The Suez Canal transformed the world forever. Now, again, widening it is a major construction project, aimed at doubling the width and deepening its main waterway. 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil have already been transported from all over the world. Using unprecedented 3D images, we reveal how the canal will be widened. We also look back to the original construction, back in 1859, to show how it first came to be built.

@tanjoy0205

2 жыл бұрын

Will the melting of the Arctic affect this ?

@hagdribble

2 жыл бұрын

As for the problem of crossing the ever evolving Suez Canal I can see the solution as being a large ferry suitable for vehicles with the outer docks for the ferry being recessed into the banks to avoid causing canal traffic obstuction. Any bridge built would become too short as the canal is widened and any tunnel underneath the Suez Canal would eventualy hinder the deepening of the canal.

@prepperjonpnw6482

2 жыл бұрын

When do you think Egypt will repay those who built the canal in the first place. With interest and adjusted for inflation plus an amount for damages i.e. loss of income due to Nasser Nationalising the canal? Just thought I’d mention it lol

@prepperjonpnw6482

2 жыл бұрын

Wait are you saying that 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil was brought to the Suez from all over the world? Or do you mean to say what was said in the video which is that dredges were brought in from all over the world to move the 500 million cubic meters of sand and soil from the new canal section?

@abomoaaz7245

2 жыл бұрын

@@prepperjonpnw6482 Egypt has purchased dredgers, the most modern in the world and the largest, from Holland and Belgium to deepen and dig a parallel canal

My grand grandpa died while digging the canal project, tbh a lot of Egyptian workers died to make it come true, God bless their soul.

As an Egyptian im stunned by the amount of engineering genius put into this project throughout its history and after ive watched this exceptional documentary….i feel extremely proud of every free “unknown” Egyptian that participated and lost their lives for this world changing project to come to life those are the true unsung heroes that deserve honoring …

@aliannan8513

2 жыл бұрын

They killing the earth don’t be proud of it

@FionaKumariCampbell

2 жыл бұрын

Also forced peasant labor is a real concern. Did these men get paid?

@tomgunn8004

2 жыл бұрын

@@FionaKumariCampbell Who cares, it was many years ago and they are all dead.

@prepperjonpnw6482

2 жыл бұрын

@@FionaKumariCampbell yes they were paid by the original builders of the canal.

@prepperjonpnw6482

2 жыл бұрын

What about the original builders of the canal? I would say that everyone who was involved with the canal from the design engineers to the lowest peasant with a shovel to those who secured financing for it to be built to all of the families (wives and children) who went long periods without seeing their husband/father while they were away working on it. There were so many people involved it’s difficult to name them all I would even include the very first person to dream of this canal. But definitely a big thank you to all of the nameless labourers who toiled for long endless days doing back breaking work moving what must have seemed like never ending piles of earth. All throughout history on many many large projects there were always the lowly labourers doing 90% of the work usually for low wages if they were even paid, quite a few were slaves. Thank goodness for mechanical engineers who designed and built all of the fantastic machines we have now. Cheers

I was very impressed to learn that 80% of the project was financed by the generosity of the Egyptian population, a true act of patriotism!

@eugenio1542

2 жыл бұрын

Obviously ? They bought shares or bonds which made / make huge profits. An ideal semi socialist idea ?. Ferdinand de Lesseps's replication in France for Panama (folie ?) bankrupted the entire country (Gvt, banks, investors alike)

@vikosaid7894

2 жыл бұрын

because Suez Canal means a lot for Egyptians

@mixrable1212

2 жыл бұрын

@@eugenio1542 It's not socialist, it's capitalism done on a massive scale. The people are investing money in government bonds that will go towards building the canal, which will pay them back in the long term when everyone around the world uses that canal. Each ship 800,000$ like said in the documentary. It would be socialist if everyone got paid, but in this case it's only people that bought bonds getting paid. So I guess it's right of you to call it semi socialist. Definitely better than bankrupting the whole country that's for sure.

@eugenio1542

2 жыл бұрын

@@mixrable1212 YES ! I understand you if you me ? Fantastic model for what I call COMMUNALISM. I am a "white Zulu" caught between feudal and capitalist "tendencies" - a middle road ??? Both Ubuntu and personal/corporate benifit/profit ?? ngiJabule ubona (I am happy to "see"/know you.)

@eugenio1542

2 жыл бұрын

@@mixrable1212 YES ! I understand you if you me ? Fantastic model for what I call COMMUNALISM. I am a "white Zulu" caught between feudal and capitalist "tendencies" - a middle road ??? Both Ubuntu and personal/corporate benifit/profit ?? ngiJabule ubona (I am happy to "see"/know you.)

Wow, living in the Americas we only think about the feats of the Panama Canal. For me this was a huge eye opener.

Merry Christmas and especially happy new year 🎉 I wish to all of you a successful and safe 2022 folks 🥳

@FreeDocumentary

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you Paws 🐾 same to you! Stay safe!

@catherinepraus8635

2 жыл бұрын

And to you and yours😉🥳

@Godsmouth

2 жыл бұрын

Same to you

@machinesofgod

2 жыл бұрын

You likewise! Happy New Year!

@TaylenIsCool

2 жыл бұрын

Same to you, good luck with the new year 🥳

Extremely interesting documentary, but the sound cuts out unexpectedly.

The Suez Canal is One Of The Greatest Achievement of Humankind!

As a South African 🇿🇦 I’m happy to know that the project is funded mainly by Egypt 🇪🇬 . Proudly African 👌

@user-ff3db3fy1s

9 ай бұрын

We, Africans, are the origin of miracles. Miracles. Greetings to you and the brotherly people of South Africa from Egypt

Belize central america I'm from & when i think about the Suez Canal & Panama Canal i feel nostalgic!!✌🙏🌎❤💯

it's a amazing Project of International Cooperation and praiseworthy for design technology tools and working . Modern marvel of development and Economics .

Oowwhh.. I am proud to connect our incredible country ❤ INDIA 🇮🇳.

@mostafashamsart2247

Жыл бұрын

आपका धर्म क्या है?

Błogosławionego nowego roku 2022. Greetings from Poland.

Watching free documentary to see me through new years

Damm!! It was brutal how people were forced in Egypt to provide Hard Labour for the construction of the Canal in the 80s without Advanced Machinery but still they found a way !!

Happy 🆕 Year FD Crew. Thank you for always taking your time to educate, empower and entertain us through your various channels. Looking forward to a great 2022. Peace🕊️

Egypt,my beautiful country ❤❤❤❤❤

Confusing days finally over New years a few hours to go Thank you free docs for this Learning every day 🇰🇪🇰🇪🇰🇪

Thank you! A fascinating documentary!

Adorei essa reportagem

From 23:54, you have a great example of the way biology anticipates technology. The device essentially is an artificial mouth and gullet, complete with teeth and saliva. From 25:09 and from 26:12, also from 26:55 you then can see how the digestive system of an animal is imitated also at its other end, after the sand has been stored in the stomach of a ship. So altogether you have a huge artificial animal eating its way through the ground.

How about interviewing some working folks who actually are building. This is such a pet peeve . You always show the bosses who stand around and point then take glory for building things. 👷‍♂️ the workers are the ones who should receive the credit

@tomgunn8004

2 жыл бұрын

Without the ''bosses'' the workers wouldn't have a clue what to do.

@jamiebizness1

2 жыл бұрын

@@tomgunn8004 okay and then who would build it ? Teamwork makes the dream work that's my point but they neglect to showcase the builders who are intrical to the completion of any project . I never said bosses weren't necessary. Where did you read that . I said they always focus on them and it would be nice for a change to hear from a workers perspective. Not a suit .

@shanincoffer6455

2 жыл бұрын

😄so true. Also the wicked side in control at that - 1 John 5: 19

Power of humans ! Together we can achieve anything we want.

Talk about the Tuas mega project!It would be an interesting ep on ports and how they function !

And then they still had that single bottleneck that stopped the entire canal...

@ClimberinChrist

2 жыл бұрын

No one cares

@peterhamlinhamlin8908

2 жыл бұрын

Try to dig out 100,000,000 cubic feet of sand and see how far you get and how long it lasts!

@alexm566

2 жыл бұрын

@@peterhamlinhamlin8908 Panama canal? You're talking as if this is done by individuals and not giant machinery.

@peterhamlinhamlin8908

2 жыл бұрын

International shipping around the earth is very concerned about the SUEZ canal. $$$$$Billions

Wow good discovery over years of inventions and technological impacts in Egypt

Another priceless documentary Excellent job by the Engineers

A totally brilliant documentary. A story very well and comprehensively told. How disappointing that the adverts eat into its integrity with the sheer quantity and frequency of these ads. I suspect somebody is being greedy at the expense of the viewer.

@leer5858

Жыл бұрын

Just get premium already, on every platform, adverts are the past

@lazzybug007

Жыл бұрын

Go with the premium..you will have peace of mind.

Panama took 30 yrs to build, Suez took 10 yrs to build, the harsh environment of the Panama made that one alot harder to make!~

Great job Suez canal🏗️🏫🏫🏫🏫🏫

Suez Canal, truly a mega engineering feat

These documentaries keep me learning and entertained while in school, especially in US history... God I hate that 😅

Very Good documentary. I just like these

Good Documentry.. thankyou..

this is the best thing ever

I really ike this chennel😍. There is lot of things of learn

HAHA LOL! Those mini shipping containers used for canal testing are hilarious with the guys in them!

Happy new year ❤️🙏

Love from Nepal 🥰❤️❤️

@catherinepraus8635

2 жыл бұрын

Hello from Oregon USA 🥰😉😉

Great share. Interesting to watch. Keep up the good work 👍

these documentarys are great...

Watching from Kenya, happy New year free documentary team

Happy new year everyone!🎊

@catherinepraus8635

2 жыл бұрын

And to you be safe😊😘

Ferdinand de Lesseps is here the "driver". His attempts to replicate on the "folie" in Panama is worthy of multiple Free Documentaries PLEASE ???

Magnificent

Nice for such a nice wonderful journey.

E V E R G R E E N

Nice. I watched another documentary concentrating mainly on the initial construction. This was a great cover from begging to current

Great one 👍

Beautiful documentary. I LOVE ENGINEERING! Thank you, Free Documentary. As always.

Fascinating

Compliments of the new season FD family!

Amazing construction wonder 👌

Excellent documents 💖💖🇧🇩🇧🇩

Happy New Year from Ohio on the shore of beautiful Lake Erie , 😎 , i hope everyone has a great year !!!!! 👍😷😎

If this was made in 2021 after the ever given ran aground they'd be stressing even more about the canal and how important it is.

WHY HAVE AN GOOD DAY ALL KNIGHTS AND AN GREAT HAPPY NEW YEAR FRIENDS FROM CHICLAYO PERU 🇵🇪 CITY 🌆 🌎 🎉 🎉 🎄

@MNTNMAN-SUCA

2 жыл бұрын

Same to you from Canada. HAPPY NEW YEARS! GOD HELP US, GOD BLESS AMERICA 🇺🇸, GOD BLESS FREE PEOPLE'S OF THE WORLD.

@willsalazarramirez5139

2 жыл бұрын

@@MNTNMAN-SUCA OK FOR YOU ALSO GUY CANADIAN HAVE AN HAPPY HAPPY NEW YEAR QUEBEC CANADÁ 🇨🇦

@willsalazarramirez5139

2 жыл бұрын

@@MNTNMAN-SUCA 🇵🇪 💪 🇨🇦

@katarzynabatory5577

2 жыл бұрын

Błogosławionego nowego roku 2022. Greetings from Poland.

NICE VIDEO. 👍

When you’re bilingual and able to follow both the narrator and the french interviewee 😎🇲🇺

*Happy New Year all, 5am here in New Zealand*

Fascinating is the ascension of La République française over The Royal Empire (evil) in their historical "cold war" / rivalry. The advances in technology and prestige is/are astounding. Documentary please ????

Great & Interesting , Proud For French Engineers For their Work & Pray For People who Lost their Life 🇫🇷🗼

@maxd3028

2 жыл бұрын

Digging a straight canal doesn't require a genius engineer! As a matter of fact thousands of years ago Egyptians dug a canal between the red Sea and the Nile so it wasn't something new

@DecibelAlex

2 жыл бұрын

the people who dug the canal were slave laborers. tens of thousands died. you're proud of that? 🤦

@mohamedebrahim4795

2 жыл бұрын

@@maxd3028 كلامك صحيح القناة كان اسمها سيزوستريت والملك اسمة سنوسرت الثاني وكانت القناة توصل البحرين مرورا باحد افرع النيل عند الدلتا

First..very good video

HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥰

Merry Chrysler!

The section with the mini-ships reminded me extremely of The Naked Gun (I think it was 2 1/2).

Happy new year everyone.

While I like this documentary, I must say that these marvels are responsible for the natural destructions we have been witnessing since the past few decades.

Happy New year 2022

Waiting for y’all to do Cartel series

34K 8hrs all the best 👍 👌 😍

We will learn to be united prosperity we'll achieve

Happy new year

Happy New year 🇮🇳👍

It interesting

I heard that the difference in elevation of the Lake within if encountered will give way a Flooding Compartment of the Suez Canal...

Interesting civilization

@ChadLuciano

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

Wow

Selamat Tahun Baru 2022

Wee 'massive' error in narration... The first Suez Canal was built about 4000 years ago. It was called: the Canal of the Pharaohs, also called the Ancient Suez Canal or Necho's Canal. The Suez built over 100 years ago was Not the first.

@donaldcarey114

2 жыл бұрын

A greatly different route, the Egyptians diverted one of the mouths of the Nile to the Red sea over a much shorter distance. One had to go up the Nile to get to the cutoff. It was last used around 767 AD.

@mohamedebrahim4795

2 жыл бұрын

كلامك صحيح القناة كان اسمها سيزوستريت والملك اسمة سنوسرت الثاني وكانت القناة توصل البحرين مرورا باحد افرع النيل عند الدلتا

@donaldcarey114

2 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedebrahim4795 I would have read your response if it had been written in a language a CIVILIZED country used, like English. The script of the Koran is forever tainted by the lies contained therein.

@felobatirmoheb4884

Жыл бұрын

@@donaldcarey114 bruh its just arabic lmao

@donaldcarey114

Жыл бұрын

@@felobatirmoheb4884 I KNOW what it is and I KNOW the disrespect that is implied by its use on an English using thread.

oiiiiiiiiiiiii parabéns meu like

I wonder if any of the ships shown were the Evergiven prior to its oops , just goes to show even with everything they have done and train for there are still things that can happen with no warning or hint of a problem till it happens the first time.

@DecibelAlex

2 жыл бұрын

It was done on purpose. you just have to look at those who profit from it. buy something from the other side of the planet today and you have to pay double and tripple the price that you would've paid before the oopsie

@mohamedebrahim4795

2 жыл бұрын

انا لا اعقد ان اغلاق القناة هذة المرة كان متعمدا لان الرياح كانت عاتية ولكن ما يسير الريبة هوا ان القافلة التي كانت تسير فيها هذة السفينة كانت تتقدمها سفينة اخري من نفس الشركة لكن بحمولة اكبر بكثير وبنفس الظروف المناخية من رياح عاتية وايضا كان هناك محاولة اسرائيلية لتعطيل القناة بواسطة سفينة بنفس الطريقة ايام ثورة2011في مصر لكن المخابرات المصرية علمت بالمخطط وعطلت السفينة قبل دخولها من البحر المتوسط بواسطة احد افرادها علي السفينة وقد اعلنت مصر عن هذا المخطط في مسلسل درامي حقيقي من ملفاتها في العام الماضي وكان المخطط هوا ان تعطل السفينة القناة وتقوم شبكة من الجواسيس الاسرائيليين بتفجير مقر اجتماع للقوي السياسية المصرية كلها وطبعا وقتها كان الغرب مدعي الديموقراطية سيتهم الدولة المصرية بهذا وسيحاول الجيش الامريكي باستغلال ظروف مصر الداخلية وحادث السفينة التي اراد الاسرائيليين غلق القناة بها لمحاولة احتلال قناة السويس مثلما حاولت فرنسا وبريطنيا واسرائيل في الماضي وفشلت وهذا في صالح اسرائيل العدو الابدي لمصر ولكن المخابرات المنصرية منعت السفينة من دخول مجري القناة ومنعت تفجير المؤتمر وقبضت علي احد اكبر ضباط الموساد الاسرائيلي واعلنت وقتها عن هذا ومن ثم العام الماضي كشفت المخطط الذي رسمتة اسرائيل في سنوات واحهضتة مصر في ثواني في عمل مسلسل يحكي القصة وسارسل لك فيديو في 2011 للقبض علي الظابط الاسرائيلي

ល្អណាស់បង

“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.”

What an amazing documentary. Wonder if they found any archeological remnants during the digs?

@mikeandrews6543

2 жыл бұрын

They may have been so but they didn't say anything 😏🙄😶

@shanincoffer6455

2 жыл бұрын

Probably Biblical but as usual the Antichrist hides such finds.

@freebird7284

2 жыл бұрын

they were probably ordered not to report anything found to keep construction moving!

@mohamedebrahim4795

2 жыл бұрын

@@shanincoffer6455 ولماذا سيفعوا هذا

@mohamedebrahim4795

2 жыл бұрын

علي فكرة لم يكن الفرنسيين اول من فكر في حفر قناة السويس بل المصريين القدماء انفسهم وتم تنفيزها في عصر سنوسرت وسميت قناة سيزوستريت فلهاذا ليس من المستبعد وجود اطلال مدن كاملة في هذة المنطقة مثل باقي المناطق في مصر وكانت تربط البحر الاحمر بالمتوسط مرورا بأحد فروع النيل وكذلك فكر في حفر القناة العديد من الحكام المصريين قبل الاحتلال الغربي لمصر وحتي قبل حفر القناة كان يوجد طريق لعبور البضائع بين البحرين عن طريق الجمال وبعدها الطرق وبعدها القطار

The Suez and Panama canals are the 2 biggest manmade "shortcuts" when it comes to naval travle.

Mantap

i hope you will prepare also istanbul canal

تحية لكل عربي شاهد الفيديو

Difficult to follow as it jumps around between the original project and a recent expansion. Needs more maps

@karman79

2 жыл бұрын

and what is a jettison ? I didn't understand that part at all.

We should build a ship as big as the planet so we wouldn't have to build a bigger canal.

evergreen life

Did you know the first canal for connecting to Mediterranean sea to the red sea was made by the Persian king's order Darius the Great some 2500 years ago? It didnt go all the way through to the red sea but some transport had to be done over the dry land.

@mohamedebrahim4795

2 жыл бұрын

هههههههه هذا غير صحيح القناة ايام الاحتلال الفارسي كانت مجرد محاولة لحفر قناة حفرها اساسا الملك المصري سنوسرت واسمها كان سيزوستريت وكانت تربط البحرين عن طريق العبور في احد فروع نهر النيل عند الدلتا والقناة الفارسية كانت محاولة فكرية لاعادة حفر هذة القناة ولم يحدث اي سئ علي ارض الواقع 😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😅🤣😅

@drpk6514

2 жыл бұрын

@@mohamedebrahim4795 I dont speak Arabic.

Hello again

If you're reading this God loves you and has your best interest at hand

@RubbishFPS

2 жыл бұрын

And in the other hand he passes the collection plate to steal from the poor.

@youtubes1commenter180

2 жыл бұрын

@@RubbishFPS wow bro I said God not man made religion this world is built to pull u away n its working

@katarzynabatory5577

2 жыл бұрын

Błogosławionego nowego roku 2022. Greetings from Poland.

Am just asking, so in Kenya a canal can be built linking the Indian ocean and lake victoria? Maybe am over thinking

The main question remains: how many Olympic swimming pools can fit in a football field.

@raypitts4880

Жыл бұрын

English football field or one in USA or how big is a golf course. imperial or metric

why does audio cut at 5:45

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