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Dallas Texas Tornado – April 2, 1957
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Here’s the Great Dallas Texas Tornado; lots of footage plus the newly-discovered colour film. This tornado was one of the most widely-photographed at the time.
Credit: Maurice (“Moe”) Levy
B&W/Colour/No audio
Duration : 0:3:36
25 Comments
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
There Was One …
There Was One Tornado Called A MULTI-VORTEX Tornado That His Oklahoma Last Month.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
@garylgrant I was …
@garylgrant I was guessin you were
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
@BuffettBobcat …
@BuffettBobcat i’m 60
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
@garylgrant so …
@garylgrant so youre 59 years?
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
I WAS 8 YRS OLD AT …
I WAS 8 YRS OLD AT THE TIME ,AND MY FOLKS AND I WATCHED THIS TORNADO PASS 1/2 BLOCK AWAY. WE LIVED 100 FEET OFF THE CORNER OF MAPLE AVE.& BOMAR ST. THIS VIDEO IS THE ONLY ONE I HAVE EVER SEEN THAT HAS THE ROOF TOPS IN ORBIT AROUND THE TWISTER. THAT IS THE IMAGE THAT HAS STAYED WITH ME ALL THESE YEARS! WE ALSO WATCHED THE COLOR CHANGE FROM GREY TO BROWN,RISING FROM BOTTOM TO TOP.LATER WE LEARNED THAT HAPPENED WHEN IT TOUCHED DOWN IN A SHALLOW ARM OF BACHMAN LAKE ACROSS FROM NORTHWEST HWY.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
DeltaPhi79, there …
DeltaPhi79, there was no basement in the doctors office. They opened the windows in the waiting room, put us in a hallway and closed the doors. Would love to have been home in Duncanville, in our storm cellar. My Mother had a wonderful scrapbook on this tornado.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
@ladylawdog That’s …
@ladylawdog That’s probably one of the reasons they tell you to go into the basement.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
I was in this …
I was in this tornado!! I was 10 yrs old at the time. I was with my Mother and a friend that we had taken to the doctor. There had been tornado or severe weather warnings earlier, but they had been lifted. We were at the corner of Edgefield and Stewart Drive at a Doctors office, there was a mechanic killed across the street from us. We stood outside and watched it coming toward us, then got into the hallway of the bldg and closed the doors. We felt the suction, everyone was praying outloud
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
I now live around …
I now live around the area where the tornado stopped
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
My mom witnessed …
My mom witnessed this tornado. She was 6 or 7 if I recall correctly. It was just blocks from her house at one point. her sister was at a bluebirds meeting ( Kind of like the girl scouts) and her dad made her go outside and look at it. Crazy.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
iiwonder wht people …
iiwonder wht people diid alongg time ago when they didn’t have house an they didn’t know wht to do during a tornado??
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
I worked with an …
I worked with an old man who lived through this tornado. He was a gas pump repairman at the time, and spent the afternoon helping with the rescue efforts. He’s gone now…bless his soul. A good kind man.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
my grandpa was in …
my grandpa was in dallas when this tornado hit, he said it was strong and violent
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
1.18 man is scary …
1.18 man is scary as!!!!!
Tornados in black and white are scary, the sort of thing ud see in a nightmare or for some unlucky people in real life!!
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Yeah your right, I …
Yeah your right, I think it has sort of a bete noir feel to it.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Tornadoes in black …
Very nice
Tornadoes in black and white look so cool
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Can you imagine if …
Can you imagine if this happened now with 6 million people living in the metroplex now? My father told me that he found a black guy’s toes in his aunt’s back yard. lol wierd.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
My husband was nine …
My husband was nine at the time and he lived in Oak Cliff as well. He still talks about that tornado! I guess he was with some Cub Scout buddies when it struck.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
My mother told me …
My mother told me about this tornado, and I thought she was just making a big story out of a simple tornado… I mean no tornado stays on the ground for as long as that! Now, I know that she was not making it up stories! This tornado was truly one of the most destructive and longest ones ever! ! !
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
this tornado …
this tornado obviously showed no mercy to the folks of Dallas. pretty cool footage
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
Thats crazy and …
Thats crazy and kinda scary for the people of back then…im scared of tornandos
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
i remember when …
i remember when there were 2 tornados hails lightning everywhere highwinds heavy rain
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
wanna be kool…. …
wanna be kool….vatoslocos397 has a point
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
I live in Dallas. …
I live in Dallas. This tornado was kind of cool…albeit old.
July 24th, 2010 at 1:37 am
uh i don’t think …
uh i don’t think that was build yet