guess how long the bridge lasted...
 

http://cellar.org/showthread.php?t=22509

About 4 months, it would seem.

The 1940 Tacoma Narrows Bridge was the first incarnation of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, a suspension bridge in the U.S. state of Washington that spanned the Tacoma Narrows strait of Puget Sound between Tacoma and the Kitsap Peninsula.

Construction on the bridge began in September 1938. From the time the deck was built, it began to move vertically in windy conditions, which led to construction workers giving the bridge the nickname Galloping Gertie. The motion was observed even when the bridge opened to the public. Several measures aimed at stopping the motion were ineffective, and the bridge's main span finally collapsed under 40-mile-per-hour (64 km/h) wind conditions the morning of November 7, 1940.

Whoa, check out this pic of the collapse!

It's hard to believe how much that bridge wobbled unless you've seen the video.

omg...that is insane!

BTW, I knew exactly the topic of this thread from the title.

I'm surprised that the video is in color.

Ted Turner got ahold of it.

Pioneer was a big name back in the day. I've got a Pioneer SX-424 receiver on my desk at work that I got as a graduation present in 1972.

Pioneer now puts out one of the best Plasma tv's too.

Well, if the bridge was in a Pink Floyd song, I'll guess about 8 minutes.

The dog died. :(

It was taken by the owner of a local camera store, and he shot it on 16mm Kodachrome. It was later converted to black and white by newsreel services so it could be shown around the US, but that original was preserved and is now in the Library of Congress film collection.