Tacoma Bridge Collapse: The Wobbliest Bridge in the World? (1940) | British Pathé

Was Tacoma Narrows Bridge the wobbliest bridge in the world? Check out this amazing footage of the collapse of the world's third largest suspension bridge (at the time), Tacoma Narrows Bridge, Washington, in 1940. The only casualty was a dog who had been left in a stalled car by its owner.
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[@michellerosenvall8500]

The engineer who designed that bridge was a total genius in the sense that he was able to make asphalt bend without cracking.

[@MikeSmith-kx3lr]

It was still green pretty much.

[@Conradlovesjoy]

But it did crack…

[@trannhuhientrannhu8325]

Actually, that's probably concrete

[@Jasmine-jx4ve]

Did you watch it to the end? 😆

[@kathleenmontgomery683]

Yeah it does bend a lot without breaking

[@radforddivisionrailfan]

For many of you wondering why the bridge would swing and later collapse, every object has a natural frequency. The wind that day met the same frequency as the bridge, causing it to "resonate" and the resonating caused the bridge to collapse.

[@florianromer9899]

Could you please explain, how the wind had the same frequency as eigen-frequency of the bridge? I do not believe, that gusts came in that freuqency.

[@abhijeetkhandave7683]

A body capable of swinging has a natural frequency at which the amplitude is greatest. If you have to imagine what is natural frequency consider the swinging of pendulum. When you give the swing it oscillates at its natural frequency if there's no external damping force ( air resistance). Remember that the natural frequency will be same no matter from where you displace the pendulum. In case of bridge here the air had the frequency close to the NF of bridge and resonance occoured causing it to collapse.

[@florianromer9899]

@@abhijeetkhandave7683 I understand the natural frequency (Eigenfrequency), but what is the frequency of the air? I think a steady air flow is able to create this disaster. So there must be antoher mechanism. Maybe the towers produce/release vortices with the same frequency of the bridge? Everytime it releases one, the force is reduced and the tower starts swinging with its Eigenfrequency? And this fits to the Eigenfrequency of the part with the road?! Or are the vortices created at the part with the road?

[@abhijeetkhandave7683]

@@florianromer9899 air as such doesn't have any frequency, by that i meant that the air exerted pressure on the bridge causing it to oscillate. When external force frequency became equal to the natural frequency of the bridge, it started swinging at the highest possible amplitude.Thats how it came down.

[@ytexplosive2149]

@@florianromer9899 it’s the same when you hold someone by there hands and legs and swing them

[@dougmarks2163]

My mom actually saw the bridge fall. My dad said that when the bridge was open before the bridge fell, that when you drove over it in the wind, the car lights in front of you disappeared. He also said there was a bank in Tacoma at the time who had a big Billboard that said "We Are As Safe As the Narrows Bridge!" . . . . After it fell, they took the sign down ;-).

[@scarecrow9501]

That’s ironic

[@tutorforyou2]

😂😂

[@bradwright2787]

lol

[@auck1969]

That wild!

[@jamiecapes2644]

It's a miracle the bank didn't fail before they took the billboard down.

[@brandonhackbarth6213]

They just dont build em like they used to.

[@livispuzzled]

luckily

[@awid927]

Ok Boomer

[@user-kx2zv7tg3u]

@@awid927 man you make me hate my own generation lol learn when NOT to say a joke, please

[@katietaylor-ej2id]

This deserves SO MUCH MORE likes 😂

[@glemning4256]

@@awid927 they took the bait

[@yeem_lad]

R.I.P Car R.I.P Dog

[@jacksonslocum5718]

that style of mustash was vary popular in that time one good example is Charlie chaplin

[@christymontes7748]

How do you know if the dog isn’t dead?

[@Lorcan-fo1vt]

The dog made it out

[@hoesluvoscarr]

Where is the dog?

[@cedrichor3338]

Dead

[@c1bav]

Legend has it that the dog swam to safety and went on to win an Oscar

[@MikeJones-eh4zv]

“Bark twice if you’re in Milwaukee!”

[@baseballlifer1250]

@@MikeJones-eh4zv THIS COMMENT 🤣

[@SilkandScrooge]

I really hope so. The dog things bums me out. Who tf leaves their dog like that?

[@baltimorefella8407]

@@SilkandScroogeapparently the dog was too scared to come out

[@Infertilewithaturtle]

I hate that I was the 666th like on this one, but the dog is worth it.

[@LivySykesKorra]

That's insane! I love how that man casually strolls away from the deadly bridge.

[@GH-oi2jf]

Olivia S - That’s not the car owner, he’s an engineer.

[@zyloproductions4870]

That man is Professor Bert Farquharson. The professor studied engineering at the University of Washington, and he was one of the ones tasked with trying to find ways to stop the bridge’s swinging in the wind. Five days before the collapse, he presented a method to stop the bouncing. They tested it on a scale model of the bridge, and it actually worked. But they never got a chance to implement those because the bridge went down only a couple days later. On that day, Farquharson rushed to the bridge when he heard what was happening with movie cameras and took several videos of the bridge’s final moments. The bridge’s twisting movement that you see in the film had never happened before. Usually it just bobbed up and down in the wind. All of that bobbing over the course of its four months took its toll on that day, resulting in this new erratic movement. Before Farquhason arrived, several terrified people got stuck on the bridge the exact moment the bouncing turned to twisting. A young couple that was driving a delivery truck had to crawl back to the east tower after the violent twisting motion began causing their truck tipped over. A college student walking across the bridge struggled to crawl back towards the other tower. One woman successfully managed to drive her car across the bridge when the twisting began, the only damage to her being a scratch in her car’s paint. The most known man who escaped was a Tacoma news editor, named Leonard Coatsworth. He was on his way to his summer home with his daughter’s cocker-spaniel in the backseat. Just as he was getting past one of the towers on the bridge, the twisting motion began, and he lost control of his Studebaker, the car skidding to a stop. Unable to drive, Coatsworth fled the vehicle, the twisting so violent he got thrown to the pavement several times. He crawled over to the other side of his car and tried to get his dog out of the backseat, but he couldn’t reach the door. He kept trying, but the bridge twisting was so violent, he couldn’t stand up and go back for him. The only thing he could do was crawl for the next several minutes back to the way he came. When he reached the tower and was out of the danger zone, he met up with the college student, would also been fleeing the bridge. Bruised them with their pants torn, both headed back to safety. The toll operators at this point closed the bridge seeing how dangerous it was. Anyways, Farquhason had actually ventured onto the bridge with another reporter, named Howard Clifford, who Coatsworth had called after he escaped. Both shot pictures and video of the disaster. However, they both knew about Coatsworth’s poor dog who was stuck. Professor Farquhason loved dogs, and he couldn’t leave him there. Both Clifford and Farquhason made separate attempts to rescue him when the wind calm down a little bit, and the bridge’s swaying slowed down slightly. Clifford tried first, but the wind picked up again and he lost his footing, so he was forced to turn back. Once the wind died down again, Farquhason made his attempt. Farquhason actually did manage to make it to the car without to many troubles, and managed to stay standing. He tried to gently pick up the dog, but the poor pup was so terrified by the bridge’s rapid swinging that he bit Farquhason in a panic, and wouldn’t come to him. Farquhason tried, but then the wind started to pick up again, and the Bridge’s movement began to get violent once again. He also heard the roadway, straining and starting to crack apart louder and louder. Regretfully, he fled to save himself at this point. The footage you see of him walking back towards the camera was after his failed attempt to reach Coatsworth’s dog (his car seen in the background). Only a few minutes after the professor got back to the safety zone away from the center span, a 600 foot section of the bridge failed and crashed into the water. Clifford fled well Farquharson took one last video of the remaining section of the center span, shaking, and then eventually starting to twist again. He then fled, but as he did so the rest of the Center span of the bridge collapsed as well, taking Coatsworth’s car and dog with it. With the loss of weight, the roadway drooped down. Farquhason fell and broke one of his cameras lenses, though the footage stayed intact. Both he and Clifford got off the bridge shaken but alive.

[@bobertkallahan4392]

@@zyloproductions4870Horrific tragedy. Thankfully he escaped with his life, and tried as well as he could to save the dog.

[@macarthur19]

Dog died. Car died. Bridge died. Man lived. Bridge contractor fired.

[@oguzdaniel842]

LOL like a poem.

[@GH-oi2jf]

macarthur19 - The contractor didn’t cause this.

[@FunnyNoseGP]

Bridge contractor went on to build the i35 bridge in Minnesota and the west seattle bridge.

[@XrandommonX]

Rip car

[@cathyskywalker77]

Why didn't the person in the stalled car grab their dog? Never understood that part.

[@SCOTLANDTASTIC]

Interesting fact, the dog actually escaped and started a second life with a new family, it peacefully passed away in 1947.

[@jamostudios7596]

Comment 7 years ago: the dog was alive after that Comments 7 years later: WHY DA DOG DIED AWOGJSJSHDEK

[@josealberto3108]

Sauce?

[@Kaiden-9226]

@@josealberto3108 no you sus

[@thomassmith8140]

Here to burst your bubble, the dog died. It was inside the car and wouldnt get out, even bit one of the rescuers.

[@SCP--ul3jl]

@@Kaiden-9226 Among us is trash

[@guitarttimman]

What is the name of the great mathematician who tried to warn engineers that the Tacoma Bridge would collapse? He worked out the equation; the answer is linked to resonance frequency.

[@sammiller3444]

resonant frequency...only intelligent comment i've read so far. just like a wine glass shatters...

[@JohnDoe-nx1ll]

Professor Frederick Burt Farquharson... I think.

[@ireneudac439]

It matched the frequency of the bridge?

[@lanaazad111]

Mamshey Budak yes

[@japanfanatic1415]

@@JohnDoe-nx1ll Yes, Prof. Farquharson warned about it, and he was the one that filmed the collapse video. He attempted to save the dog too, but it bit his middle knuckle, therefore he could not. He never got recognized as he should have.

[@KenanLikent]

70% ''Poor Dog'' 20% ''Shut Up About Your Stupid Dog Comments!'' 9% ''Why The Guy Didnt Save The Dog?'' 1% ''Comments About Bridge'' EDIT: 00.1 ''Why The Guy Didnt Save The Car?''

[@DucksDontPuck]

You were never good with maths, were you?

[@sultangeno9555]

+Doğukan Kaya R.I.P Bridge you'll be missed, you'll always be a hero in our hearts

[@KenanLikent]

+Doğukan Kaya Here.. Happy?

[@DucksDontPuck]

The LostBoys​ Yes, maths. If you don't know what that means, Google it.

[@boghund]

I hab cansur

[@themotherfuckingking]

I like how people are just casually walking away at 0:30 as if its fuck all

[@coolfred9083]

@@Potatomelon111 Well someone was stood there recording it

[@Lozzomatic]

That car was one day away from retirement. RIP car, never forget

[@KungFuHustle38]

running the stickiest tires of its time

[@sgould6862]

You’re just never guaranteed your next start. 😏

[@ahmedhossain4760]

my oh my.....is this a free ride for those who cant afford amusement park.....

[@julian_yo_gamer2918]

Lol

[@cathyskywalker77]

I think the bridge was nicknamed Galloping Gertie. Other possibilities could be Shaky Susie or Buckling Betty or Twisty Terri or ...okay, I'll stop now.

[@VirreFriberg]

0:30 Everybody's like: Another bridge collapsing! I've seen 1000 of em'

[@agusti92]

That Bridge used to swing a lot. The coolapse took a few months or so.

[@cathyskywalker77]

@@agusti92 A bridge into swinging decades before it became a fad.

[@cablecar3683]

For those of you who dont know why the bridge was twisting, the deck of the bridge wasnt aerodynamic enough and in November 1940, 4 months after it was just opened, it collasped because the 35 MPH wind met the frequency of the bridge and it was resonating, eventually, the suspension cables that were holding the bridge snapped due to lots of stress, as you can see in the film and the road deck fell, plunging into the water below and most likely with lots of squids as the water under the bridge is very deep, eventually, the original bridge was demolished and replaced with a new structure nicknamed "Sturdy Gertie" I'm guessing was named because of how sturdy it was compared to the original "Galloping Gertie", which collasped, as I said, 4 months after the bridge's opening in June, 1940.

[@harryandruschak2843]

It wasn't just a dog that died that day. So did the reputations of some of the bridge designers and builders. And suspension bridges under construction, or planned to be built soon, were promptly redesigned to be equipped with deep trusses to prevent the aerodynamics that doomed Galloping Gerty

[@JohnBham]

When I was stationed at Fort Lewis, WA, in the 80's my friends and I used to go scuba diving among the wreckage of the bridge- excellent spear fishing area.

[@TheDallasDwayne]

Did You see the giant octopus though?

[@charlesbolland4436]

John, its 2022 and that is still a favorite scuba diving spot….bridge wreckage is still there and still attracts a lot of sea life.

[@EskimoCanadian44]

The bridge wasn't built with a stiffening truss which allowed it to oscillate. It collapsed from its own vibration.

[@Musicradio77Network]

Thankfully, the Whitestone Bridge added a stayed cable to prevent from wobbling the bridge, and that was a year after it opened in 1939, and it was sort of cheap to built.

[@samburkes7552]

@@Musicradio77Network ..Crossed that bridge several times while living back in N.Y.

[@Feliploids1]

R.I.P brother... much sad

[@Johndavidson4]

wow still here much happy wow

[@FuzzyFuzzets]

And I, a dog from a pixelated video game future, still stand. I'm with ya'll, Felipe and John.

[@Graycata]

I love the announcers voice when he mention that the only casualties were a car and a dog. His voice was so funny

[@BackSeatHump]

Was that a Pontiac? Fantastic hand brake - that's quality!

[@constantine7382]

I've seen this a hundred times through the years and find it one of the scariest things I have ever seen.

[@samburkes7552]

Constantine,,I ever so totally agree!! That's why, intelligence that I possess, I still fear crossing large bridges!

[@constantine7382]

@@samburkes7552 Same here! Ruined my childhood.

[@chloemilne1113]

get a life

[@constantine7382]

@@chloemilne1113 Make me a sandwich!

[@fvalverdelara]

My question is... was the Dog driving the car?

[@aleacosta2463]

The man who was driving it went away leaving him inside..

[@barbarabeswick3472]

Do research, the dog bit the owner so he was forced to abondon the dog

[@Musicradio77Network]

In 1940, a few NYC suspension bridges are not collapsed. This was a year after the Bronx Whitestone Bridge opened and there was no sign of collapsing the bridge, but still stable. Leon Moisseiff was the guy who designed this bridge, and he was the same guy who did the Manhattan Bridge when it opened in 1909 into 1910.

[@YaleKolin]

poor dog.

[@OHL1315]

the bridge was well designed. The concepts of Resonance were uknown by that moment.

[@youreverydayjager1983]

It wasn’t as it was not aerodynamic with shape

[@luxeproultimate360]

@@youreverydayjager1983 you clearly are not an engineer

[@sabercrosby8128]

that's a huge insult to Galileo lol. He discovered resonance in 1602

[@Dcmazters]

@@luxeproultimate360 Resonance was a contributing factor to the bridge collapse, but aerodynamic properties of its design caused the majority of the issues. Because of the shape of the bridge, the wind passing through would cause it to rotate on the horizontal axis, and when it was at the point of highest rotation, the effect the wind had on the bridge reversed, causing it to twist back in the other direction. Couple this with the bridge's natural rotational inertia and it twisted at increasing levels of amplitude, finally causing the collapse.

[@ThatGuy-xp4ie]

@@Dcmazters and how have they prenvented this from happening?(curious student asking)

[@robvannorsdall]

People walking casually away while one of the largest bridges in the world suffers a catastrophic failure a few hundred yards behind them. "Sometimes things don't go as planned Martha. What's for dinner?"

[@lmart16]

"And a dog."

[@saintarkweather]

Anyone else immediately think of this when they saw what happened in baltimore? I know this wasn't caused by the same thing but anytime I see a massive bridge collapsing I think of this

[@TheHistoricalLine]

I just got recommended this right after it why youtube lol

[@TheHistoricalLine]

sad to hear though, 2 people rescued though i heard

[@IceCreamMeatballs]

That's what happens when you're too lazy to do any math.

[@fuzzypony]

Nothing to do with maths, back then few paid much mind to aerodynamics

[@tytis2297]

fuzzypony yes math

[@GH-oi2jf]

Henry B - Not a matter of being lazy. The models in use at the time did not account for the effect seen here. Wind was treated as a sideways force causing a deflection, but the possibility of flutter was not modeled. The bridge was conventional, except the designer pushed the boundaries by making it thinner and lighter, which led to the twisting motion becoming significant.

[@Brick-Life]

well it is the usa

[@GH-oi2jf]

Brick Life - There have been bridge failures in other countries. There was one recently in Taiwan.

[@j.mic-gaming8208]

I remember seeing this as a kid…we drove on the new narrows bridge all this time so this video scared me shitless

[@MrGTBDrums]

In 2015, a forgotten iPhone would cause more controversy than the fucking dog.

[@ShadowLiteX9]

MrGTBDrums In what world?

[@bananawolf6417]

+Napkin Box in todays world.

[@gubbin909]

I love that distinctive British pathé voice :)

[@minamu8]

"Fortunately the only casualties were a car [...] and a dog." A dog still counts as an innocent life. That could have been somebody's pet.

[@ferretman6790]

minamu8 the dog survived actually

[@peterpen7551]

That was a time when people did not love dogs as they do today

[@Infertilewithaturtle]

For everyone who doesnt know the story (born & raised in Tacoma here); its been said that the dog wouldnt get out of the car that also went down. So the guy teied to save it but failed due to the violence of the bridge moving the car. Doggie went down in the car. 💔

[@Orejo]

Imagine that car´s owner thinking "nooooo, my caaar!!!"

[@chairmanmeow-ij1wd]

R.I.P. Tubby. You will never be forgotten.

[@yewdimer1465]

Gotta love the people casually walking past.

[@celam5761]

As a person who lives in Washington I ca; tell the full story of the dog on there. When the bridge started shaking the owner ran for his life leaving the dog in the car. The owner, to scared to go back, let someone do it for him. The dog barked at the man not knowing who he was so the man couldn’t get the dog. The dog sadly drowned in the car.

[@shapsugh1864]

What kind of pathetic human being does that to his own dog

[@Tester-sh1mn]

@@shapsugh1864 A man in fear of his life perhaps?

[@shapsugh1864]

@@Tester-sh1mn a man in fear of his life and favoring it over loved ones is no man at all in my eyes

[@Tester-sh1mn]

@@shapsugh1864 Sure it is sad what happened, but that logic is flawed in many, many other scenarios, you are always meant to help yourself so you can be the one to help others e.g. aeroplane losing pressure, boat sinking, home burning down etc.

[@shapsugh1864]

@@Tester-sh1mn but I'm not talking about a "Many scenarios" I'm talking about this specific scenario which proved there was a lot of time to help but he decided to leave the dog for dead

[@samkelly8786]

I can’t believe that the bridge actually swinged before collapsing 😱! Poor dog that couldn’t be saved 😢.

[@DestructoGuy17]

To all the people bitching on about how cruel the people were to let the dog die; You do know that the U.S puts down tens of thousands of dogs every year.

[@BUSHBYGOONER]

drowning is classes as the worst death... and being put down will slowly put you into a deep sleep which one would you choose ay.

[@BUSHBYGOONER]

Well Iv'e heard that your lungs practically explode due to the pressure... pretty fucking horrible and i understand being buried alive would be fucking horrible but after hearing about drowning classed as the worst death i was shocked and looked it up and it came up with some interesting things that happen in side that you don't see in the movies and shit.

[@DestructoGuy17]

The dog would not have drowned. He would have died or at least been knocked unconcious as soon as the car hit the water. Falling into water at that height is like hitting concrete.

[@car_lov3r]

DestructoGuy17 Its called euthanasia, and it's meant for putting animals out of their misery

[@cameroleach6636]

The dog bit the man when he was coming back to save him

[@eklavyagl]

The expressions of the man at 0:46 is like "I am used to see this everday"

[@abigailsockeye1586]

We now know it was Magneto.

[@underwater3298]

i live near this bridge.. it is now a beautiful green STABLE bridge with a similar look to the golden gate!

[@robertzastrow4648]

@underwater3298 From what I've read about the bridge collapsing, it's my understanding that on one end of where the bridge's replacement was built (on land leading up to the water), a dog park was established, named after the poor dog which was in the car on the bridge when it collapsed. Is that true?

[@djpert1]

That was crazy! Poor dog.

[@GatoEncanto]

This video scared me so bad as a kid. One time my dad played it to scare me and I started crying. Seeing it today is making me feel sick

[@joeyscerbo7776]

One of my dogs died earlier today. The dog part made me sad (and the car). RIP, Nylah.

[@spacemanspud7073]

In Michigan, we are shown this bridge in school to demonstrate the fears of the builders of the Mackinaw bridge (The long bridge that connects the 2 peninsulas of our state via the Great Lakes). Utterly bonkers when you first see this.

[@DanielJacksonMusic]

In schools in the UK, we are shown this in Science, about metal properties

[@ReinEngel]

Which production company uses scenes from the collapse as their after-credits logo?

[@RobertSmith-wh2gf]

I don't know. What's the answer?

[@telrick4]

Did u ever find out? I can't remember

[@landonjones118]

@@telrick4Double Hemm they made drawn together

[@primovid]

"Fortunately" the only casualty was a dog!? How is that fortunate? That's tragic! Poor dog!

[@sabercrosby8128]

early 20th century speech. Casualty of the collapse = things affected by the collapse (car,steel,dog,water). It doesn't mean fatalities. The dog survived if it makes you feel better.

[@primovid]

@@sabercrosby8128 It does make me feel better...if it's true. How do you know it is true?

[@anzaeria]

@@sabercrosby8128 The dog went down into the sea inside the car. It was definitely doomed.

[@sneharaghuwanshi7283]

small fact: the bridge was not well designed.there was a tall and narrow wall of steel on the bottom of the bridge which was basically capturing all the air created by the sea

[@Fydah]

Dog:First Time Car:Yeah You? Dog:Nah Nah Not My First Time

[@qerwerg2341]

I wonder what strained metal and crumbling concrete sound like

[@zdog224]

0:00-0:58 - Wow what a crazy video. 0:59 - What! Noooo!

[@Owiko7]

Lucy Garcia the dog attacked him when he tried to save it from the car, the dog hid under the seat and he had to go because the bridge started breaking up, he made it off with minutes to spare. so stop flameing. its making you look silly

[@boisshowerdontdroptehtval6523]

And also why would he risk his life for a dog?

[@Javimtz32]

@@boisshowerdontdroptehtval6523 It was his daughter's dog

[@boisshowerdontdroptehtval6523]

@@Javimtz32 and?

[@JoyoSnooze]

@@boisshowerdontdroptehtval6523 Guessing you've never loved a dog.

[@boisshowerdontdroptehtval6523]

@@JoyoSnooze wouldn't risk my life for it, you wouldn't do either

[@somedudeok1451]

Love how the music treats it like some kind of slap stick fun movie.

[@FrancisMarcosGaming]

aww doggie :(

[@ferretman6790]

Franz Marcos the dog actually somehow,lived.

[@bitmaxim]

From Wikipedia: The only fatality was a cocker spaniel who perished after it was abandoned in a car on the bridge by its owner, Leonard Coatsworth, and by another man, both of whom were bitten by the terrified dog when they attempted to remove it.

[@fifty3843]

35mph wind speed, and that killed the third largest suspension bridge at the time

[@cynicalafflictional1725]

...and a dog?! There was plenty of time to release Fido from that stalled vehicle on that bridge, so this camera man better be dramatizing the poor pooch's death, or heads gonn to roll for this

[@x2malandy]

Did anyone notice some of the best footage ever captured on film of a 6 million dollar bridge blowing in the wind like a flag? Or, only the journalist comment that a dog had died.

[@samburkes7552]

Yeah, the idyllic irony!!

[@just_kos99]

When they went to build the most recent Tacoma Narrows Bridge (there are two now), they couldn't clear the debris of Galloping Girdie from the Narrows bottom because it's considered a historical monument. They literally had to work around the chunks!

[@Schmabubi]

grüße aus dem physikunterricht

[@robinmoller8574]

Moin du Nick Gurr

[@craigford4641]

This bridge collapse remains one of the most remarkable events EVER captured on film ! Wow ! 😮😮

[@Aquamanng]

The dog *was* rescued. In a different video it showed a man rushing back onto the bridge to open a door on the stalled car, and the dog is shown rushing out and both flee to safety.

[@theonlydjtopcat]

No the dog plunged into the Narrows with the car. It was an older Cocker Spaniel named Tubby who was missing one leg. It belonged to the driver's daughter. The driver was a writer for the Tacoma News Tribune named Leonard Coatsworth

[@henryadamkarumanchery2217]

I saw this in my physics book as a past case of reasonance .... didn't knew it was this dangerous

[@ExplicitCris]

Damn engineers. R.I.P dog.

[@Infertilewithaturtle]

Anybody feeling icky about the fact that the Baltimore bridge was only 47 yrs old, and our Tacoma Narrows is now 74....?!?!

[@tomdavis8757]

What’s your point? The Tacoma bridge you’re talking about isn’t the one in this video and it didn’t have a ship hit it.

[@bod-7268]

Your point is?

[@Infertilewithaturtle]

@@tomdavis8757 @bod-7268 You guys must be paid by the government. Nice job trolling a perfectly normal comment about a basic concern I have with an OLD AS* BRIDGE. You look like id*ots. Hope you find your 🧠's & ❤️'s.

[@Infertilewithaturtle]

@tomdavis8757 @bod-7268 You guys must be paid by the government. Nice job trolling a perfectly normal comment about a basic concern I have with an OLD AS* BRIDGE, that IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS ONE in the video... You look like id*ots. Hope you find your 🧠's & ❤️'s.

[@Infertilewithaturtle]

I can do this all day. Why is my comment being deleted? Enjoy, editors, cuz I will keep posting it. It's called copy & paste.

[@rebornxxxangels9233]

I just love the good old British accent

[@Mr.GamerX13]

Actually this is due to resonance the frequency of air matched with the frequency of that bridge thats why this masterpiece was falled down....

[@claudiagutierrez453]

R.I.P. Tacoma bridge 😢

[@madamerotten]

$6,000,00? Today, that wouldn't even pay for a pedestrian underpass across a 4-lane highway.

[@konstant4311]

Inflation. 6,000,000 dollars in 1940 is around 85,168,000 today.

[@joemancini327]

@@konstant4311 oof

[@ldylkr]

R. I. P. puppy. 💔

[@baddoer]

Poor dog. Left for dead in a stalled car.

[@gertiethebus]

NO NOT THE DOG😭

[@Owiko7]

catstopper before you accuse him, you should know that the dog didnt want to come out of the car when he tried to save it. it attacked him and would not get out of the car. so he decided to get off the bridge, he couldnt run hence the bridge swaying so violently, he made it off only minutes before collapse.

[@raintreerefuge4679]

Rest in peace Car.

[@George-rr5rw]

Last month marked the 80th anniversary of collapse!

[@brandyharrington3887]

where the fuck are the dog???

[@brandyharrington3887]

I was reading the reviews and thought I am the only one who doesn't see the dog?

[@brianlam257]

In the car as it seems

[@hashwin2049]

I heard that the dog was too scared to get out of the car. Trust you sickos who never had a dog to imagine that he only cared about himself.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

1940s Tik Tok Challenge GONE WRONG

[@claremckechnie5623]

One of the most incredible video recordings of all time

[@LeCarnage]

So here's the science behind why this bridge collapsed for those who don't know. Suspension bridges take one fundamental element to work, air. If you look at the Golden Gate Bridge, that bridge works because the sides have air, so the wind passes through them. This bridge however didn't work, because the sides were walls, so while it kept getting blown around it also gained momentum, the momentum caused this bridge to snap, however the Golden Gate Bridge cannot gain momentum due to the air on the sides of the bridge, which is why that bridge works, and this one did not.

[@vision4videoAustria]

LeCarnage i did not see any wall on this bridge... what are you talking about a wall???

[@lek2269]

vision4videoAustria He or she is talking about the sides of the bridge.

[@fuzzypony]

He's talking about the 8 foot high plate girders @@vision4videoAustria

[@fuzzypony]

yes! @@lek2269

[@khanfarhan7274]

Bro your physics is very wrong

[@cathyskywalker77]

Guess that bridge went on a real bender ....Bend me, shape me, anyway you want me.....OH SNAP!!!

[@headschlong]

Back to the drawing board.

[@Garrytherocketboi]

No, on interview he was actually trying to retrieve the dog from the car because it was barking loudly, he couldn't though because of his inability to maintain balance on the bridge, and of the fear of the bridge killing him.

[@andregomesnf]

Mechanical Vibrations brought me here

[@meghatiwari1984]

Legends says that dog's soul took revenge from the engineer who built the bridge by making his body wobbly too.

[@RandomnessTube.]

wind 1 architect 0

[@nicholasnewman1720]

RandomnessTube it wasn’t the wind

[@haileyshannon7548]

The bridge shaking with the car on it is a popular stock footage piece I've seen it on SpongeBob and Drawn Together

[@rahmaelsayed7397]

These was awesome but i feel bad for the dog by the why how ever is saying it is fake it is not i am sad because the dog died

[@trabosci360]

I love this narrating. Old cameras for the win!

[@freedamerican5243]

R.I.P. Dog that was left by a lousy owner. Wish I could've saved it.

[@wendylynn807]

He did try to save it. The owner of the dog was being violently thrown around on the bridge and escaped with cuts and bruises all over.

[@samburkes7552]

@@wendylynn807 He was also bitten by his own animal..prob. canine panic-induced insanity!!

[@Amygameing]

The car: daddy? Daddy!? dad:son run for me!

[@PressY2Satisfy]

Was this Galloping Girdie?

[@samburkes7552]

..Yes, that was the nickname given thence..

[@ievimonkey]

Yeah like I'd totally risk my own life to save a dog. Hypocrites

[@1015ec]

The narrator said dog like it was nothing. PETA would be all over his ass if he did that today.

[@joyshekhardutta9765]

That was john wick's DOG!....And he's coming for you!