1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse
British Pathé · News · 1 min · 2013 · YouTube title: Tacoma Bridge Collapse: The Wobbliest Bridge in the World? (1940) | British Pathé
Why it's here
HN uses the footage as a visual illustration of resonance and oscillation growing until structural failure.
What it covers
Short British Pathe newsreel footage of the 1940 collapse of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge as it twisted and swayed in the wind. The only casualty was a dog left in a stalled car.