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Historic tornado videos missing from youtube/the internet?

Western_KS_Wx said:
This turned out to be the Tuscaloosa-Birmingham tornado filmed at a water treatment facility right between Mcdonald Chapel and Pratt City. Some truly phenomenal footage and a great find, I’ve never seen the actual tornado itself within this phase of its life — as it was obscured by the extremely low hanging mesocyclone along with rain and debris. At this point in the video, the tornado was likely just exiting Pleasant Grove.
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There are tons of fascinating tornado videos buried on YouTube. For example, here's one I came across today that I believe shows the formative stages of the 4/16/2011 Bertie County EF3:


A few more videos with less than 1,000 views:

Believe it or not, a few people were still using VHS camcorders in 2011!


Despite being uploaded to NWS Wakefield's channel, this video of the 2008 Suffolk tornado only has 95 views:


One of the few videos of the 5/21/2011 Reading, KS EF3 filmed as it was tearing through the town:


Low quality, but nonetheless fascinating video of the Picher tornado chewing its way through town:
 
I just was beginning to realize that this tornado looks too dusty to be Ivanovo (more like Cantrall, IL tbx, according to @Ivanthetornadoenthusiast) , especially since it looks nothing like it's Tuscaloosa-style photo. I wonder if there is any real Soviet tornado footage anywhere, or is it all lost to history?
 
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I've seen pics and a dashcam vid showing a strike in an alley lined with garages on both sides but it didn't show the funnel or cloud structure.
 
SpotlightForRareTornadoes said:
When was that?
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I'd love to say but I can't- my memory ain't as sharp as it once was. My best guess is around 3-4 years ago, maybe longer. A Lada car was overturned and the Lada car it was filmed from was moved several feet so it was almost certainly Russian. And it could have been an older vid even then. Wish I could help more.
 
CheeselandSkies said:
Little-known (254 views in nearly 13 years) video of the EF4 from April 14, 2012.

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This tornado was a lot more violent than people seem to realize. Thing had some extremely intense motion and horizontal vortices, wouldn’t doubt it attained EF5 intensity during its life. Thankfully it traversed over a whole lot of nothing.

Here’s another video, some intense ground scouring can be seen around the 14:00 minute mark.


This video shows an incredible horizontal vortex between the 6 and 7 minute mark, looks very similar to Tuscaloosa.
 
Here’s also a video that I think is one of the best out there in terms of capturing the raw immediate aftermath of a devastating tornado, following the 2011 Joplin EF5. The first 8 minutes are pretty shaky, so if you have motion sickness probably wouldn’t recommend watching. Towards the half way point of the video up until the end really highlights the incredible wipeout inflicted upon the dense residential areas of the city by the tornado, some remarkable stuff.
 
Howdy all, missing it ain’t, but historic video it be. I had a chance to handle Bruce Haynie’s original Hi8 video of June 8 1995 and have a 4K60 remastered scheduled for tomorrow (figured for this it would be better to premiere rather than just plop into existence).
 
Howdy all, missing it ain’t, but historic video it be. I had a chance to handle Bruce Haynie’s original Hi8 video of June 8 1995 and have a 4K60 remastered scheduled for tomorrow (figured for this it would be better to premiere rather than just plop into existence).
 
I spoke with my brother, who lived on the edge of F5 damage from the Smithville F5 in 2011. He has since moved to Fulton and there is a memorial made on his land that he owned. I asked him to send me some of the photos he took right after the storm, and he graciously said he would send them as soon as he could find them all. I have a feeling you guys want to look at them. Let me know if I need to post them or email them to you.
 
AngelAndHisWx said:
Howdy all, missing it ain’t, but historic video it be. I had a chance to handle Bruce Haynie’s original Hi8 video of June 8 1995 and have a 4K60 remastered scheduled for tomorrow (figured for this it would be better to premiere rather than just plop into existence).
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Great, I've been looking for better quality of this event for a long time.
 
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