CEP176 Stillman Fires Collection; Tacoma Fire Department movies stock_footage moviesandfilms In November, 1940, the newly completed Tacoma Narrows Bridge, opened barely four months before, swayed and collapsed in a 42 mile-per-hour wind. There were no casualties except a dog trapped in a car stranded on the bridge. A rescue was attempted (by the man with the pipe), but the frightened animal would not leave the car. The site was declared a National Historic Landmark to discourage relic seekers and salvage operations. The whole films can be found at: http://www.archive.org/details/Pa2096Tacoma 1940 1940 stock footage; standard 4:3; historic; 1940; bridges; Tacoma Narrows Bridge Collapse; disaster http://creativecommons.org/licenses/publicdomain/ 2007-05-27 12:42:49 2007-05-27 12:42:30 cyzygy@mounet.com Arensky 2007-05-27 12:53:30 silent black and white 2:05 2007-06-21 11:03:22 Arensky