During the evening hours on Friday, June 8th, 1951, the small town of Corn, Oklahoma was visited by a devastating, estimated F3 tornado. The tornado destroyed homes and several farm buildings on its 10-mile east-southeastward track across Corn and Colony, Oklahoma. The storm killed over 26 head of cattle and 1,000 chickens. Debris was reportedly carried as far as 90 miles away.
The graphic above is from Mississippi State University’s Midsouth Tornadoes webpage.
Another tornado, not of the track map above, moved eastward from 6 miles west of Corn. Some observers claim to see the two tornadoes merge before going into town. The Western History Collection at the University of Oklahoma Library has a picture of these two tornadoes.
The twin twisters are rare by today’s standards, just imagine trying to photograph one in 1951! More incredible, this tornado was caught on 16 mm film. John Gossen, who lived 6 miles south of Corn, grabbed his motion picture camera and became the first person in the US to capture a tornado on motion pictures.
Sources:
How Did The Rare Twin Tornadoes in Nebraska Form?
Corn Resident One of the First to Capture Tornado on Motion Pictures
Weather History 
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