I hear that the building steel was made from the same steel as their balls.

@queenbulova5682

5 жыл бұрын

FOSGATEXLT 😂

@tonytuffers

5 жыл бұрын

OMG haha I'm dying

@OjamaLemon

5 жыл бұрын

Nah man the workers werent willing to tell the higher-up pansies where to find metal that hard

@danilyevh.2712

5 жыл бұрын

They definitely have the balls to do this

@tonytuffers

5 жыл бұрын

FOSGATEXLT That was a classic. Now will the rest of you just quit, your not at all funny

"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”

@nicolailinca7017

4 жыл бұрын

I will keep this in my mind. You're right

@bigtrappo187

4 жыл бұрын

Dats hard

@aj3198

4 жыл бұрын

Ash1one Don here’s another one: “through action, a man becomes a hero. Through death a hero becomes a legend. Through time a legend becomes a myth. And by learning from the myth, a man takes action”

@plshelpmeawkdough

4 жыл бұрын

Rodrigo M. *im 14 and this is deep*

@plshelpmeawkdough

4 жыл бұрын

wantafanta01 yeah.. like Jim Crow and shit lol

Im a builder in the UK and have this photo on my wall at home. These men are a different league absolutely superb credit to the construction industry not known but never forgotten 👏

@nachc6459

8 ай бұрын

Bless people like you! Without you civilization don’t exist. Thank you 🙏🏼

@Sssrramzj6my

7 ай бұрын

Stop lying

@mariocooldude9092

5 ай бұрын

Hail 🙋‍♂️ to our white 🐻‍❄️ European ancestors...they built the greatest civilization the world has ever known

@nba2kaii12

3 ай бұрын

@@mariocooldude9092 yes sir dont you ever forget it

@moonwalker091000

2 ай бұрын

I could not have said it better. This gives me chills and sweaty palms when I see them being so casual, just sitting up there, chatting and doing their job. Hats off to these extraordinary men of history.

Word can't describe a photographer a employee who work there . Nobody forgot them . They will always in our heart

@efudd800

24 күн бұрын

Did that photo send a thrill up your leg and grab you by the balls?

up on those beams. poverty was their biggest fear. thats why they did it.

@crooksycollins4349

4 жыл бұрын

BIG LO aka the Great Depression

@abyteuser6297

4 жыл бұрын

It's an awesome job too

@MVP_13

4 жыл бұрын

BIG LO yea it’s true I work in construction up in Inglewood LA and we aren’t closed down, it’s Mandatory to show up

@moloch9258

4 жыл бұрын

Aka the Big Sad

@Nazhuk

4 жыл бұрын

Big sad sounds cute

1932: Men climb skyscrapers and risk their lives to put food on their table for their family. 2019: Men climb skyscrapers so they can be famous on social media.

@Senor_Gago

5 жыл бұрын

1932: they take a legendary photo 2019: they record their friends slipping of the edge of a skyscrapper and dying

@dashboy4l

5 жыл бұрын

Manuel Estacio it states in the vid it was done for publicity

@cr144mc6

5 жыл бұрын

There are still Ironworkers out there with massive nutsacks like these guys

@gordonjamescowiest

5 жыл бұрын

@@dashboy4l yeah the picture was taken for that reason, but he/she is still right. They did for their family, they earned money from building this, their wages went to their families. We don't know their names and yet and idiot climes buildings to hang off it for Social Media likes and we know those idiots because we're on Social media is sad.

@ProdigyMJ

5 жыл бұрын

1932: youtube didnt exist 2019: people making dumb assumptions about people's hobbies without knowing anything about it at all

I'm an Italian boy and I'm working in many apartments around the center of Milan. Today, visiting an old woman's apartment, I was shocked when this old woman told me that the fourth man from the left was his father. She was so excited and proud of him. And I was amazed at how beautiful the history is.

@gh8vh

3 ай бұрын

If you can find out and supply his name that would identify one of them.

@DLC-sy7pp

17 күн бұрын

@@gh8vh He's telling lies for attention. Otherwise why wouldn't they want to name him and get into the history books. I see many many people like this online almost every day, just plain attention seekers.

@SRose-vp6ew

14 күн бұрын

The only reason why you might believe people going to the comment section to lie about something so pointless to lie about is if you do that or you have pride and struggle with other truths when they present themselves to you. There is no point to lie about having met someone who knew. What self-interest would that bring? He doesn’t know the name because he probably didn’t think to ask or he forgot. Ironically, the world is a darker place than you probably realize it is, but what you think is dark isn’t the darkness.

@DLC-sy7pp

14 күн бұрын

@@SRose-vp6ew Then why hasn't he replied to gh8vh in 3 months? I see people doing it all the time for attention. Who are you?

What makes these pictures even scarier is the fact that they aren’t wearing any harnesses. Unbelievable courage these men have.

@outdatedfarmequipment2702

Ай бұрын

The hero and the coward are the same person.

@hdcoletti

Ай бұрын

Thank you captain obvious

@philiphatfield5666

24 күн бұрын

Shoes were notoriously bad in that era. Can you imagine walking around in uncomfortable shoes up there!

I can't even look at these photos without getting that anxious feeling in my gut.

@robertthomas445

4 жыл бұрын

Dol l I 2nd that!!!! Not enough $ on earth to get me to do that! And think abt their salary or hourly wage in 1930..WOW! Brave men!

@Myview246

4 жыл бұрын

Same.

@vincenthiney7424

4 жыл бұрын

Same here

@Paulyfr3sh

4 жыл бұрын

That anxious feeling in your gut makes you stronger at those heights. The Brain and Body work differently under these conditions.

@TheVikingtropical

4 жыл бұрын

Lo mismo digo!

*Anxiety has joined the chat*

@JoeRymo

5 жыл бұрын

@@user-hl9er9bk6y You wouldn't get it!

@Gimbergp

5 жыл бұрын

*Pusyness has left the chat*

@ibram8787

5 жыл бұрын

Balls have left the chat

@guzmo3074

5 жыл бұрын

Isacc Newton's Law of Gravity has joined the chat

@jacsbyjohannsanto

5 жыл бұрын

r/woooosh

Early depiction of how the camera man never dies

They’ll never be forgotten. Their legacy is the amazing structure they built.

@banebakic

8 ай бұрын

Ovo su radnici iz Jugoslavije.

@LjubicaP

8 ай бұрын

@@banebakic Ozbiljno?

@dannytinney384

8 ай бұрын

@@yamil.343 White men are amazing

@homesteadchrish3107

8 ай бұрын

Thousands of years from know they’ll wonder how we built our structures like we do the pyramids. They’ll see these men

@IgorYentaltsev

4 күн бұрын

yes, the structure they built is both ugly and useless. and they built it without any interest, just to fulfill sick wishes of millionaires.

The guy in the middle: *I have to pee.*

@Jesusstolemywallet

5 жыл бұрын

Dude's next to him "Whip it out"

@user-di4rm8bj2o

5 жыл бұрын

He knew Trump will own them later 🤣 🏃🏻‍♂️💨💨

@jacsbyjohannsanto

5 жыл бұрын

Guy Next to the middle: I have to take a shit

@blackbro1854

5 жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing😂😂

@user-ee5he9oz3k

5 жыл бұрын

oops sorry excuse me ah my bad oh dear sorry

Two things: 1. No hardhats 2. They're eating ACTUAL home cooked food

@Peter-zp3tr

5 жыл бұрын

Magaret A. kr

@Bluecheese1400

5 жыл бұрын

I dont understand?

@milesralls7972

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah a hard hat would do a ton

@kobeandgary

5 жыл бұрын

Miles Ralls hard hats are to keep you from getting hit by a falling tool, or hitting your head against something and even knocking yourself out... They do a lot dumbass.

@kobeandgary

5 жыл бұрын

IMxYOURxDADDY that has nothing to do with my comment. I simply was telling him what hard hats protect from, as he said they'd be useless in such a job.

They had nerves of steel and I admire their ability to construct these skyscrapers with no safety wear or helmets. One guy who looked like a photographer had a suit on taking a photo of the men resting as they eat their lunch. Truly remarkable.

No safety nets, no harness. Finally, the original OG

that pic would of gotten a lot of likes on instagram.

@teddycurtis2542

5 жыл бұрын

it would've been classed as photoshop

@SonplaysMinEcraft

5 жыл бұрын

LMAO WHO BUILT THIS😂😂😂😂

@capnskiddies

5 жыл бұрын

It would have, indeed

@ashton1306

5 жыл бұрын

SonPlaysMinEcraft 😂

@piperbarry7853

5 жыл бұрын

MEEE

Fear wasn't invented until the 1940s

@childrenofthesun471

5 жыл бұрын

Not for the poles ;)

@ChodeMaster

5 жыл бұрын

Because there has only been 1 world war. And just 1 war involving the U.S

@Nathan_avy

5 жыл бұрын

1960s

@jakobbw6137

4 жыл бұрын

riikerman have to have a balance. Too much common sense means you take zero risks Too little fear can mean early death Gotta 50/50 split it to gain the best results

@chillyourself5208

4 жыл бұрын

Those boys stepping off those landing crafts on Omaha beach in 44 were fearless, I'd say fear came in the 50s, maybe

You can tell these men had more of a brotherhood and more courage than most people. I think this is truly inspiring seeing everyone sitting on that beam, each of them smiling and saying we have made something amazing.

@Paapi_purush

Жыл бұрын

You're a muslim 🤢🤢🤢

@victoriartrojan5742

Жыл бұрын

@@Paapi_purush nope my mother is American and my dad is Indian and Irish, along on my mom side is Polish, Italian, German, and Mexican. So thank you but you just insulted a German too and this isn’t even my real name on KZread so thank you asshole.😂

@victoriartrojan5742

Жыл бұрын

@@Paapi_purush to add on born and raised in America my dad also is so you have no say, what about you Lavdu? Who gave you a ridiculous name like that, you really don’t want to mess with me.

@ofthedifference

10 ай бұрын

> victoriartrojan5742 Precisely, Victoria; I was thinking the same thing. Teamwork. The 'Empire State Building' has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It was completed at record speed after only 13.5 months on April 11th; 1931, and officially opened on May 1, 1931 - that's quite an accomplishment!

@srodrigues3490

3 ай бұрын

Vc é muito linda. Gostaria de conhecer um brasileiro? 😮

My knees were buckling just watching this fantastic video. What brave men, I couldn't do this job for any money in the world. 🇬🇧🇹🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷

@tommyrregina1227

Ай бұрын

WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD . NERVES OF STEEL 🙏🙏🙏

@bigradwolf5001

Күн бұрын

I feel sorry for your family then if you were needed to do that.

@tommyrregina1227

23 сағат бұрын

​@@bigradwolf5001HOW HIGH WOULD YOU CLIMB ? ?

@bigradwolf5001

15 сағат бұрын

@@tommyrregina1227 As much as I need to feed my family.

@tommyrregina1227

8 сағат бұрын

​@@bigradwolf5001ANY VIDEOS AVAILABLE OF YOU SITTING ON ONE OF THE BEAM'S AS IN THIS VIDEO ?

How did the rail not break from the sheer weight of their balls!!

@ragvirsinghhothi8848

5 жыл бұрын

Feminists castrated them cause they too white and male

@nuttybangerz

5 жыл бұрын

I'm surpised they didn't get rashes on their balls from dragging it all day at work !!

@luiss.3866

5 жыл бұрын

Joke ruined. Thanks right wingers😔

@xxxxxx5868

5 жыл бұрын

Can ya'll stop making shit political

@PoopyThumb

5 жыл бұрын

because their balls a gravitational pull

When grandparents said things were hard back then, they weren’t lieing

@welchsbeanjuice8071

3 жыл бұрын

Things are still hard today.

@asher2297

3 жыл бұрын

Welch'sBeanJuice naw we’re spoiled today

@welchsbeanjuice8071

3 жыл бұрын

@@asher2297 You might be spoiled but it doesn't even take a second to realize that life is incredibly difficult for 99% of people.

@asher2297

3 жыл бұрын

Welch'sBeanJuice we r spoiled cuz we got technology to do everything, and I’m also not saying 100% of people, I’m just talking about majority

@welchsbeanjuice8071

3 жыл бұрын

@@asher2297 Right the billions of starving people in Africa and Asia have technology that can gather food for them. Even here in the US there are tons of people living under the poverty line and do whatever they can to support their children. In today's world the majority of people live hard lives and that is an indisputable fact.

We might not know their names but they will be remembered forever 👍💖👏

I know the name of the man sitting on the far right. His name was Gusti Popovič. He came from Slovakia. He sent his wife a postcard with this famous photo on which he wrote: don't worry my love you can see me with a bottle. 😄

@jameshill8493

Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome where did you hear this

@Princesseva8818

3 ай бұрын

Awh my country 💗

@fartpooboxohyeah8611

12 күн бұрын

You don't know him. You read the story on Wiki. Why would you lie about it? lol. Just lame.

@Zett76

9 күн бұрын

​@@fartpooboxohyeah8611 "I know the name of the man" Learn to read, genius.

@thisaintart

3 күн бұрын

@@fartpooboxohyeah8611 happens to the best of us 🙃

Just imagine if it rained...

@ezzyfiretv8922

5 жыл бұрын

Larry Michael 😂😂😂LOL

@matthewsmith2592

5 жыл бұрын

Larry Michael rainout

@duochirkznemesisiv8394

5 жыл бұрын

RAINDROP SMOKIN THOT BOX THICC TACC

@Vsauce_69

5 жыл бұрын

Or wind

@MelisaDiary

5 жыл бұрын

They wouldn’t have cared

God, my legs turn to jello just looking at this pic. I like heights and thrills, but I doubt I could ever do this.

@michaelrivera2212

5 жыл бұрын

candiigurl7893 agreed, but it's a hell of a view up there I'd totally be down or up in this case

@asiaborja7225

5 жыл бұрын

Lol me too

@samesame8502

5 жыл бұрын

candiigurl7893 I would have fainted and fallen 😂

@keithen8708

5 жыл бұрын

candiigurl7893 I'd shit myself asap!

@melflo4651

5 жыл бұрын

candiigurl7893 -->>> me too, I had to look away for a moment.

The men are not forgotten, only nameless. I don't think any one of us will ever forget them.

I appreciate this photo being a construction worker now, everyday I go to work and see a different place as it gets to be a finished work of art that many men and women pull together and get done. Thank you

Them: *smoking on top of a skyscraper* Me: *comfortably laying in my bed and having small heart attacks only watching this*

@jorvanne2003

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣

@missblink4611

4 жыл бұрын

ExCtly my thoughts

@eliseuhackbarth7003

4 жыл бұрын

kkk. we became toooooooooooooooooo weak

@uvupweweosas142

4 жыл бұрын

@@eliseuhackbarth7003 indeed we did and I can speak for my self..

@erwinjoseph1600

4 жыл бұрын

😂😁😂

Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.

@samyway3514

5 жыл бұрын

LetsGoToMarsMan genius comment, I hope that's your original comment.

@jaspervandenbosch3838

5 жыл бұрын

samy way It's not

@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath

5 жыл бұрын

So we're clearly in the "weak men" period right now.. Nothing but soyboy cucks roaming the streets of New York!

@dixoncidermouth7063

5 жыл бұрын

LetsGoToMarsMan It's an constant cycle.

@jerardogarcia4337

5 жыл бұрын

samy way it’s a quote search it up

Honestly, everyone in these pictures (including the photographers themselves), deserves the spotlight of the many greatest humans I have seen in history to date! I am so glad that these pictures existed because they have a sense of connectedness that I can have with these fellow humans who've lived decades before me. It also goes to show that at the end of the day...we are all human beings - and that is far more fascinating and "awesome" than anything, really!

@Bennysol

10 ай бұрын

Imagine the men who built Rome or Greece or the pyramids

I salute these men for putting their life on the line to make one of the most iconic buildings of the world, right here in my city. A structure so old yet so modern that represents the city of New York to the fullest extent.

Their balls contain more steel than all skyscrapers in existence combined. Odd that such a flimsy beam in comparison could hold up under such weight. It must be magic or CGI.

@nikoleass

5 жыл бұрын

urmaker u so stupid dont know shit about metal

@juliusfiorentino2837

5 жыл бұрын

Ea zγ it's called a joke, maybe?

@nikoleass

5 жыл бұрын

Julius Fiorentino i d be trippin then sorry

@urmaker

5 жыл бұрын

I would have thought saying their balls contain steel would have been the giveaway. :P

@ronank4837

5 жыл бұрын

CGI in 1932?

*when ur job is dangerous but u gotta get the bread*

@imperialguardsman5929

5 жыл бұрын

*Faint Stalin laughing in the distance*

@MartinQ-bl6co

5 жыл бұрын

@@imperialguardsman5929 I like everything about you.

@crimsontide420

5 жыл бұрын

@@imperialguardsman5929 oh yeah yeah

@GoonOnFire

5 жыл бұрын

Uhm... you do no that just cuz this was over 100 years ago they still got payed in money rite? lol. not bred....

@pohjantuulet247

5 жыл бұрын

The man's gotta do, what the man's gotta do.

As a former scaffolding worker I know, understand and salute their pain, their joy and their courage. Unique job which not many can manage. Hard one and sometimes very rewarding one. I still keep some awesome photos that are, I can easily say, second to none.

RIP real men. Can't believe the world went from this to what we're witnessing today.

@lichtsoldat7697

Ай бұрын

Right???

@jeffreyjohnson7359

20 күн бұрын

Workplace safety rules?

@amrowski

19 күн бұрын

@@jeffreyjohnson7359 no. We went from that to grown ass men themselves women and grown ass women calling themselves men and even worse.

@1966roadster

15 күн бұрын

Do you think any of those men would have be competing against women in sports? The only thing what they would have competed for… that who was going to open the door first for a woman! The good old days when men were real men and women were cherished!

@amrowski

14 күн бұрын

@@jeffreyjohnson7359 idk why they removed my comment but I'll rewrite it, I was comparing those men to the nonsense we are seeing today such as a bunch of men wanting everyone to accept them as women.

My mans on the right had a pint of whiskey for lunch lmao

@essamthouheed1459

5 жыл бұрын

Derty Hairy must be Irish

@Dan-zb8xm

5 жыл бұрын

he was slovak. only man in photo to truly legitimately be identified. not irish, but eastern european slavic man. his wife give him bottle.

@genxtasy9914

5 жыл бұрын

shot of courage to be up there

@liamryan7239

5 жыл бұрын

I wouldn’t want to get drunk up there

@keithen8708

5 жыл бұрын

Derty Hairy 😂😂😂

I can't even go downstairs in the night without the lights on.

@hamood818

5 жыл бұрын

Me too

@travydoyodirt5182

5 жыл бұрын

😂

@soullessSiIence

5 жыл бұрын

Of course you don't, idiot. How would you see the stairs in the dark.

@-mv

5 жыл бұрын

What does this have to do with the video??

@mattsmith1039

5 жыл бұрын

Pha.x he’s comparing the balls of steel of the men in the video to himself.

So strange. I've seen this photo dozens of times and never once thought about the photographers risking their lives, as well.

It is absolutely saddening that nobody knows these guys. I can only imagine the sacrifices they made from their families, I bet these guys were laughed at in their day for their profession. It's great to see how far we've came but also sad to see how society would put down guys like these back in the day. Thank you for all of your service!

@ofthedifference

10 ай бұрын

> switchlite44 That you would suggest that these guys were laughed at is an awfully odd thing to say. And, where do you get the notion that the society at that time would "put them down"? I'd say the fact that you would say such inordinate things is more of a sign of where your head is at, not everyone else's. "Back in the day" people believed in working for a living - a day's work in exchange for a day's pay. Men worked hard for a living and were proud of earning money for their hard work so they could support their families - it's what people did, and they were grateful to get the work. This is a quality that many people today don't even fathom.

@flowrepins6663

8 ай бұрын

​@@ofthedifferencesociety put men like them down today calling them opressives while using their services. They would replace this pic with blcks and girls saying they were opressive for not letting women earn a living there

@normanacree1635

2 ай бұрын

Are you suggesting that workers of today should gladly do this kind of work without any safety measures (straps, hard hats, etc.) just to have the 'pleasure' of working like dogs to build something for some gazillionaire and be thankful for the opportunity? Kudos to the workers who did the work. Hell and damnation to the ruthless bastards who put them in such peril with no thought for their safety.@@ofthedifference

@ofthedifference

22 күн бұрын

@@normanacree1635 It would behoove you to read my comment again and realize that it was a response to the commenter named switchlite44. I said nothing suggesting that workers of today should gladly do this kind of work without safety measures. I conveyed the value of being employed to do a good day's work in exchange for receiving a day's pay - something that I was grateful for being hired to do. Too many people in our society today would rather collect money from the government rather than working for a living .This has nothing to do with working without safety measures.

@jwilder2251

8 күн бұрын

2 victims and a historian walk into a comment thread…

I can literally feel the sensation of falling backwards just looking at that picture.

@brenb2721

4 жыл бұрын

😬🤕

@chrisphil510

4 жыл бұрын

u made me scream

@Lightning_Mike

4 жыл бұрын

Or forwards

@rociomarquez3512

3 жыл бұрын

My brain would make me do this.

@jacquelynroe9036

11 күн бұрын

Me too! I’m built for a job on the ground.

What a shame, no one knows their names. What courage they had!

@willydiaz9586

3 жыл бұрын

@@1meancyberbully329bruh no it isn't that's possible

@willydiaz9586

3 жыл бұрын

also there is a guy name Robert Halleun who claimed that one of the guys was him and this was back in 1966 a few years after he retired.

@The_Honcho

3 жыл бұрын

1MeanCyberbully uh, plenty of steelworkers do this today though, of course with lanyards however. They take their feet on the bottom of the beam and use their legs to drag them forward while holding onto the top of the beam with their hands

@justsomeyoutubecommentorwi4378

3 жыл бұрын

@@1meancyberbully329 you smoothbrain lots of people can and have done this idiot

@JaJa-vm9bo

3 жыл бұрын

The man on the right side: GUSTI POPOVIČ from Slovakia (village Vyšny Slavkov

I am also a construction worker and a safety man at the same time in the city of Baghdad, where I work in constructing skyscrapers.. Will history immortalize me?

I started as an Ironworker apprentice in '73 and I heard a Journeyman tell a young guy "hell boy I've been further off the ground than you've been away from home".

Anybody else having anxiety issues watching this?

@lmb1962

3 жыл бұрын

My stomach is doing flips and flops and I am sitting on the couch. Wow.

@veragray8104

3 жыл бұрын

ME!!!!

@Subiwu

3 жыл бұрын

No shit

@wildroseXIV

3 жыл бұрын

Loads

@andreamonk4545

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely!!😳😳😳

There’s no way I could survive 5 mins much less one day up there. My admiration to these great man.

@veragray8104

3 жыл бұрын

FACTS!!!!!!

@ernestboykin3rd706

3 жыл бұрын

Bruh I would have fell off looking down lol real chop

@chrischampagne4307

3 жыл бұрын

@@ernestboykin3rd706 no worries, pictures is fake

@jussieronen3707

3 жыл бұрын

Just think about the fact that fatalities were almost a daily basis in skyscraper building. Edit: not apparently lmao

@goodgeogr4363

3 жыл бұрын

It's a perspective thing nothing else

My Grandfather, my uncle’s, and father were iron workers. Sad thing is no one knows how dangerous and hard these men work and still put their lives on the line

I really loved the narration. So beautifully it captures the story, gave me goosebumps.

Not that they needed it but those guys get my Respect.

@jcl418

5 жыл бұрын

ceewats wow 501 likes and 1 reply

@serbia991

5 жыл бұрын

What about the mowhak indians that build the totum pole

@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath

5 жыл бұрын

These guys made America great!

@andrecanuck5656

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, they did and they worked hard for the little money they got paid. Barely any safety equipment to even speak of. People today won't even cut the grass or weed whack unless they have goggles on and leg protectors, or they'll report employer to safety board lol

@drivernephi170

5 жыл бұрын

serbia991 What about it? It's not dangerous making totem poles.

I am also amazed the steel beam did not collapse from carrying all those massive steel balls at once

@UndeadPharaoh

4 жыл бұрын

You're a little late on the joke hundreds made before you

@kimjongun1073

4 жыл бұрын

FatalFinality you did him dirty💀

@moonbull3137

4 жыл бұрын

FatalFinality for sure thousands

@mikejuliet2619

4 жыл бұрын

Wow ...Good one buddy

@mz7289

4 жыл бұрын

@@UndeadPharaoh LOL

The courage that they had speaks volumes when your hands start sweating just by watching them at work. I would be clinging to one of those side beams hanging over the city streets with a death-grip even if I were wearing a solid secure safety harness.

That has to be the most badass picture of all time

@cokonutraw8800

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. A lot of other famous photos, you need the backstory to put it into context. A lot of other influential photos are shockingly famous for depicting human tragedy, suffering, violence, cruelty. But this photo carries its' own narrative, it doesn't need any explanations. This photo displays unreserved nerve in spite of the sprawl of social anxiety. It shows that the common man can achieve tremendous heights on the balance of character and fortitude.

@jondoe562

3 жыл бұрын

more than "the moon landing"?

@pugg5ter542

3 жыл бұрын

@@jondoe562 yeah the moon landing was probably more badass

@ernestboykin3rd706

3 жыл бұрын

This picture should be dubbed og'z of the 1930's SMH. U talk about having a set as big as the Whitehouse these guys had them real talk.

@NATURALGAMING

3 жыл бұрын

The bas ass picture of all time is Pablo Escobar in front of the White House

Americans back then: I can build a sky scraper without shedding a single drop of sweat Americans now: Whaddya mean imma not allowed in the walmart

@chelseacco7567

3 жыл бұрын

🤣 "Allowed in the Walmart"

@fornax5798

3 жыл бұрын

eVoLuTiOn

@DIY_DISASTERZ

3 жыл бұрын

Fornax it’s evolving. Just backwards.

@Thatguy-ft-dog

3 жыл бұрын

@@DIY_DISASTERZ i do want to point out that gen z has no part in this and therefore is the best generation for having patience.

@randyblackburn9765

3 жыл бұрын

Plenty of sweating up on the iron , the Red Iron heats up like a stove

Here in 2024 watching this video of the brave construction workers in 1931 - 32 from the safety of my armchair and I'm feeling the butterflies. Brave men. 🇬🇧

For years, I thought that the photo of the eleven workers having their lunch on the beam must have been trick photography or careful editing, because I knew that there were a lot of publicity photos taken. When I saw photos of the photographers balancing on the beams, reality hit me between the eyes. In these days of health and safety regulations, it seems incredible that these workers put their lives at risk on a daily basis in the lifetime (just) of my parents.

That picture is stressing me out

@andyrudy8627

5 жыл бұрын

I'd have my arms and legs rapped around that beam tight pleading for HELP!!! convinced I'm about to fall. I have terrible balance.

@jessjlsy

5 жыл бұрын

Same

@alexanderyoumans1688

5 жыл бұрын

Just wouldn't do that shit. They probably made $1 an hour. I'll gladly make a sandwich

@NAMLE-qv2id

5 жыл бұрын

Me tooo

Apparently, the first person from the right is a slovakian man, Gustáv (Gusti) Popovič. He sent to his wife Mariška a postcard with this photograph on which he wrote, "Don´t you worry, my dear Mariška, as you can see I'm still with bottle. Your Gusti." Now this photograph is decorating their grave.

@stellaq3306

5 жыл бұрын

Oh that would’ve put her mind to rest! 😳

@klodstvn1897

5 жыл бұрын

Bullshit

@Oberkommando

5 жыл бұрын

SLOVAKIA IS THE BEST

Working construction my whole life, I have this picture framed in my office, it doesn't need words

I’ve had this photo framed in my office for years. I love the detail.

Imagine being the dude on the far left cant get off that beam unless the other 7 move out the way first

@drivernephi170

5 жыл бұрын

MrFlux Pavilion That’s why he’s lighting a smoke to calm his nerves

@kyledenson1287

5 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@SunflowerSpotlight

5 жыл бұрын

That’s what I was thinking! That’d need to be me; I eat ridiculously slowly, so I’d just cause a blockage if I was at the front of the beam. 😅

@doonsbury9656

5 жыл бұрын

@MrFlux Pavilion I can see your point, but there are actually 10 other men on that beam beside the guy your talking about.

@juraiiv9953

5 жыл бұрын

Doonsbury r/woooooosh

That’s wayyyy tooo high

@robertmcdevitt8338

5 жыл бұрын

Raul Gutierrez Yeah, I bitch when Im up 30ft running my over head copper pipes let alone that. Haha crazy.

@ceciliamoncada3224

5 жыл бұрын

Raul Gutierrez, it is never too high

@iamjimb

5 жыл бұрын

As soon as I'm off the toilet I'm gonna be the same

@NativeAmericanSwag

5 жыл бұрын

What's the point of putting innocent people's lives at risk for a tall building!!! SMH

@nobullshit9721

5 жыл бұрын

You need to cut it

Great video and bit of history on the photo that's been around for decades . My being a native born New Yorker and a fear of heights ? I have a great deal of respect to those men . Thanks for putting a little perspective on that impressive photo of the Twentieth century history .

Thank you gentlemen. I’m a born and raised New Yorker. Proud to say I’m from Brooklyn New York. Look at that city every day and it’s a thing of beauty. And the city is still growing. With even bigger skyscrapers. But watch these guys put their lives at risk to build New York City man that’s dope. Thank you gentlemen I can’t say it enough thank you…

@natedavis1091

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I lived in east village for over 15 years an I never got sick of the view coming back to the city

These men are real men... not gangbanger, not pimps, not fame seeker obsessors.. real men who work for their living to get through life. To provide for their Loved ones. To take responsibility of work needed to be done. These are real men.

@sid1820

5 жыл бұрын

LumberJack dnt forget not opioid addicted idiots that are slowly breeding themselves out of existence.

@sjsingh2840

5 жыл бұрын

LumberJack 💯👌

@Tobias.Harris

5 жыл бұрын

The irony

@ViewMyChannelAndBeBlessed

5 жыл бұрын

IRON

@fromthebackseat4865

5 жыл бұрын

These real men were killed at rates unprecedented from falling because of terrible safety procedures. Don’t glorify this.

Am I the only one that is saddened on how much these men risked their lives just to feed their families?

@Tjd1982

2 жыл бұрын

It was the great depression, you did what you had to do. They look pretty happy they have jobs at all.

@hearsomeevil9199

2 жыл бұрын

@@jasoncutshaw8401 you've prolly done nothing even close to what these guys did

@AnnaLVajda

2 жыл бұрын

Well that was the whole thing about weighing risks was lack of options starve and freeze to death on the street or risk your life at the top no safety net? People who never had to make choices like that don't know what tough times really are if their choice is just off some restaurant menu.

@mercurial1025

2 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Yamah12a

2 жыл бұрын

@@hearsomeevil9199 says this to someone they have never met whilst also hiding behind a keyboard and sitting in a room they almost have certainly never left. Honestly why don't you open your horizon a bit you spanner.

Can you imagine that if cameras and video recorders had not existed at that time, we would never have known this impressive image and the courage of these men, as well as the work of these brave photographers who risked their lives to leave us these beautiful memories of the past. Thanks for sharing the video.

@flowrepins6663

8 ай бұрын

Makes you wonder about the thousands of unrecorded history events we never seen

I will always love this video… these are the guys who helped build this world around us today and sadly society thinks so little of these kinds of people and workers… nothing but respect from me 💯✌🏽

I would 100% get paranoid and drop

@linksrepair2851

5 жыл бұрын

same

@MichaelP-ke1tm

4 жыл бұрын

I would drop but do 100 front flips and end up surviving

@steevrawjers

4 жыл бұрын

talk about hash tag me too

4 жыл бұрын

@@MichaelP-ke1tm the only thing you drop is your pacifier.

@TheDeepState2001

4 жыл бұрын

@ you are gay

one word for these brave men: RESPECT Update: Thank you for seconding, guys. I didn't know how powerful a word was to the society until today. 💙

@opensprings

5 жыл бұрын

I certainly could not have done it

@allensaunders449

5 жыл бұрын

Kenny James A. Cubero that's the way things were done then no alternative this was the norm

@chitoim2332

5 жыл бұрын

Just like keapernick🙏✊

@TheChaz747

5 жыл бұрын

chito Im naw Kap’s fake

@whodis2625

5 жыл бұрын

CRAZY*

These are outstanding photos. My Grandfather would tell of his time on high steel construction in the early days of the highrise. He even worked in Dallas as an much older man in the nineteen eighties.

I have the upmost respect for these men , it was a hard job they had to do day in day out and they did it with such grace . Thanks for sharing . Cheers 🇨🇦

I can't even look down in our double decker bed..

@boruto1974

5 жыл бұрын

Alice in The Land of Dawn Who’s “our” I don’t have a double decker bed. You mean “my double decker bed”

@JadedParanoia

5 жыл бұрын

Brick Owens They probably mean a personal being 😶😶 Family, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Cat, etc.

@lilpooh9708

5 жыл бұрын

Purple Alpha624 Yeah, i need a whole entire twin/full size bed just for my cat.

@JosephAliDeeb

5 жыл бұрын

Purple Alpha624 cat would be most realistic

@mltvk8769

5 жыл бұрын

Hi fellow mobile legender

I got sweaty hands alone from watching this.

@lisanewnham2089

7 жыл бұрын

Superborrrd

@saileshmeena8456

6 жыл бұрын

douglas wahid hhb

@melvinomarpalacios5140

6 жыл бұрын

Superborrrd 😯😯😴😴👚👚🐮🐮 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllolllllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob xb b 😲

@salijasalija6905

6 жыл бұрын

+Melvin Omar Palacios zed the the Best at,, I'llq

@carlosvargasquiros3783

6 жыл бұрын

Superborrrd uuyuj

The trust they had for one another is awesome 👍.

Awesome. Thanks for your credit to them and also for sharing 👌

Whatever the back story, it's still one of the most iconic photos of all time.

@dababy1234

Жыл бұрын

Ok bud, of modern history no doubt

Some individuals did die tragically. There were always men waiting below to replace them. That's the truth folks. CMJ

@Div4Dante

5 жыл бұрын

How often was there a fatality any idea?

@charlesjensen7918

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure Mr.Dante. I believe there is a memorial plaque with their names at 30 Rock. CMJ

@BananaSlug911

5 жыл бұрын

40% died. Like 20% became disabled.

@charlesjensen7918

5 жыл бұрын

Really. You sure? A lot of people will see your reply Mr. Slug.

@rambo0071

5 жыл бұрын

Life is tough

I'm sitting on a chair at work on a concrete floor and watching this is making my stomach roll. Bravery doesn't cover it. These men were unbelievable. RIP to them all

Changing a 💡 for the ceiling is high enough for me 😀😃😄 😁😆😅

"It's sad that we don't know the names of these men" In a way, it allows them to become Everyman, without race, creed, culture or language dividing them. Almost any immigrant can look at that picture and identify with at least one of the men, and in that way, it forms a constant ideal of the national image, and what the US was aspiring to at that time. Even in 1932, this was sensational, and since then we have only become less determined in our focus to grow, drive and improve ourselves and more focussed on personal identity and wealth.

@thatonesomali3217

4 жыл бұрын

Goddamn become a poet

@w0202

4 жыл бұрын

Wow what a great point of view to look at it. Especially in times like these when we need it

@pink_alligator

4 жыл бұрын

I wish but sadly people are all too happy to go "I don't see any of them being literally black so then they must all be white" As if there is no ambiguity about race what so ever, Today no less! after being an interracial couple being free for some generations and we're more racially mixed than ever before, people are totally comfortable assuming based only on skin tone. As if it doesn't actually matter what we are, troubles me every time

@liamjahdai

3 жыл бұрын

No it was more like this “maybe there was a reason why there names weren’t kept or why they didn’t bother to give their names because maybe we all can find a little of ourselves in each of these great men”

@GrievingForGrace

3 жыл бұрын

Well said.

If someone started to fall, he would naturally try to grab the guy next to him. Dominoes.

@roshantamang7176

5 жыл бұрын

That's what I was literally thinking haha

@Kinobambino

5 жыл бұрын

Shit would be crazy

@rw-by6752

5 жыл бұрын

BRUHH I LAUGHED TOO HARD AT THIS 😂

@blades2255

5 жыл бұрын

I'm an ironworker I'll go in the hole trying to save my brother with me up there. Not even hesitate

@runeman1672

5 жыл бұрын

I swear thats what i was thinking

These men are totally unbelievable, i get dizzy standing on the pavement, i got a jigsaw of the picture, just fantastic.

My grandfather was a bricklayer on the Empire State Building he died some years ago but he was talented ❤

My knees are shaking just by watching this.

@honestabe6841

5 жыл бұрын

Exactly!!!!

@samuelflores6209

5 жыл бұрын

That's true

@noquiero9354

5 жыл бұрын

Soyboys or wat?

@johnnytwotimesya9032

5 жыл бұрын

Kyaw Khine I’ll make your knees shake 😉

The hardest workers earn the least amount of money

@axelsoncarla

5 жыл бұрын

Rock Stone welcome to the women’s world

@juliaj7939

5 жыл бұрын

@@axelsoncarla Sorry I'm a woman but I don't see "feminists" wanted all garbage workers, cops, construction workers, war draft etc to be 50% female? It's not equality if you only fight for more women CEOs and other indoor "glass ceiling" jobs.

@Final_Dawn

5 жыл бұрын

@@axelsoncarlasay that to the men working in the coal mines... or the men who climbs radio towers to change light bulbs. Some of them are over 400 meters tall.

@ralphmasucci9005

5 жыл бұрын

Not necessarily. Being a programmer is really tough work but u do get paid alot

@ricardoalves9605

5 жыл бұрын

Rock Stone I'd they earned more then the people hiring them they wouldn't be hired in the first place

I’m an Local 22 Ironworker and those are the true cowboys of the sky. They had zero tolerance for fear. I have a large print of the picture framed next to my dinner table where my family eats. You nailed it at 3:05 they had pride in their work.

Did that work since 1969 and loved everyday IW#5 ❤

These men had more courage than I've seen. Soldiers, men at war, they also are people who defy fear, they don't accept fear. They just accept their missions and do them without blinking. Wow!

@veravaladez1525

Жыл бұрын

Unlike most men in 2022!!

@_kk.65_

Жыл бұрын

this generation is to soft

@borntoclimb7116

Жыл бұрын

And no politican cares

@borntoclimb7116

Жыл бұрын

@@veravaladez1525 nah, hundret millions work hard in the eastern hemisphere today but no one cares, even in the western hemisphere millions of people work hard, no one cares...

@stepanfedorov561

Жыл бұрын

@@veravaladez1525 Believe me, there are many courageous people in 2022. It's just that in the last 50 there was much less room for heroism. You know, easy times make weak people, weak people make times hard, and hard times make strong people, and strong people make times easy...

I think it's kind of cool they're not named, because they represent all of the workers, not just those individuals

@jamestaylor8577

2 жыл бұрын

you make a good point actually

@Rob_GUERRERO

2 жыл бұрын

Very very very very good point

@njaewin

2 жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly

@Rob_GUERRERO

2 жыл бұрын

@@njaewin have a good week bro

@clevelandpearce9841

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed good point!

I have been to the top and was impressed, but this video and Christine"s narrative is simply amazing, I get a physical reaction watching these workers, their lack of safety equipment and their risk. This happened when America was great...

🇯🇲🇯🇲 these pictures are recognized in Jamaica. These men are a prime example of courage and skills 👏

They had more guts than the people in the next 50 years

@theexplorer7139

5 жыл бұрын

Prasad Kharat As a millennial, I can confirm that. This was the greatest generation.

@1181darkfire

5 жыл бұрын

The Explorer no it was not, just because they worked without safety equipment?

@Smithy250

5 жыл бұрын

Prasad Kharat Not really considering in the "next 50 years" was world war 2 which they probably went to fight in along with many millions morr

@yallugly4317

5 жыл бұрын

Prasad Kharat You know this was in the 30s right?

@riva9111

5 жыл бұрын

Prasad Kharat they did it for money. A man does everything for money and survival

How do they balance themselves with balls of steel that heavy?

@demetrius8184

5 жыл бұрын

Just like beavers balance themselves with their tail, they balance themselves with their balls of steel

@dZorroIII

5 жыл бұрын

The balls of steel are what give such incredible centers of balance.

@plocky401

5 жыл бұрын

Those steel ball jokes keep getting funnier

@dylanmmcgarvey7506

5 жыл бұрын

Your Neighbour yo tell yo dog to stfu

This was one of my dads favorite pictures of American history up close . I was maybe 10 years old when he told me the story behind the photo

I have always been fascinated by that picture. I first saw it as a child. I’m 59 now, and still fascinated by. But now I get a little queasy when I see it 😀

35 years ago, I was a rookie supervisor in a brewery where a water line was leaking about 6 floors above ground. While we were figuring how to get a genie-boom positioned between the conveyors without taking apart conveyors and high speed labeling machines, our senior fitter climbed up to a 6 inch wide beam 75 feet above ground floor, and walked out another 50 feet to the job carrying tools and repair parts easily weighing 50 pounds... Billy Shields was 52 at the time. I watched in awe how he walked the beam, made the repair without a harness, then walked the beam back to the climbing posts and descended safely down to the shop floor. After that, I called him when we would shut our fillers down every week and let him pull a couple of bottles of beer off the line to enjoy if he wanted to. He was a stud.

@theOneandOnlyhomieG

4 жыл бұрын

To walk a beam without a harness or leading edge technology is something I couldn't imagine doing in today's age. Osha certainly wouldn't stand for it considering they were established courtesy of this picture. Lol

@cherbrowne1637

3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Thank you so much for sharing this amazing story....

@johngullo9420

3 жыл бұрын

I would have given him a case a week for a year.

@classic-kool

3 жыл бұрын

@@johngullo9420 - If I could have, I would have .. Whenever Billy was working on a job in my area, I would ask him if he had everything he needed. Occasionally, he would ask for a helper to hold something in place or whatever .. he needed the extra hands. With me he always got what he wanted, and when he finished a job early, he was done for the day because his work was always done right. I never remember having to come in behind him to "touch up" or repair failed work. Our workers always got 2 cases per month plus an extra two cases if their department was injury free for the month. My pipefitters were always taking home 4 cases per month!

@MARTIN201199

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this story and his name, Billy Shields.

Respect to people who worked on building the Empire State Building.

@JPKnapp-ro6xm

2 жыл бұрын

The photo is Rockefeller Center.

@adamknight7041

4 ай бұрын

@@JPKnapp-ro6xm Yeah but the point being the ESB is considerably taller then Rockerfeller

...my ALL TIME favorite photo!! Glad to see the explanation. Just think, up there like sitting at a lunch table...

What a great generation of men.

You have to admit, TIME Magazine produced some of most iconic photos the world has ever seen. Photos like these need to be preserved.

@xenostim

Жыл бұрын

This photo first appeared in the NY Herald Tribune apparently, but I agree!

@user-kl4il1zt8f

8 ай бұрын

Democrats don't want it

@flowrepins6663

8 ай бұрын

​@@xenostimif it was today they would replace it with blcks n girls 😢

@Lyoko42o

3 ай бұрын

@@flowrepins6663 wtf was this comment