A LOT of beautiful classic fire rigs in this scene. That ear-piercing howl of the Q siren as the ladder rig pulls out of the station is pure music!

@michaelarmstrong3232

24 күн бұрын

Yeah I agree with you 🚒🚒🔥🔥🔥🚨🚨😅😅

Chief Steve rolling up in the Plymouth Fury like he missed dinner- even ran over the fire hose. Love it.

@wkat950

Ай бұрын

It looks like an LAFD unit with the light mounting but the door seal looks like Los Angeles County.

@user-wi6sh6vh8u

20 күн бұрын

If only Plymouth had made a few 4-door GTXs, seeing as how both the Fury and the GTX shared the very same style of grille?!

There are probably multiple cuts of the movie, but in the version I know the firefighters have a small chat on the back of the truck: When they realise it is the glass tower, they voice their hope that the fire is on the second floor.

@nopcshere6097

3 жыл бұрын

You're right, that sequence is in the original cut. I suspect it was cut from this sequence just for time/memory restrictions.

@MrCraigblaze

3 жыл бұрын

Just the 81 floor XD

@lancemckellar

Жыл бұрын

Was one of those fireman Randolph Mantooth from Emergency!

@Channel51_LA

11 ай бұрын

@@lancemckellar no. They did film two Emergency! movies that took place in San Francisco, though, at that firehouse.

@user-wi6sh6vh8u

20 күн бұрын

And all because the chief electrician (the builder’s son-in-law) had an air vent in an 81ST floor storage closet as well as one of the circuit boxes!

I remember this SO clearly seeing it at the cinema with my father. It was an epic moment in my childhood, well I was 13. It was even more impressive on the big screen!

@magdickakahy

7 жыл бұрын

I remember seein this in 1990 when I was 8 yrs old, and one thing I remember well is that aftervthis flick I just couldn't sleep:)

@DarthRevan-rp5sn

2 жыл бұрын

The Towering Inferno was the Name of this Film.

@virginiawolfe2581

2 жыл бұрын

@@DarthRevan-rp5sn thank you. I'm going to order it, if it's still around

@DarthRevan-rp5sn

2 жыл бұрын

@@virginiawolfe2581 You are Welcome

@rodolforudygarcia3513

2 жыл бұрын

I saw this great movie 1975, was 10 years old. This is one of my favorite movies all time. The greatest cast ever.

classic "Towering Inferno" footage...I love the McQueen wheelie entrance in the fury III Chief car...Dern good movie all around!

The young firefighter #4 is Paul Newman’s son Scott Newman.

I see that all of these emergency service vehicles are responding to the glass tower in downtown San Francisco because I remember watching the towering Inferno back in the 80s when NBC used to air this movie back on Sunday evening because I remembered the scene when the security guard activated an alarm and switched the fire department all over the city were dispatched.

I like how Irwin Allen did this to honor firefighters, man he did one awesome job on doing that, and it's amazing in real life sometimes firefighters gotta deal with situations like this, I only saw this movie once, wouldn't mind seeing it again

Love the classic fire trucks in this clip. I'd pay real $$$ to be the tiller driver on the ladder rig! 😁

I like all that old Fire Equipment. The Engines are old open cab Seagraves, with the exception of the first one, which is an American LaFrance, plus, there's one old Ford Engine in there. The Truck Company is an old American LaFrance Tiller Truck. They sure don't make them like they used to.

@magdickakahy

7 жыл бұрын

The tiller is a Seagrave which was brand new at the time they shot the movie, not an ALF, they had a fleet of ALF Pioneer and 900 series tillers at the time (late 60s, early 70s) though.

@MD21037

5 жыл бұрын

@@magdickakahy, thank you for the correction. I took a closer look and you are correct, indeed.

@jackhollandcsxnsandawvrfan3800

4 жыл бұрын

Lemme see it was a cheif engine 4 engine 38 rescue 2 and truck 15

@actionfire4036

4 күн бұрын

Same! Older fire trucks are so gorgeous! I'm way late replying to this too lol! 😂😊

Steve McQueen thought he was still in Eleanor when he arrived on scene. That Chief's buggy was never the same. 😂

I can't believe it can be this good

My oldest son likes those older Ford C Series cabovers that the fire department is using in the footage.

And they responded in Class B unis! What a Crew!

That's a lot of rigs for one station! .

Very good and funny videos bring a great sense of entertainment!

It was a huge shame that 20th Century Fox's slanted zero structure did not open up this gem. Same goes for Warner Bros. Big W.

This video gives a good reason to become a structural firefighter

Since all the women were evacuated, I guess Maureen McGovern survived.

I love the fury 3 that the chief rolled up in , my mom had one that was purple flake.

Super film 👍👍👏👏

Note something about the SFFD: They like honking their horns.

@bigdrew565

4 жыл бұрын

We all do. Until we dump all the air and the brakes lock up. :)

A few problems with it. 1st there is no Station 4 in San Francisco. The station was closed about 10 years before this movie was out. It's now a home. 2nd the station they took off from is Station 38 which is located on California street about 2 miles from where the fire is. 3rd they sure took the scenic route to the fire. All in all I loved this movie as a kid and still do. Love the McQueen entrance skids right over the inch and half line!

@emt5330

7 жыл бұрын

PaulsPhotoService isn't station 4 in Mission Bay?

@georgesenda1952

6 жыл бұрын

I watched them film this. They were in North Beach and only came down California near Grant and down Kearney. I got chewed out by the director as I was getting in the way of the shot & he was annoyed by my questions. My girlfriend & I ate at a Hunan restaurant where the AMC dealership was as one of the engines passes it. That was on Broadway. I later went to Califonia & Kearney to be an extra in the bleachers and the dedication ceremony started.

@georgesenda1952

6 жыл бұрын

PaulsPhotoService And it was NOT 2 miles from Broadway to the former Bank of America world headquarters building. About 12-14 blocks as they turn onto Broadway & go down to Columbus & turn onto Kearney in one shot and head down California at Grant to Kearney in another. I watched a lot of movies & tv bring filmed in SF as I lived there from 1964-1968 & 1970-1980. And I’ve walked that entire area dozens of times.

@blinko656

6 жыл бұрын

It's a Fricken Movie..Lighten up..

@MrDK0010

4 жыл бұрын

He clearly enjoyed the movie nonetheless and only pointed out errors, which is a good thing to do. Perhaps you should lighten up.

OJ started the fire!

@MD21037

Жыл бұрын

🤣😂

@user-wi6sh6vh8u

20 күн бұрын

He only sounded the alarm!

Forewer, in Italia anni 80sui nostri canali

Amazing 🥲 response by the sffd❤❤❤ 1:51

Towering Inferno.

OJ!!!

What is the company that made that rescue squad? It was the second out of the station

@derrickw3021

3 жыл бұрын

American La France

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

rounder front with roof: American LaFrance, without roof: Seagrave, boxier front: Ford

is there normally this many rigs in a second alarm dispatch or is it just because of it being a highrise? I love this movie i have it on my computer and i love the old open cab ALF's like the ones used in this.

@emt5330

7 жыл бұрын

Spark Plaus Productions SFFD probably does send a heavier than normal response to high rises. I don't know exactly how many though. FDNY sends a heavy response, but not that many.

@thisissparta789789

7 жыл бұрын

Spark Plaus Productions they probably sent more than usual because they probably also got multiple phone calls reporting the fire

@nopcshere6097

3 жыл бұрын

Considering the size of the fire as well as the fact that it's a high rise involved, the response size seems to make sense. Years after this movie, the First Interstate Bank building in downtown Los Angeles had a fire that burned through 4 floors, and had a massive response to it involving over 300 firefighters. It is still the largest structure fire in Los Angeles history.

@bostonrailfan2427

Жыл бұрын

it was about average for Boston pre-10 Alarm implementation in 1980, even today you’d get and extra ladder, engine, and district chief on top of the normal 3 engines, two ladders, rescue company, tower ladder, district chief, and RIT engine, ladder, and district chief

THE JUICE IS LOOSE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You do realize that this is a scene from the movie the Erwin Allen Movie Towering Inferno this is not a real response of the San Francisco Fire Department

@user-wi6sh6vh8u

20 күн бұрын

It’s actually spelled I-R-W-I-N.

THATS WHY OF REASON THIS MOVIE OF 1974 I WANNA BE A SECURITY GUARD AND A FIREMAN TOO LIKE IN THIS MOVIE OF PAUL NEWMAN AND TERENCE STEVE MCQUEEN I JUST WANNA BE A VERY VERY GOOD BODYGUARD FIREMAN LIKE MY OLD PASS WAY GRANDADDY 😢😢😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤❤❤ R.I.P. 21-08-1939 21-12-2009

That car that Steve McQueen was in was a 1971 Plymouth

@shaneharrisnj3484

Жыл бұрын

And it would have the iconic Dragnet 1967/Adam 12/Squad 51 siren when he showed up.

@user-wi6sh6vh8u

20 күн бұрын

It should have been a 4-door GTX, seeing as how it shared the same grille work with the 1971 Fury.

Pre 9-11. I thought about that during 911.

Now in SF there are so many zombies lying in their own Faeces and urine, smack heads all over the city streets, human Shite all over the sidewalks along with discarded needles ! How things often change for the worst !

But UK MP ROAD police department z KFC ALARM HOUSE KFC WILL PROTECT

As great as this movie was, sadly on 9/11 this was for real as all the fire trucks headed towards the burning and doomed twin towers of the World Trade Center