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Kalamazoo, MI Tornado, May 13, 1980, Raw Video

Raw Unedited Videotape of the 1980 Kalamazoo Tornado

Tornado Classics #10 Kalamazoo, MI Tornado Tuesday 13-May-1980

Raw, unedited videotape of the Tuesday, May 13, 1980 Kalamazoo, Michigan tornado. This video was recorded near the intersection of West Main Street (Michigan Avenue) and Westnedge Avenue, from the now defunct business known then as The Sound Room. The video was shot using (at the time) a brand-new, state-of-the-art RCA CC006 color video camera, and attendant VHS Selectavision portable VCR. Historically, this is the first known, amateur, color videotape (not film) recording of a deadly tornado in the United States. Video © Ted Ruble, all rights reserved.

Recorded 05/13/1980

Categories: Archival Films & Video; Kalamazoo History

Tags: history; kalamazoo

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