience