17 March 1930 Empire state building built 

awesome and dangerous then 1930s. now all different way to do it 2022

As a construction worker, I can tell you these guys were a different breed ,27 years of working construction, and was never able to overcome being afraid of heights , I have a great deal of respect for the ones that can do this kind of work 👏

These courageous men had nerves that were harder than the steel they were assembling. Much respect for these talented workers. Fantastic video, thanks for posting!!

These guys blow me away. I get nervous on a ladder in my kitchen. I'd be paralyzed in fear. Hats off to these warriors..

You will never see this type of skilled and courageous labor ever again .

Here I am in 2023 sitting on my couch looking at guys working from dizzying heights with no safety harness, walking around up there like they are 2 feet off the ground. This is jaw dropping. Much respect to these incredible men

Just watching this on a screen has made my hands and feet sweat and my guts is literally churning. and I've worked in the building trade doing multi story form work for concrete flooring but these dudes are on another level. could you imagine the health and safety nuts today watching this.I swear we were a different breed of people generations ago, people of true guts and determination

Dude free-hand climbed that beam vertically like he grew up in the jungle. Salute to you sirs

I worked on the Chrysler building in 1981 2 and 3 I did all the scaffold rigging. I removed the antennas from the top of the building it was great working there . We used to sit on the eagle heads eating lunch. They filmed a move there and used us as extras we dressed as swat cops with David Carradine and Michael Moriarty about a huge bird that lays an egg in the Chrysler building. I was standing on the75th floor window shooting an m16 at a helicopter Carradine was strapped in a harness above me it was neat . The next day Moriarty said good morning Joe and shook my hand. The 80s were good times.

These guys were incredible, working at heights with practically no safety equipment.

This is utterly insane. The speed in which they built the thing with older building techniques and tools,the lack of fear working at such heights,trust me it's A LOT HIGHER in person than what the camera perspective is

Я лежу на диване и смотрю , у самого холодеет внутри от увиденного , вот это монтажники высотники с большой буквы!!!

A bunch of fearless men at work... Respect 💯

Amazing to think that most of these buildings are still standing strong today!

The way these men walk so casually on the thinnest of gangplanks hundreds of feet in the air without safety ropes is amazing. If it were me I'd be terrified.

I was a mountaineer when I was younger but this footage turns my blood to ice. Huge respect to these guys and thanks for posting, it’s fascinating.

These men deserve their names on every building they build. Those are some serious steel balls

Watching this has my stomach turning but I can’t stop watching it 😅 wow what these men did was absolutely incredible

I just cannot imagine working in an environment where one single misstep and you could die. These men were just fearless!

One year and 45 days to build for that time period is absolutely amazing.

Dam, those Iron Workers must have had balls of Steel! 👍💯

My great grand dad was one of the workers on that building.. great video 👍

And only 5 men died during the construction which took more than a year? That's absolutely incredible.

You have to remember that they started on the ground so they got used to moving around and placing the steel beams before they ended up being high in the air . By the time they got just a few levels up they were comfortable , knew what they were doing and moved like a cat . This still takes a ton of courage and obviously dangerous . Although it would of sucked being the new guy that started on the 20th floor with no experience working with heights . I've been working heights for over 20 years without a mishap but have seen a few people fall over my years . As crazy at it sounds more people get injured or killed on a 6 foot ladder than being 40+ feet in the air .

It's Absolutely incredible how fearless these guys were. I can't even stand on the roof of my house without being a little shaky 😮

The fact that only five people died during construction is a miracle.

Imagine the wind turbulence at that height. These guys were amazing

I remember prints and posters of these scenes coming out in the late 1980s/90s. I felt physically sick just looking at the pictures and still feel the same watching this. Those men were so casual and relaxed; I haven't any idea how anyone could work at that height. Total respect guys.👍🌟

Kudos to the cameraman who realized that he was witnessing history of these early brave men. These guys had the mentality of whatever it takes to get the job done. People back then, especially men would take hard jobs to feed their family. Personal safety went on a back burner.

With the Great Depression starting the year before, September 1929, alot of these guys needed the work, but still, to walk along beams that high up made my stomach tighten.

As a retired taper who worked the high rises in San Francisco, these red iron guys are alot braver than me. Diving boards, no spot to tie off, and the wind! I'm my, the wind. The empire building, they rarely tied off and people fell to their death. My hats off to you red iron guys!!

Can't imagine modern construction without these guys, their grit and sacrifices soaked in sweat and blood. My humble salutes to those men🙏

For those women that say they don't need men.. should be watching this video... these guys have balls of steel...

It gives me a chill in the spine, just to look at these men at work.

This never ceases to amaze me. Glad they got this footage.

Absolute chills up and down my body watching this! Fearless or stupid I'll go with fearless and brave and dedicated.

The most amazing thing is it only took just over a year to build in 1930 ..that is absolutely crazy to think...I love these videos.

Don’t know how those men did that. Guts and skill. Bravo

I’m so afraid of heights that when I visited the observation deck at the Empire State Building in 2000 I started shaking so badly I had to go inside and I was still shaky knowing I was 80 floors plus in the air. I can’t even imagine doing what these brave men did.

I'm a nervous wreck on a ferris wheel. I couldn't imagine doing this! Simply Amazing!

I have 18 yrs doing construction but nothing compared to this tremendous workers they are another superior level

Bravery of these men is unbelievable... Putting the bravery to one side, I don't know how, when you get that high up, you can compensate for the winds etc.They are walking around as if they are 2 foot off the ground!

It took my local council over a year to repair a small train bridge in my home town.. these guys build the Empire State building in the same time.. amazing footage..🙂

These guys probably fought in WW1, then came home, went through depression, then worked on skyscrapers with no safety harness

Can we all just take a moment to appreciate the fact these guys could keep such good balance, considering the heavy brass balls they were swinging around?

No way ! Absolutely not freaking doing such a thing. How the hell these brave men did is beyond me.

These workers were real heroes. Just amazing how fast this bldg. was constructed.

Wahnsinn was diese Männer geleistet haben. Hut ab vor Ihnen. Wahre Kerle.

These were the true men of steel!

you talk about brave these guys are as brave as anyone can be! I have a fear of heights these guys just walk around up there like it was nothing. knowing they could fall any time they have nothing to stop them from plummeting down to the ground gravity is working against them every second I get chills watching this video of them. we owe these people the highest respect and any other builder that has built any building such as the world trade center etc.

Some serious balls those guys had.

Bez zabezpieczeń wow , wtedy ludzie byli twardsi i nieustraszeni , szacunek dla robotników.

No tie offs anywhere in sight! Amazing. Total respect to those men!

Everyone always looks down on construction guys and trades but I love to see videos like this because we can see without the guys and women you look down apon the world wouldn’t exist and nothing built. My heart goes out to the construction personnel who don’t work from home, can’t complain about the Covid numbers like the rest, they push and have no work life balance because of the ones in suites can’t manage and always have to be the construction people who fix the mistakes and finish the job even after all the bad talk, discrimination, can’t use washrooms in office building and make us go down 30 floors to pee and pop. We always push when all others fail to to do their jobs. We the ones who have built the world and will keep doing so in the name of the ones who try to bring us down.

The famous picture where the men are sitting on that steel beam way up high is absolutely incredible, but they knew no better in those days. Safety was a word that didn’t exist in those days. Brave men but many many fell and died also back then.

Мне на это даже смотреть страшно. Техника безоппсности уровень "бог".

I have worked over 40 years in construction. Never been afraid of the heights that iv worked at 100 ft or less .I would never be able to work at that hight .the men that work at those heights have my full respect

Настоящие скалолазы ,особенно если учесть ,что они работали совершенно без страховки .А А их качество работы и сегодня поражает .

Back then no cranes and real big hearted workers my favorite picture is when they were all sitting down on a iron beam having lunch also from start to finish and brick work inside and out in that amount time completed. Outstanding. And. Amazing

Incredible footage. Incredible men.

From a different time I wonder how many people could or would do this now not many I think. Very brave men total respect.

I was a bridge painter years ago, did quite a few water tanks too. These videos give me butterflies😳

This is amazing. These guys were real men not the permanently offended ones we have these days.

It has just taken some workmen nearly four months to create a couple of cycle lanes (which are only about 400 yards long) near to where I live. I am considering leaving a sign nearby which will read "it took less than 18 months to build the Empire State Building so what's your excuse?". It won't do me any good of course but will give me a great deal of satisfaction.

Absolutely amazing!!! They were skilled and brave, and much more of just this. They teach us today how not blame the work conditions of our times. They accomplished to end the construction of the Empire State Building, in just one year and 45 days. The building I live in, is under renovation from last year, and they will end working only in June ... There is no comparison with the majesty of this one!!!

Che coraggio! Secondo me, sono da ammirare! Braviii 🙂👍👏

These amazing guys had no vertigo problems at all! Safety at work Acts were not passed until 1974. I remember in my merchant navy days having to lower a plank 8ft x 2ft over a 40ft drop to a metal floor, to then sit on it without any harness & spend the day painting the wall! We had to lower the plank by a slip knot, get it wrong and you hit the deck within seconds (mind you, that would only ever happen once!) I was a nervous wreck from start to finish, yet the guy the other end of the plank just carried on smoking and chatting all day long as he painted!

I can hardly watch this without my limbs tingling. I've had dreams where I found myself in precarious places such as this, and I was frozen with fear. At least falling would have at least brought me some relief.

It's just a wonderful thing be able to see this incredible workers build the most famous building in the world the Empire state building, wath a beautiful moments ❤️

Those with fear of heights need not apply! These were some brave construction workers!

Just wow, Amazing tough, courageous yes all of that, I admire that generation so much, the best

Certifiably insane. I couldn't do that even in a harness.

From a former class A steel erector in 1970s these guys are to be admired. We had a saying, any slip ups the ground will break your fall. 😊

Самое главное строить дом с первого этажа, привыкаешь к высоте постепенно.

Absolutely unforgettable and truly unique ! The days when men were real men ! 👍🔥💪🙉🙏💎🏆

Я сам промышленный альпинис,с двенадцатилетним стажем,много интересных и очень опасных объектов было,но глядя на этих дядек я нахожусь в таком шоке....😬

It's totally unbelievable! Build in just over one year with the tools and technology of the 30s. And only 5 deaths, uncomprehendable.

I'm getting very anxious just watching this these guys were strolling those planks and beans as if the were taking a Sunday stroll in the park wow

Mis respetos y admiración para estás personas que construyeron este rascacielos, sin arneses de seguridad, y muchos h u e v o s.....👍😊🇲🇽

These GUYS were the real men! NO QUESTIONS ASKED. This unbelievably insane 😳

I,am very Dizzy just watching,braze must be a Awesome view,massive respect guys..

Absolutely remarkable!! There's not a brave bone in my body in contrast to those fearless men!!! What skill and sacrifice, to say the least.

Respect to all the MEN.... who gave their lives to shelter EVERYONE

My Uncle's worked on skyscrapers in Louisiana used to tell me stories all the time 😊

As someone who gets an attack of vertigo on the fourth rung of a step-ladder, it's quite beyond me how these men did that. Like someone said, their nerves must have been stronger than the girders they're working with.

That's a different breed of man right there. To be able to focus on not falling and still do the job amazing.

When they say there's no more real super hero's...Here are real men of steel.

No way they worked without a safety rope in that height!! Without fear!‼️😱🤯 Brave men these workers were back then. Respect!

They were walking high up on narrow beams as if it was only 3 feet off the ground. They got balls.

When I see what has become of us men today, How we have allowed ourselves to become so Wussified, It pisses me slap off!!!!!

These guys were iron workers from the Mohawk Native American tribe and were called " Skywalkers". They worked "high steel" helping to build many of the NYC skyscrapers, and elsewhere. Incredibly brave people.

I felt my stomach flip over a bit seeing these guys walk around like they're on the sidewalk or something! No fear whatsoever! Amazing!!

Just watching the video makes my palms sweaty!

Some of the hard ass working Americans building America. These men were incredible. The work they did was incredible and it will live on . 👊🏼🇺🇸

Five men died building this structure. R.I.P. 😥

Un complimento a queste persone. Non avevano paura del vuoto. Grandi lavoratori

La verdadera historia de los países no solo la hacen sus gobernantes, sino los obreros que supieron levantar ciudades y por ende la vida de todos los ciudadanos, sin ellos hubiera sido imposible todo ello.

It's hard for me to watch these men walk without safety harnesses, fences and such.

Mis respetos a esta gente. Me saco el sombrero.

I almost got sick watching it, nerves of steel, unbelievable and brave men. No way would I be able for that. Total respect for these men.