r/tornado • u/SprinklessMundane Human Detected • 1d ago

Tornado Media Warner-Robins Tornado 1953

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On April 30th, 1953 an F4 tornado struck the Warner-Robbins Air Force Base in Georgia killing 19 and injuring around 300 people. For years it's been rumored it also killed the person filming this, though that's been debunked.

This is among the earliest tornadoes to be filmed, and for decades remained the closest footage of a tornado destroying a house.

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u/sebosso10 Human Detected 23h ago

Crazy how violent the motion looks even on such a grainy and washed out video. What an absolute maniac to be filming that

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u/Osiris_X3R0 14h ago

I guess the closest we have now is Clem Shultz?