Color Footage of Tacoma Narrows

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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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i live in seattle ... ( 2 months ago by CrimsonAmulet)

i live in seattle and have gone over the new tacoma narrows bridge, i looked at the struts of the original bridge, the only bit that was left, and thought wow, wind did all that

well if time was ... ( 1 month ago by Moviewhiz1)

well if time was limited i woulda done the same thing. Though i like dogs, i would save my life before the dogs. Sure both are said if either dies. But it's better fro the man to live.

no... is harmonic ... ( 1 month ago by Beliserius1)

no... is harmonic ressonance. not just pressure.

this happened coz ... ( 1 month ago by nishnish12)

this happened coz the frequency of the driving force came dangerously close to the natural frequency of the bridge, thus causing a very large rise in amplitude of the "oscillation". And then we all know what happened :(

You know it is hard ... ( 1 month ago by bignarant)

You know it is hard to bealive someone who cat spells the word because- COZ. It was wind.

yes, whatever u say ... ( 1 month ago by nishnishnish2121)

yes, whatever u say:)

Huh? "Who cat ... ( 1 month ago by GundamFanGirl)

Huh? "Who cat spells the word?" What's that supposed to mean?

too bad hes right ... ( 1 month ago by mclarenf1905)

too bad hes right retard, it called resonant frequency, and it was caused by the driving force of the waves having the same frequency, or very close to the frequency of the bridge.

Buddy it was wind. ... ( 1 month ago by bignarant)

Buddy it was wind. I am sorry but I am going to take what I learn is school about building bridges and why the colapse instead of some guy on youtube so dont bother replying my back because I wont bealive you ither way.

mclarenf1905 is ... ( 1 month ago by rams4life289)

mclarenf1905 is right, as was the guy before
is was resonant frequency, where the waves of the wind or any sound have the same or very close frequency of the object itself. it also explains why glass may break when an opera singer hits a high note. The singer puts out a frequency close to the natural frequency of the glass, causing it to vibrate and break. same thing happened to the bridge

is this shit real, ... ( 1 month ago by BenRomisgay)

is this shit real, cause the footage lookes really old.

yeah this is real i ... ( 1 month ago by foreverwaiting22)

yeah this is real i watched a show about this bridge on the history channel.

0:19 it looks like ... ( 1 month ago by beep41)

0:19 it looks like its breathing

u know there was a ... ( 1 month ago by hippopotomonsterous)

u know there was a dog in the car on the bridge that died when it collapsed

ofcourse its real ... ( 1 month ago by kaceydenise)

ofcourse its real idiot.
its old because it happened in the 1940s.

Saw this in school, ... ( 1 month ago by burnwood)

Saw this in school, as people say here it was resonant frequency that made the bridge collapse. I heard that it was very windy that day and the frequence of the sound the wind gave was very similar to the frequence of the bridge. So the bridge started to swing with the winds frequency til it collapsed.

Actually, there was ... ( 1 month ago by guitarosaur)

Actually, there was a dog in the car, but a Professor Farquarson went to the car and got the dog out about 20 seconds before the bridge collapsed.

No, He tried to get ... ( 1 month ago by 999pingu111)

No, He tried to get it out but it bit him so he left him.

ACTUALLY, the dog ... ( 4 weeks ago by hippopotomonsterous)

ACTUALLY, the dog died because the "Professor Farquarson" attempted to save the dog but ultimatley failed, resulting in the overall fatality of the dog with the collapse of the bridge.

0:47 is crazy ( 4 weeks ago by 13GuitarGod13)

0:47 is crazy

Tamvien sale en un ... ( 4 weeks ago by thiago815)

Tamvien sale en un episodio de los muppets jajaja (la caricatura) ,lo vi hace mil aÃ±os

yea ur rite..wat a ... ( 4 weeks ago by holysht332)

yea ur rite..wat a coincidence teh breeze was exactly the same frequency as bridge..haha wind destroyed bridge...well we all learn from mistakes

lol thats why ... ( 1 week ago by RobertsDigital)

lol thats why people should not make bridges with chewing gun....

same ( 4 days ago by ne0ngeek)

same

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