Stunning footage of the construction of New York's Empire State Building in color (opened in 1931) 

Back when yhe white man could be a white man

Amen.

Put up a sign outside a building saying "No Pissing" and you will get people queuing up to do it 🤪🥃

When asbestos was practically food.

How many people worked on it? How many deadly incident happened? How many time it take? Wonderfull video nand very good job, but some coments are missing...

in 1945 it was hit by a B-25 bomber lost in fog. The ESB didn't even wince.

@@Only-one-life-68 I'm an eye-witness to the 911 attacks on the WTC. If you are one of those 911 'truther' lunatics, please just go away.

@@MrSloika Now I think we can all agree on that.

@@Only-one-life-68 its a giantic different between a B 25 and a big modern passanger plane

@@Only-one-life-68 that 911 thing i m still makeing my mind up over it.

Analogue means reliability

Lmao….they didn’t build it

@@bigdaddyjim9135 Silly me, I forgot it came in a box from the aliens along with the pyramids 😉

@@bigdaddyjim9135dumbass

BS

Agreed the video is amazing

these men were kings

It’s really mind boggling this was done in the 1930’s. I’ve been a registered architect almost 35 years and I don’t think we have the where with all to do this today...

aedeen irish names Yes too much i. t. /d mind etc today Not practical as was but Hope brian Ireland Happy Christmas

What's sad is that in this day young "men" don't even know if they are a man, a woman, a broomstick, they just don't know. However what they DO know is that anyone that works and makes a decent wage is BAD and they should be taxed 85% of their earnings because the people that choose to not work need money too! All young men should be forced to take a class in school that lasts the entire year doing only manual labor and trades as it might shape them into what a man actually is and teaches them very valuable information that is becoming a lost talent.

The funny thing is skyscrapers were a new thing

@@michaeljohn9263 why just men? I personally think a couple years of military or community service for young adults would be huge. If they are going to give away free college they should add this stipulation.

As a structural engineer myself I can only echo your sentiments. An amazing achievement. I would love to see the calculations..

Well,i am an ironworker! Raising gang entire career!

Yeah this is a cool video. What a beautiful building. Built when men were men! Hahahahaha what’s funny is about halfway through I started thinking how fearless they were with no safety ropes or anything, and I thought wonder if any of them are even wearing harhats, so I started looking. Hell no!!! Hahahahaha almost every guy is wearing a hat of some kind! You got your fedoras and little hockey caps and shit, but not a damn hardhat in site nowhere!! Hahahahaha I love it! I hate wearing those things!! Ever seen the famous picture where a bunch of em are sitting on a beam eating lunch? Crazy bastards!! Hahahahaha

@@alextomlinson1725 You can safely (!) bet there is a lot of redundancy incorporated.

@@lwoods7283 hats off to you sir - total respect.

A proud heritage ,well done.

Yeah but do you live in NYC?

Massive respect to you and your family. Manual labourers keep civilisation functioning, yet they're so often treated with dismissive indifference and even contempt. You've got a lot to be proud of my friend! 🙏

they can't even repave a small section of highway in months let alone this! So much more red tape and bureaucrat yap yap now days.

I would like to see proof of this lmpossible time line!

@@jonyoder2356 it’s greed

Mafia gets the job done , unlike nowadays , takes 13 month and longer for permits and paper work

Probably because OSHA wasn’t there hassling the workers and the owner.

The closest we will come to actual time travel!

Looool right!!

Ya. But we know how to fake a moon landing.

Pause and think on this: 1830 - 1930. 100 years. 1730 - 1830. Lewis & Clark 1830-33 went up the Missouri to Pacific. 1830 in Europe marked end of feudalism. Tenant land workers had to pay title or quit land. Suddenly impoverished they went to city factories. Population bourgeoning and city poverty sent them to America.

Except for back in the early 1900s they did have computers not like we do today but they had computers that would calculate numbers and things

@@howieduin915 be serious bro.

I have seen that exact photo AND Video !! CRAZY people..... but nothing to them... everyday work !! Makes my palms and feet sweat just to watch it !!! The Native American Indians had a large group of Ironworkers doing this also !

$3.94/hr. was the going wage for those High Walkers!

God bless your grandfather and all those brave and wonderful men who built this great country! 🙏🇺🇸🌹

@@oldsaerotech1167 4 dollars a day not an hour. Thats what guys were making in the 60s. They were not making that in the 1930s

@@slippy11ful The overall average for the construction workers building the Empire State Building was $15/day. The "airtreaders" or "skyboys" made $3.94/hr. They averaged 4.5 stories per week. The Empire State Building was constructed in 13 months.

Glad you enjoyed it!

You’ve been duped….. our humanity didn’t build that structure…..another way more advanced civilization did

​@@bigdaddyjim9135Let's see a single shred of evidence to corroborate your infantile statement. I bet you've got absolutely nothing.

Computers killed architecture and design.

Architects now design things that are not thought of in the real world only computer models. I know I did a lot of custom work and it’s nuts how they are clueless about materials and how they behave.

A lot less Gov regulations and non-union labor force made that possible! Those iron workers had balls of steel, they built the modern world, todays snow flakes would shit themselves doing that kind of work!

92 years is nothing

@@makadoz exactly such a short time. If large structures can’t last for at-least 400 years it’s not strong enough.

Yeah nearly as long as the Acropolis.

My grandma is still standing after 92 years

It was built to last for centuries. This is a direct quote from an engineering analysis of its construction: Skyscrapers constructed after the 1930s were made of concrete reinforced with steel, as opposed to just steel, which gave them the tensile strength of steel and the compressive strength of rock. They can resist both stretching and squeezing forces. The earliest steel skyscrapers, like the Empire State Building, which date from the 1930s are least likely to remain standing in 7,000 years because they are constructed almost exclusively of steel, meaning they have exceptional tensile strength but are quite rigid and inflexible.

Great point incredible feat accomplished with this build

Yes, I think of the buildings that have failed because someone down the line economized.

its simple: White civilization. period.

Five of them died,...RIP

Built in 13 months....rubbish !....all i see is doctored footage....look closer

Please, no conspiracy nonsense. The construction timeline of ESB has been documented in multiple contemporary references, not just here.

Construction workers in general earn that money especially the Ironworkers. Very dangerous job, even when you're tied off with safety measures.

We would call riding the ball Live bait on the hook

It wasn’t done by these men….another civilization built it

Yes, very true..an amazing feat.💪

Dont forget the many million people who work hard today for feeding their familys around the World.

@@borntoclimb7116 Not forgetting them, either. I am one of them. Lots of good People today. And lots of very hard-working, conscientious, high-character People everywhere. I'm just saying. Things are very different, and the men of that generation were built differently than us.

@@jimmyz2098 thats right

And the machinery back then wow

Thanks! My pleasure.

Very true.

So true

You should take a video of it with your smart phone and put it on the internet that be cool

I'd love to see it. Is the house in Queens? Brooklyn?

I wouldn't even know where to start,lol

It's not as difficult as it looks

@@DaleSteel please, have you been in New York? This was 1930 no heavy lift machines, no heavy trucks, tools are not even close to today’s tools, no fast transportation for the builders workers to get to the job site on time, no other building like it to use as reference, and all this in Manhattan, surrounded by buildings making no extra space to store construction materials.

@@zabamaz103 are you mad. There's a crain and yes I've been to nyc

If it literally blows your mind you would be dead....

I've worked in the Empire State Building many years ago when I was an installer for New York Telephone. Getting into places where there isn't plaster and offices you get to see the super structure of beams. Later in the 1970's I worked at the World Trade Center site during the last phases of construction. We'd hang out on the upper floors where the glass wasn't installed yet. I compared the construction from the ESB and could see how different they were. The ESB had columns everywhere. That was typical for the time. I'd worked in the Woolworth Building, New York Life and Metropolitan Life buildings and they were the same. Planning space was difficult because of them, Odd shaped offices and columns in a corner were the norm. But not the WTC. The floors were wide open without columns. Everything, the stairs, elevators, rest rooms, electrical equipment were all in the central core. The telephone equipment was in the corners. There were nearly 800 rooms in the two towers. The telephone central office was on the 10th floor of one of the towers. There were 400 pairs of wires available on each floor with cabling running from corner to corner. There was only one source for telephone equipment in those days so everything was common to all customers. Today the customers own their own equipment so it has to be on their premises. As I watched the towers come down before we knew how many had died I thought about the millions of man hours used to create the whole complex. All destroyed in just a couple of hours. The loss of life could have been greater. It was too early when the planes struck. Commuters were still on the subway coming in from the boroughs, New Jersey and Connecticut. Before the recession caused by OPEC we had almost 100,000 people in the buildings. I don't think a huge loss of lives was the terrorists' objective. It was the buildings themselves and what they represented, American strength and power. Like the Japanese in 1941 they'd awakened a giant and felt its resolve to avenge this insult. They had accomplished something no enemy had ever done. An attack on American soil and it was their undoing.

Very good points, Mike in stereo. My very favourite construction is still the Eiffel Tower ! As I recall, the brief was that it had to last for 12 months... The designers/workers decided it would be best to aim for at least a couple of years... The rest is history ! Imagine now, with CAD, blah blah, Microsoft bullshit and virtual fu*king whatever, - If the brief was 12 months, IT WOULD HAVE HAD TO BE TAKEN DOWN IN 13... Max. Please bring back a world where Experience and Common Sense is king, and Esential Safety Equipment is a Flat Cap and some Flip-Flops.

@@robertcuminale1212 I must say the West is losing appeal and political power since then. We indulged too much in the last half century on our comfort lives and other civilization, simple implementing our discoveries, are quite more resolute to conquer or challenge us. We westerners are of good heart. What we did in Vietnam or ww2 were nothing compared to the brutality of some chiefs and their supporters in other places. The 9/11 is still searching for a revenge.

If you build skyscrapers like I do in New York City you would know that these buildings are still built the same way… my grandfather helped build this project and now I am retiring and my son is getting ready to be the next generation of building skyscrapers.. I helped build the freedom tower and it’s not bloated construction or any incompetence ..when they built this building they lost one man per floor on an average we didn’t lose anybody building the freedom tower… thanks to job safety and certifications these jobs are much safer..

@StereoMike06 Compared to the Expobuildings, Not so beautyful! Just tall

Didn't they deliver 1 beam every minute of the day ???

I love your word "choreographed," which captures beautifully so much of what was involved in the building of this incredible structure.

Those were REAL men when America was REAL..🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏

Hard times creates strong men, strong men creates easy times, easy times creates weak men, weak men create hard times. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

The planning and logistics that went into the ESB were *amazing.* Pretty much everything was pre-tested to make sure it would fit properly on installation, and deliveries etc. were scheduled to keep waiting times down to near zero. Today it takes forever just to assemble a kids' sandbox! P.S. "never mind" is two words. "Nevermind" was that Kurt Cobain album ... 😁

Yes sir Amazon indeed

@@williamgallucci9913 👍👍👍

I'll bet he had some stories to tell.

Sad thing no one will remember them

​@@anonymous-vy8lztheir kids do

@@RobinBortugno-dy5ku your grandfather was a incredible man 🫡

You were lied to…..unless she lived hundreds of years ago. We didn’t have the technology to build this structure

@@bigdaddyjim9135 I was not lied to, I am 80 years old, when my grandmother told me the story that you work there across the street, she was already in her, late 70s at the time. So yes it was well over 100 years ago, but she told me this story. You should never say somebody was lied to, when you don't know what you're talkin about.

@@americanspirit8932 then call it what you want….. fact is our humanity DID NOT build that building…. WE were lied to. We were ALL lied to…. I apologize about my statement regarding your Grand Ma. I shouldn’t have said that.

@@bigdaddyjim9135Where did you get your structural engineering degree? Saying "I refuse to believe ..." isn't proof, no matter how many times you repeat it.

You asking about a degree says everything about you and your path.@@Poisson4147

LMFAO !!

White people settled America. 3rd world immigrants pour in here.

Well said sir!

My Dad would come home from WORK and blow the Black soot out in the wash basin, lather up, rinse,get a baseball MIT and yell at my brother and I for a game of catch, did't skip a beat, mother had beans on the stove and yelled for Dinner and we made it......WTF is wrong with that,? today it's thumbs on the Phone and Losers trying to make a point by shooting up Schools, no Family , Abortions, and Question your Genitals......Ha!

There's still people like that left in the world, far and few but some are still around

Agreed! Native Navajos were employed on many high rises due to their inherent lack of fear regarding heights. Great video of American achievement.

Too many men today, cannot even put a nail in the wall. They work in front of a computer all day. That muscles accuracy, the waistline gets larger and larger as time goes on. Men today, or bit too soft

@@fasteddie4107 you won't correct many American Indians were, considered to the be the best ironworkers in the country

How old are you might I ask?

@@Anonymous-lv1jm My guess is he was born around 1941?

You'd be surprise how a Great Depression instills a great work ethic in starving people.🤣😂

Is it still retained today?

AWESOME, bet he was ONE TOUGH SON OF A GUN. RESPECT to him and ALL the VERY BRAVE MEN who risked their lives going to work EVERY DAY👏👏👏👍👍👍☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

not one black. so much for their claim of "building America"

Yes...but I wonder how they made their living when the project was finished....the Depression saw unemployment rates of 20-25%...and construction slowed down very much as the thirties progressed--a very tough time for most Americans.

@@curbozerboomer1773 that's why they deserved all the respect in the world because they were building it in such a difficult time.

They scream to the World--THIS IS AMERICA'.

CHRYSLER IS A CAR,. IT IS NOTTE THEM EMPIRES SLATES BILDINBGES. THEY BEE 2 DIOFFERNT THINGES. EMPRIE STABE BUILDIGN IS NOT ON WHEELES!!!!

Incredible incredible what these men accomplished from beginning to end wow

And their women were proud of them; not in competition.

That I'm sure they were

Very interesting, T you. 😊

Thank you for taking the time to explain why riveting is so much better in steel framing methods.👍

@@LouisAloi my pleasure. 🫶🏻

Thanks for that info, although retired post office worker,always liked wood and steel. I came back to this for ur comment on rivet vs welds and I thank you...

It is beautiful.

I have a slide rule! I am 57 yes old though 🤫🙂

I’m 60 years old, we used those in school when I was a kid. I trust the slide ruler more than I do computers. Slide rulers don’t crash and can’t be hacked.

And no safety equipments

This is precisely why the ESB still stands today. Engineering has become the science of design to minimum standard.

I used slide rules

It really is mind bending

@@andyrob3259 Good eye, that is really cool.

I’m sure they wanted better working conditions but for the tight fisted and belligerent bosses they worked bloody hard for.. bless ‘em 😇

A Masterpiece x

Right on, David ! From Pittsburgh as well, (Braddock) My father worked for Bethlehem Steel, open hearth. Heck, my uncle and grandfather as well. Thanks for commenting

Built to last

@@chrisretired5379- I'm from Imperial, pa..very near Pittsburgh Intl Airport..These videos are great! Keep them coming!

That B25 Bomber That crashed into this building in 1942 didn't really phase this building. I think it hit the 87th floor.

try to keep it clean, thank u

Well said!

Shows how much can get without regulatory agencies getting in the way

@@NUMENOREAN91 thank god for safety agencies protecting workers lives. Theyre not called blood laws for no reason.

Just a small correction, it was finished in1931.

248 bucks a day. Nice. They earned it

@@slippy11ful There's probably a happy medium

they didn't have as many labor laws slowing them down back then

Yes they was extremley brave , bless them. I wonder how many men lost their lives building it.

@@sarahsu4863 I once heard it was "hundreds" who died constructing it, but surprisingly, I believe it was only around five. I'm in the UK but have always had a fascination with all those New York skyscrapers built in the 1920/30s.

If I remember correctly, my grandmother mentioned, about 35, or 36 died during the construction of the Empire State Building. She worked right across the street. I have no idea if that was accurate or not? But I am sure they would many many injuries

Amazing what you can do without computers

Even the machines alone, like the riveting machine at 4:31. Imagine working out how to design that machine to do that task when one had not existed prior.

@@MrWolfSnack Similar riveters had been used in shipyards for many years since pneumatic power became available.

Usually, when things are put together with rivets, the initial holes are slightly undersized, then are drilled or reamed to size during fit up , e.g. with what’s called a bridge reamer (for larger hot-rivets, like those in the vid.) The hole is normally a trifle larger than the shank of the rivet, e.g. for a 1/8 inch aircraft rivet, the nominal drill size is a #30, or decimal 0.128. The rivet, when “bucked” will swell slightly to fill the hole. This is more the case with hot-rivets than the ones used in aircraft.

Glad you enjoyed it!

@@Rick88888888 How about a video on when the bomber flew into it please?

Thank you kindly

heroes? they were doing their job-prideful and skilled just like anyone today

They have to go through years of legal squabbles before they can even pour the foundation. Rent seeking parasites would have killed the project.

I hear that.

You got that right mate. 😉😊

أنا أشكركم علي هذا المجهود الرائع و علي هذا المحتوي الشيق الممتع تحياتي لكم

You got it, Rick!

you would be hard pressed to find such high quality of work and craftsmanship in todays world because they sure don't make them like that anymore !!! 🤔😎 , you might but I'm sure you would have to search really hard to !!! 👍😷😎🇺🇸 , by the way ya got some great vids here !! 🤠🤓😷😎👍

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THE GOOD "💓LORD💓" Must have had His Hand it because there are A Lot of Buildings (and Houses) that were Built in those days, that Are Still Standing in our Present year of 2021! (QUALITY Craftsmanship! 👍😊)

That amazing.

So well stated these men are long gone but their creation still stands

infact the entire construction of empire state was completed in just 13 months from scratch

Wild!

Its awe imspiring

Those are a lot of eights, even by Rick's standards.

Amazing, to work out the full loads imposed on those base columns, and working out bending moments and stresses, and shear on the rivetted joints, all done by hand with tables and slide rules, quite amazing.

They used an ancient hand held calculator that didn't need a battery called a slide rule.

No computers just awesome

They used slide rules and primitive mechanical calculators. And a lot of good ole gray matter.

I agree with your comment 100%

And it only took a little over a year to build, too.

Thank you for this film. Born in 1939, earned my engineering degree in 1963. We used still slide rules for structures calculations. This entire project is mind boggling. The equipment used apparently a few years after steam powered cranes so were relatively new equipment, yet highly trusted. Words can hardly do justice to the details of this project. Amazing, Thank you, even the ability to watch a film, on my cell phone.