Guys, don't give him so much hate. He is a guy who likes to explore the US looking for cool places. So what if he had no narration. He had subtitles. You are all yelling at him for no narration. Just think about Ellis Island, not the narration.

@fz1000red

6 жыл бұрын

tree orange the silence was intentional and has a purpose known specifically by him, but observable to few viewers I'm sure.

@jingizu24

5 жыл бұрын

I love it.

@keithcox4818

5 жыл бұрын

tree orange what areypu talking about

@waltman333

5 жыл бұрын

It's so much better without narration, more focused and interesting!

@ninalutgen6244

5 жыл бұрын

tree orange good call. Maybe this ones supposed to be silent so we can just take it all in.

Amazing. My great grandfather Dr. William S. Bean, II, was a doctor at Ellis Island. My grandfather and his brothers grew up in a house on Ellis Island.

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Wow, awesome! :)

@paigeleigh2554

5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic!

@selenasmith2489

4 жыл бұрын

Wow that awsome

@totsmini3105

3 жыл бұрын

@Carlisle ~ INCREDIBLE!! have you ever asked for, or do you know if the family has kept artifacts, diaries, notes?? ~ you do know these are Valuable treasures....

@louisdalton2222

2 жыл бұрын

My great great…. Great grandad owned Ellis island and was part of the Ellis family as I technically am although middle names in our family have changed over the years and what has happened to the Ellis name is unknown to us.. the Ellis name meets my name the Dalton name in a very small way… but yeah lol , it’s a little unknown the name of who it was to us as we are only just discovering family history

I could be wrong, but I believe you didn't talk during this one so that we could just experience the moment. It was a very precious moment for those who came to America and to those who lost family members.

@MobileInstinct

6 жыл бұрын

Beth Lamont YES! Exactly. Glad you liked it

@helllnoe

6 жыл бұрын

Beth Lamont I thought the same. So good!

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Same here

@momkatmax

6 жыл бұрын

Beth Lamont Sometimes that is the best, just let the pictures talk.

@judyholiday653

6 жыл бұрын

Exactly,MomKatmax..

One of the many reasons I like your channel over others of the same nature, is that you are always very respectful of places and things, not touching things or even making stupid comments. Your always alone, which cuts down the chatter and the fact that you used sub titles here was brilliant.

What amazes me is the surprisingly good condition of everything, given the amount of time this building has been abandoned, and unmaintained. From the furniture, to the doors, the industrial equipment, filing cabinets, it all looks In such good shape for somewhere left alone so long, hope it continues to stand the test of time.

@TeresaMom1

Ай бұрын

It was built, maintained and ran by the government until it wasn't is the reason why. Plus building with concrete, bricks etc will last much longer.

New sub here. Thanks for the interesting video! My grandmother came through Ellis Island from Sweden in 1912 at the age of 17. She was alone, didn't know anyone in America, spoke no English and didn't know where she was going to settle once she got here. She was so brave and made a good life here. She died when I was 17, but I still remember her telling me the Statue of Liberty was the most beautiful thing she ever saw and she was so happy to be in America.

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Wow Karen :)

@KubotaManDan

6 жыл бұрын

Mine also, but from Czechoslovakia & much younger came on a ship all alone

@jjdoughboy

5 жыл бұрын

Just curious, did your grandmother ever tell you how much it cost to come to the united states or how she decided to make the journey?

@tamigarrett3513

5 жыл бұрын

Karen R She was a very brave young lady. Had to be exciting and terrifying at the same time.

@lettybabesify

5 жыл бұрын

Did any of them ever mention what Ellis island was like in its working days? Just curious as I'm British so this is the first I have ever heard of Ellis Island!

This was a great piece. 30 years ago, I was impressed by a book documenting the main facility before restoration. Amazing what they did with that part of the place. Three of my grandparents passed through Ellis Island, all as teenagers. I can relate to my grandmother's fear of being deported and vowing to jump off the ship if that came to be. She prized her citizenship way more than many of her many descendants.

The buildings were built so well. Nothing but respect for those long hours that the staff had to endure.

I like the silence. It is impactful and shows a respect to the place you are recording. I still want to hear how you got in there to film. Must be an interesting story.

@NinfoStudios

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah i heard you have to buy a hardhat tour for it i went there on wedsday

@brookea.lester6086

3 жыл бұрын

It's actually not really abandoned! It's odd he didn't have a guide but they offer walking tours all the time. I went on one through these areas about 5 years ago.

@aslanjudah33

3 жыл бұрын

@@brookea.lester6086 Tour cost like $75

@ramencurry6672

2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad he didn’t let out a loud fart.

Excellent video. It’s nice to see old building cleaned up and without graffiti. Also, the way you presented this in silence adds to the aura of the place. Well done!

Fantastic video and I LOVE the fact you didnt talk and just let the pictures and occassional text tell the story. Particularly loved the ending as you came out of the building and looked across at what was for so many the promise of a new life in America. :)

@eileensimpson3725

3 жыл бұрын

I was wishing it was longer. 😊

FINALLY ! A video of somewhere I haven't seen before. I really enjoyed the tour, thank you.

Chris, I feel so blessed to get to see these places with you leading the way. Beautiful artistry with the camera and, I suspect, the editing as well. The view of the Statue of Liberty and then panning back to see the old mirror - that was exquisite! I missed not hearing your voice. That said, it honestly was a great choice not to narrate. It somehow heightened the experience of the place. Thank you so much for what you do and the creative and respectful way in which you do it.

@MobileInstinct

6 жыл бұрын

Kathy Cagg Thanks Kathy. I felt that talking would ruin this video. Glad you got that!

Ahhhhh! This was a good one! I would love to buy that place and restore it. Those wooden filing cabinets are rare, and thanks for doing your homework. You can damn sure bet that we don't perform vetting like this now. It amazes me that even though our technology was primitive, we seemed to be way more careful than we are now. I noticed some comments on you not narrating. On this one I was glad you didn't speak. Ellis Island spoke for herself. Good Job man.

Chris showed his usual discretion and impeccable taste in the way he chose to present a visit to this very sacred place. this is a very moving and effective video because of the way he put it together and allowed the viewer to see what he saw there without embellishment.

Definitely should spend 60 dollars to go behind the scenes at Ellis island when I went in the tuberculosis ward it smelt like a hospital still. The mental ward is sad though that metal cage is inhumane. It's crazy how much the hurricane damaged but definitely worth the money will be doing this tour again come 2019 and it helps rebuild the building and you get an awesome history lesson. The autopsy theater was pretty dope I'm glad they left it untouched. I find it interesting too that they will not allow any type of ghost tours because they don't want to instill that vibe. Honestly I've been to Gettysburg and you could definitely feel a presence here I felt nothing but sorrow and hope for those trying for a better life. If anyone is wondering you can take this tour it is called the "Hard Hat Ellis Island tour" I would definitely book it online because it does fill up fast.

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Yes, sounds like a great tour!

@ghostcityshelton9378

6 жыл бұрын

The68VeeDub. We ghost hunters don't stir anything up, we just try to capture what is already at a location. Some ghosts are 'intelligent' & can answer your questions or ask them or just make comments, others just seem to relive something from the past, the same thing over & over. While in Gettysburg me & men who were businessmen were by Devil's Den & we watched what looked like actual reinactors marching & doing drill. I recorded it knowing no reinactors were there because I'd spoken to some reinactors at the visitor center & they said they would be at the visitor center all day. At the center you should have seen the men's faces when they went to thank the reinactors & were told they hadn't been to Devil's Den that day. Another couple shared their video from Devil's Den only their ghosts seen moving in the woods were in black an white doing the same stuff over & over. Another lady said a reinactor southerner approached her & told her to leave & she had pics of him. No reinactors were there. Ghosts are attracted to some people's orras the color surrounding every living person that most of us can't see. A medium said I have a blueish white light around me & she told me in detail about a near death experience I had as a small child. I hadn't told her a thing.

@lettybabesify

5 жыл бұрын

@arthur kitchen not everyone with a serious mental health illness is a "decay on society" I have mental health issues and I still maintain a full time job and pay all of my bills accordingly. Just because we have our difficulties doesn't mean we need to be kept against our wills and poked and prodded at. We all cope differently and it takes a small minded person to wish such a horrible fate on people with psychological difficulties 😞

@lettybabesify

5 жыл бұрын

@arthur kitchen wow and you think that we need to be caged, with that poor attitude you appear to be more of a decay on society than I am. Thank you for reinforcing the fact that I'm a freak though, have a wonderful day! 🙂

@jessicalivernois9147

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the advice, now i wanna go! :)

I love that there's no talking and instead it's quiet with descriptions at the bottom of the screen with the history. Also ... Autopsy amphitheatre?! 🤢 Thank you for letting us see Ellis Island with you!

Your level of respect shown in your video is commendable. Many other "explorers" would have moved, touched and potentially destroyed objects in their efforts to get "the best shot". You did none of that and still came out with a powerful video.

The silence speaks for itself. 😌 Hard to imagine what my relatives from Germany in the 1900s went through to get here, and become citizens. Thanks........... 👍

Thank you for doing a silent walk-through! I have never been to Ellis Island, but the silence of this video made it seem like I was there walking too, and taking in the immenseness of this historic site.

This is by far the best video of this place I have seen so far.

Being a native New York City person, that tour was excellent and gave the "tour group" a chance to hear voices of the past which the other side of the island has diminished with the renovation. I am always in favor of the same care should be given to the part where the hospital is located so we understand it was not always smooth sailing coming to America. BRAVO!!!

Always makes me sad to see once impressive buildings left to rot! A shame.

Considering the sickness and sadness of the people that were in this massive place, people who traveled thousands of miles with all of their hopes and dreams...filming it with without narration, only the paintings, desolation, and subtitles as your guide...gave this video, the whole of the subject, more impact. Amazingly done.

Thank God those walls can't talk

@claudiajones356

2 жыл бұрын

I really wish these wall's could talk

I think that "The Proper People" would be envious.

@kraken9321

3 жыл бұрын

Rather they should team up

@LarkpawOfForestClan

3 жыл бұрын

I would love for them to collab!!!

HAUNTING WITH THE ART. MY MUM AND GRANDDAD CAME THRU ELLIS

Thank you so much for sharing this. My ancestors came through Ellis Island. Because of you, I got to experience some of it.

Thank you for the silent tour of this beautiful place where people from all over the world received medical care, sometimes for the first time in their lives.

Great video! I love the old wooden doors (even wooden doors on the morgue refrigerators), and loved the washer and dryer! The portraits of the staff and immigrants are cool!

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

I loved it all also Maria G!! :)

That was great! I love when you bring the camera up to the controls of different mechanics. How you looked at the Statue of Liberty through the mirror was very cool. You captured many different angels and images that were very creative. I enjoyed this very much. Would love to see more of flooring, wall paper, banister details, door knobs, light switches and the like. It's the small details that we don't have in this modern world that are priceless. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us.

@MobileInstinct

6 жыл бұрын

Sandy CA I'm glad you liked it! I love all that stuff too.

Thanks goodness the scum bag taggers haven't been there.

@AR-ws1gr

6 жыл бұрын

Eric Corse I'm kind of surprised junkies didn't come the copper and brass put of there. Like the sink fixtures and all pumping lines.

@justintee1932

6 жыл бұрын

Eric Corse it's art

@ericcorse

6 жыл бұрын

Some of it is amazing

@python357magnum100

6 жыл бұрын

"art" LMAO its just like taking a bag of garbage and slinging around an otherwise interesting /historical place ! Its NOT art it is trash and vandalism. The rattle-can retards should be shot on sight !

@justintee1932

6 жыл бұрын

Ivan Bentley Claymore that just means you have no soul

A QUIET VIDEO IS A GREAT VIDEO TO SHOW PEACE TO ALL WHO WERE THERE SICK ,HAPPY, SCARED, REJECTED , GIVING A TICKET TO STAY,, MOST OF ALL THE DEAD AND SPIRTS OF THE WORKERS THERE.. GREAT VIDEO!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can remember as a kid driving with my parents into the city from NJ. Taking the turnpike to the Holland Tunnel brings you very close to Ellis Island. It was a wreck.

That's really incredible! I'm amazed by how much actually American History we really are missing! Mobile Instinct is an important part of American History and should be recognized for it!

My husbands grandfather came through Elis Island.

Those murals are amazing. I also loved that you included those old photoes. Fascinating and sad.

A very unique style for the video, the silence is brilliant as it enhances the feeling of what it is like now, decaying, empty and silent. A brilliantly done video 👍

My grandparents and father and uncle came through Ellis Island. It has a very special meaning to me. I was worried about you Chris, hadn't seen anything on you. Love you guy for showing us Ellis today. J

Beautiful. I really enjoyed this silent tour.

I personally like the silence once you know what each place was used for its nice just to look and make your own assessment without being told what everything is or what they think it is loved this video xx

Very respectful and sensitive to the history of the lives that moved through this place. Great music, no narration and sub-titles for highlighting features. Thanks for your sensitivity and many people who are viewing this have ancestors who moved through this place in the past....

I just dicovered your channel! I am unable to travel at this time snd I am loving all your videos. I marathoned all of them and sadly I just finished the latest. Thank you for taking me places I would otherwise know nothing sbout. I am going to be getting ahold of you soon to tell you about my favorite places in Northern California. I spent almost my whole life there and know all the secret spots only locals know about. Thank you I am in love with your show.

Wow! That was absolutely brilliant! Thank you so much for this interesting video and it was filmed brilliantly. In 1998, I visited Ellis Island and I knew nothing about this hospital. From the UK, thanks again! Subscribed.

Those wall murals are amazing. 3:50 the guy on the far right looks like one of my relatives! It's funny because my great-grandparents came to Ellis Island from Italy around 1915. I actually have their immigration papers and their big metal trunk still! Never forget your roots ❤

@Mr.White10-65

6 жыл бұрын

So did mine from Italy.

@Suenami89

6 жыл бұрын

Brian Bianco that is awesome ❤mine were from Prato, a province in Florence. I've always wanted to visit

You have me hooked! Great job. Excited to see what you have next

Bravo on this video! I really appreciate your choice of silence. Your respect for the history and detail to everything pours thru the screen. I felt all the feels with this one!! Cant wait to see what you offer us on your next adventure! You're the man! =]

Definataly subscribed to you.FANTASTIC filming! You do some really great work here! Thanks

@paigeleigh2554

5 жыл бұрын

I agree!!!!

The quiet of the video, the decay of the buildings, and the art added by the French man all made this video amazing. You captured it all. History is so fascinating in this form. One question...why did the shower open up to a hallway? Strange.

@rushellealexandra5243

6 жыл бұрын

perhaps for the workers to sanitize themselves prior to and after working with patients... to try to prevent becoming contaminated themselves....

@bonniebrown6960

5 жыл бұрын

Also , wonder why there was a door way up in the back of that shower ? It looked like he opened it from another room . Anyone know why ?

@vsbaretummysugastonguetech1540

5 жыл бұрын

I wanna know why the big creepy pics

Haunting but as usual, your docs are always really interesting... Thank You

I wonder how many viewers felt, as I did, that your quiet exploration and captioning instead of the babble of so many other KZreadrs, gave this video a sense of reverence and respect on your part? It also struck me, less than two minutes in, that the immigrants had probably never before experienced the cleanliness and decor like this. And although fearful of the experience, I've heard people who passed through this facility say they were treated much better than ever before by government workers. I was startled and pleased when I saw the photographs that have been applied to the walls; what a wonderful idea! You are a good tour guide, Chris! Thanks.

Thank you for a fantastic experience. All of my grandparents emigrated from Lithuania in the mid-19-teens. My paternal grandfather and his young sister arrived and were processed. He was OK, but she was deemed unfit for medical reasons. Going back was out of the question, so she was put back on the ship for the continuation of the voyage. She ended up living her life in Argentina and raising a family. She kept in touch with her brother by mail. In the 1970s my Mom convinced him to fly down for a reunion, and a year later she flew north to visit him. Those murals are haunting!

Eerily beautiful, the calm walk and footage spoke volumes. The open shower tops were to do with germs and fresh air

I visited and did a walking tour of the full grounds about 5 years ago. The eeriness of the hospital and morgue will stick with me forever.

@claudiajones356

2 жыл бұрын

Eerie is so right

Wow the history is coming from each room loud and clear. How fancy this must have seemed to the majority coming through there, Modern.

i just went to ellis island for a tour and our tour guide only brought us to a couple of rooms in the museum and didn’t say anything else about the island, so i was on snap maps and i was looking around new york and i saw ellis island. when i zoomed in it showed that they were disease hospitals, so i became interested and searched it up and even with silence i still learned a lot.

Oh my goodness ty so much for taking me places I've never once heard of, I did he at of this Ellis Island, but it is amazing to just picture what happened here..going to read about it again, ty honey..praying to keep you safe...

Oooohhhh,geez ,outstanding work ,all around .Thank you

My great great great grandfather & family came over from England & eventually settled here in NY. This was their stopover, gladly they were all healthy or I wouldn’t be here today! I never met him but just seeing where he at once walked is somehow very heartwarming, I heard he was a great man!!! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SHARING THIS!!! 🤗

Our government should of kept this place in better condition. This is a historical site. Thank you for this. Most of us would of never seen this part of our history.

A great video..most people have only heard about this..never seen it..💕

@MobileInstinct

6 жыл бұрын

Wanda Andrew Thanks Wanda!

This place looks like where a horror movie would be filmed

This place is amazing!! Imagine all poeple who pass through here.

About all I know is that my great grandparents passed through Ellis Island. That would have been in the late 1800's. It's good to see you back, I'll keep an eye out for your summer adventures.

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Cool! :)

@MrOnionDip

6 жыл бұрын

My grandfather went through Ellis Island as a kid and with my free trial of ancestory.com I actualy found his photo from the paper work entering the island of him at age 2 or 3, his sister around the same and his mother, my great grandmother, in her mid 20s.

Amazing thank you so much for the silence, I could use my own imagination brilliant!

Thank you Mobil,One of the Finest explore video I seen in years.Fantastic job at being quiet for self reflection.Outstanding,Hope you go back and do more.TY73s

Fantastic video. I appreciated the silence in this one.

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Same here

As usual very good quality video you do get the feel of the place, very sad and haunting feeling came from it.

Wow I hadn't ever thought Ellis Island was so big. So grateful we didn't have to go thru there when we immigrated in 1959. Thanks for the visual tour. I really enjoy America's history.

Thank you for sharing this fascinating look into a part of our history. Very interesting!

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Love history

Thank you so much for your phenomenal videos. You have done a great professional job, great light, camera still and steady, not whirling it around making people dizzy. Everything you are doing is perfect. The places you go are different and enlightening. Thanks!

Hey love your videos were did you go please come back. You are missed.

Chris, thank you for this video, the silence was respectful, I had goosebumps a few times. I visited Ellis Island back in the 80's and we only went to the big room where people went to wait and see what was going to happen to them. I remember sitting on one of those benches, and swear that I could feel them around me.

Thank you so much for the video of Ellis Island's hospital. ... The wooden furniture is beautiful... as are c the lights and floor tiles. The murals are truly haunting... really glad to see no graffiti! I don't understand why anyone feels they have to deface anything! Thank you for your awesome channel.

Wow, thanks for your videos. I really enjoy watching them. Being in recovery from a surgery, this has given me some really interesting information and places I never knew about. Thanks! 🤙🏻

Thank you for exploring Ellis Island and putting it on You Tube. I have been to Battery Park to take a boat to see the Statue of Liberty but didn't realize that Ellis Island was so close. Absolutely incredible. My great grandfather immigrated from Italy through Ellis and He was so proud to be an American and to live the American dream. I really liked your sub-titles. You gave Ellis Island a lot of respect by not speaking and then we could use our imagination of what it would be like passing through there and then stepping on the soil of America!

@darlenew1981

2 жыл бұрын

I toured Ellis Island a few years ago. I was imagining what it was like for my great grandparents to walk through those rooms and I felt a connection because I was walking on those same floors through those same rooms that they did.

Interesting video thanks for posting...and props to the people that came here legally and went through the process to become a citizen of our great country....the sick and diseased where separated helped before spreading illness to all...they had it right back then now everybody just wants to have open boarders and let any and all through

glade to see you back missed yo wondered what happened to you vid well done

Another terrific video. My great-grandparents came through about 1908, so this is fascinating to me. I want to mention that terrific shot of the Statue of Liberty where you pull back and show the room--so dope!

Very cool ! I love things like this ! Very well made video , the informative text is a great touch . Perfect exploration video .

Great job!!!! Love the silence and the history. Ty :)

All that history rotting away,disturbing. Should be preserved

Thank you for your video. My Grandfather, Grandmother, my Mother and Uncle came thru Ellis Island in the 30's from Germany.

That was a GREAT video Brother!! Loved the silence. Nothing but your footsteps...

Well so eerie now and im going to reccomend this to my sister in CT. as i live in Ireland and can feel for those who passed through there in the hope of a better life .Thanks for showing this

My grandmother came through there in 1897. She was 5.

This place needs protecting, could possibly become a museum with as many original features as possible

What a great video. So sad that such an important part of history is just left to rot. Thanks for showing this.🌺🌺🌺

@MobileInstinct

6 жыл бұрын

Dogsrule53 I agree, very sad

Best i have seen in a while! Had no idea how much was left. WOW!! 💜

Oh wow!!!!! That was an awesome video!!! You did an outstanding job on that. Thank you for the descriptions of the hospital. Loved it!!!!

Interesting to see i saw Ellis Island in late 90's. Never knew of this stuff

No nonsense talkin, just absolute narration I like that!

Such a great video. Thanks for sharing. It looked like the cleanest abandoned hospital I've ever seen.

@erinbricker-urbanhistorian5803

6 жыл бұрын

Same here

I adore Ellis Island’s history. This was epic to see and so well done.

I like the research you’ve done, factual and photographic.

Really good one. Thanks for the trip.

All 4 of my grandparents came to Ellis Island as small children back in the late 20s and made it through with their families into New York.

Chris, Thanks so much!!! I would love to see this for myself!!!!! What history!!!! Pat

Just subscribed…..What a wonderful thing you do to show the unforgotten….this one was so emotional…thank you.

Love this content, keep it up, I'll keep watching! Pretty simple formula.