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Grandfather is shown in a beige wool hat at 1:54. Frank Biscardi, Sr. Born 4/15/1899 Died 3/15/1990 He immigrated from Sicily in 1922 . He was very proud to become a naturalized American citizen. He was a kind but tough guy who worked hard and didn’t complain. He was a master plasterer . God rest his soul

@encarnacionvillazana3270

25 күн бұрын

May his work never be forgotten! His hard work is, was, and will be seen by millions of eyes throughout history! 👍👍

@owenconnolly3041

10 күн бұрын

God Bless Him !! I'm originally from Ireland. Came to the US in 86 and worked as a Mason for 10 years before I got an Injury. From Soccer LOL, Hip Injury. And went to College. I am an Engineer now fixing Xray Machines etc. But I worked with a Lot of old Italian and Sicilians Stone and Brick Masons in Boston, MA some came here as Kids. Great workers, especially skilled at Intricate Stone Work and Plastering too. They were great fun too and would drink and tell stories in the Bar after work too. I was a young guy and they kept me out of Trouble a few times too both at work and in the Bars. God Bless them all and your Grandfather !!

02:23 Dude from 1929. Remember when you were a kid. Shit even back then people talked about how things where better before

@FilmRescue1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes lol! I didn't notice! 🙂

@pyramusk3264

3 жыл бұрын

The day people doesn't do that anymore humanity will be gone.

@ceilingsandfloors

3 жыл бұрын

@@pyramusk3264 Yes of course, everything was so much better during the 1940s right?

@Xerozhwi

3 жыл бұрын

Me trying to go back to 2006 xD

@you_can_call_me_T

2 жыл бұрын

Sounded like he was remarking on the progress, saying how the street had developed. But yes, every generation feels the world was a better place when they were young lol. Truth is, we were just young so everything seemed better in the glow of our youth.

I'm freaking out just watching them...I just could never do anything like this. Nothing but respect to these guys

@donaldb93

2 жыл бұрын

Same here nothing but respect for these men but I could never I would be terrified being this high on a building let alone the edge they were lucky to have ppl step up and do these jobs back then risking their lives

@keithwoodcrest

2 жыл бұрын

I'm watching this by myself and just said outloud, to nobody, "Oh I can't watch *this*!" and turned away because it was making my feet sweat lol 😂

@spudbencer7179

Жыл бұрын

There are 2 reasons they do this, maybe 3. 1. Extremely high payment or 2. lower intelligence than we have nowadays 3. less value for their own life.

@GamerNate30

7 ай бұрын

They were not wearing safety harnesses during construction

People who complain about their daily lives need to realize how truly blessed you are. You have no idea how hard people fought to survive so you can walk this earth. Nothing was given in those days you hard to earn the bread on your table. There's a lost sense of adventure in today but it should never be forgotten

@RebuttalRecords

13 күн бұрын

Hammering on a tin eagle all day long doesn't sound rough at all. I had to unload tractor-trailers and boxcars when I was a teenager.

@Spirituallyverified

11 күн бұрын

​@@RebuttalRecordsThat's fair enough, but I think it's to do with the fact of how dangerous this job actually was. Building high-rise buildings without safety equipment and constantly having to climb up and down endlessly for a whole shift would definitely take it out of you.

@RebuttalRecords

11 күн бұрын

@@Spirituallyverified Honestly, I don't think I'd have the intestinal fortitude to hammer on anything at that height.

you forget that people were just like us, people become so distant from the modern person when time passes. we forget that people got up in the morning, thought about what they had to do that day, thought about mundane things, made jokes, had long conversations. We view people from another time though the perspective of movies, books, or photos. These types of videos remind us that people were like us

@Scruggs91

2 жыл бұрын

This video definitely helped me realize people were…people, back then. No different from us today. 100% agree!

@JohnJohn-zn8ib

10 күн бұрын

The movies today are crap too, probably the last 30 years have been rubbish.

@JohnJohn-zn8ib

10 күн бұрын

​@@Scruggs91better dressed back then and not much crappie polyester is being worn.

Wow balls of steel

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, lol! 😁

@HotShotDesigns3D

3 жыл бұрын

Well I mean literally

Loud hammering, no gloves, sharp metal edges, extreme heights, no safety glasses. Their clothing looked stiff and bulky and their shoes didn’t have gripping rubbery soles but yet they balance on a 2” diameter steel pipe 1000 feet up. You’d think their hats would blow off with the slightest wind gust. They were amazing. So glad these films were saved and digitized for us to watch all these years later.

Just watching them and my palms are sweating like crazy

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

Same here 😄

@TheMarshmelloSquid

3 жыл бұрын

They also cross the road through busy traffic, they really dont care about their life.

@e3724

3 жыл бұрын

"CJNG" Jajaja andas traumado

@ConnorkKidd

2 жыл бұрын

Feel sick

Imagine one of these construction workers was only in his late teens at the time but is still alive today, making him possibly one of the oldest people and the memories he gave out as helping with the construction of this massive building

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

Yesss

@mattblah7737

2 жыл бұрын

lol no one working construction that long ago, that had a full career, is alive today

@dLw920

2 жыл бұрын

@@mattblah7737 i worked on it i am alive .

@dennisneo1608

2 жыл бұрын

This is 1929-30, he'd be 200 now!!

@dennisneo1608

2 жыл бұрын

@@dLw920 Yeah, I remember you. :)

NO WAY IN HELL WOULD I DO THAT...IM NERVOUS WATCHING IT

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

😄

@tommycasidy3031

6 күн бұрын

Men did what they had to do .

Some brave guys, no safety equipment or anything! All that hard work, still standing tall today

Love how flat caps and fedoras were were 1920s hard hats

@MrAllie-bf6zt

2 жыл бұрын

And shirt and ties on, lol.

@ranjitverdi5702

19 күн бұрын

Health and Safety in 1902 ISH!..Wow! how time's have changed 🤔

@ranjitverdi5702

19 күн бұрын

​@@MrAllie-bf6ztyep!.. very stylish

The hair on my neck is standing up to salute them. Feeling goosebumps and adrenaline rush!!

@misst.e.a.187

14 күн бұрын

🤣

I wonder if those eagles heads have been there ever since with little to no modifications just some weather coatings? I don't know. That would be incredible. Seeing these guys working hard and their work lasting almost 100 years later , with high winds and weather, incredible!! I don't know. Anyone know?

Wow I used to marvel at this building while working on other buildings up there and now I see how the eagles were crafted. Hammered aluminum. Makes sense. Freaking cool as hell!!!!!

@wernermuller4677

10 күн бұрын

Das ist Kupfer

@jhay2004

7 күн бұрын

@@wernermuller4677 you are correct; twas copper…….. and I see you are German. I am of German descent

No idea why this came into my recommend I’m afraid of heights lol ! Still I watched and it was really interesting 👍🏻

@FilmRescue1

4 жыл бұрын

😂 Maybe watching this you will get over that fear! 😁 You can consider to subscribe if you wanna see more videos like this.

@mikehunt368

3 жыл бұрын

nobody feels sorry for you.... carry on

@moss5356

3 жыл бұрын

@@mikehunt368 ???????

Respect to these hard working and clearly fearless men

The New York accent was so different back then

@FilmRescue1

4 жыл бұрын

Possible this workers was foreigners

@Voltomess

3 жыл бұрын

@@FilmRescue1 no !! just watch hollywood movies from that era that's how they spoke back then.

@ranjitverdi5702

19 күн бұрын

Well it's not Geordie is it!...lol

@ranjitverdi5702

19 күн бұрын

​@@FilmRescue1oh I never would have thought of that 🤔🧐

It's insane how time changes almost everything around so quickly! Working like that is not just unthinkable it's something only stupid adrenaline junkies would do. Back then it was just a normal day of work.

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, we grow so fast! Evolution... It's good but it's too fast..

It takesny breath away looking down from any real height. I was waiting for the fall and they were being just as casual as someone walking down the street. I wanted to closemy eyes everytime the camera was pointing down

@Knightleycon

2 жыл бұрын

Probably, they didn't look a lot. Cause when u work at high places, after a few moments ur used to it and concentrate to the work. Sometimes u look down, but the little swinging isn't a problem anymore when u get there everyday

REAL MEN.

No hard hats no safety glasses no gloves and no safety harnesses.

All of my respect from the bottom of my heart for those brave workers whose sacrifices would never be forget. Thank you for share this.

The palms of my hands are moist watching this. I can't stand heights at all.

OSHA has left the building

Sureal! Somehow looking at such old footage in color instantly takes about 70 years off from it ...

Truly incredible footage, thank you for sharing 🙏

These guys have more heart then any gangster or punk in da streets😂😂

Did they all make it down safely ?

@bigmatthews666

2 жыл бұрын

Make a video

This should be a flagship presentation at the Chrysler Museum in Norfolk, Virginia to demonstrate the greatest generations building a colossal work in a piece of art, that's iconic, emblematic, and a touchstone representing the corporation at a stage of development. These guys are the real-life Supermen heroes so fabled in our great American lore; a priceless snippet for our culture in future generations to draw from. God Bless America!

The hair on the back of my neck is standing up, watching them.

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

Hehe :) same here :D

@seanandliv6588

3 жыл бұрын

Ya lol

@robertraymond762

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude, seriously. Imagine being the guy who has to hold the end of that eagles head as you're all removing it?? Nuh uh

@robertraymond762

3 жыл бұрын

*adjusting it. Haha. Didn't finish the video yet.

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

@@robertraymond762 Brave guys, I bet they were proud to do that

My god that made me so tense, I mean damn no harness or ropes.

Aren't those guys awsome? I did 20 years high rise concrete.in NYC..its the greatest thrill to be up there...

My heart is literally racing just watching this

Back then people used to be so brave.

@ranjitverdi5702

19 күн бұрын

I bet there's a couple of Geordie's there.

I seriously get light headed and almost sick to my stomach watching some of these scenes with how even the slightest slip or wrong move these men are DEAD. How about even a sudden out of nowhere gust of wind? Yikes

Esse é um vídeo que explica por que sempre tivemos mais viúvas do que viúvos no mundo!!👍👍🍺🍺

They seem calm & why am I the one looking terrified and babbling like an idiot?! 😨😨😱😱😱 Dude, I almost pissed my pants!

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

😄

Check out Fred Dibnah he was a steeplejack from the 70's. Mind blowing how calm he is at such heights

Not a DEI hire in sight 🤣💙

looks like safety wasnt number one priority back in the day

Sometimes, when I see videos like this one , I ask myself whether someone ever fell from those skyscrapers in progress : I really hope not

height limit is 200 0:43

My grandfather worked on the George Washington Bridge and said the American Indians who worked on it walked around the high points like it was nothing.

The dude overseeing the assembly of "The Eagle" working without even the most basic gloves... could've wound up with all the digits in one hand lost, yet everything went as smoothly as pie. No harnesses, or nets, and not even widened extensions to the surfaces of the Carnegie beams and girders, not even non-skid. This stuff is DECADES before OSHA was even thought of. Insane courage, bravery, clear thinking, optimism, and BALLS. No early morning hangover- burdened sots, or druggies working here, seemingly.Even fatigue and the everyday difficulties if life would challenge the straightest guy TODAY. Wheaties and Cheerios must've had some secret ingredients back then😂 lol They are working as if on the ground. MAN what a good group of CHAMPIONS!

this gave me sweaty palms

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

😄 me too

These men were happy to provide for their families and the single men lived the high life after work. Those were your two types of workers back in the day. Both were bad asses.

@mikec4487

Жыл бұрын

Whats sad is they are currently trying to ease these men and claim only Africans built America smh

This is scarier than any horror movie I ever saw.

Chrysler building, the most majestic New York skyscraper, in art decco style. Nothing compares, not even the Empire state building. The Woolworth building & the Flat iron building gets turn of the century honorable mentions from me. Robert at 69.

This happened all before OSHA

My stomach was turning just watching this video. These men are so brave 🇬🇧🇹🇷🇬🇧🇹🇷

my hands aren't sweating your hands are sweating

People were so much calmer back then

No way I could have done this. I’m getting scrotal shrink watching these guys.

Upcoming iron worker these people motivate me

No safety harness, no hard hats health and safety was low but as they entered the Big depression there jobs were really sought after, fantastic footage much respect to these brave workers I remember someone saying lots of of workers died during theses construction 🙏❤️

Different era, similar joys and struggles just like now.

Мужики, похоже, рисуются друг перед другом. Респект, что тут скажешь

😮 makes my feet tingle

Sooooo cool

@FilmRescue1

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@kenma1329

3 жыл бұрын

same

I just read that 5 people died building the empire state building and it only took 13 months to finish...thats crazy.

People seemed so much more healthier those days. Physically and mentally.

@FilmRescue1

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, less worries i believe

@deficator750

3 жыл бұрын

Its like people were more down to earth and connected

@rickriot8743

3 жыл бұрын

Hmmmm not really... On the physical level maybe

@-xnnybimb-9398

3 жыл бұрын

@@rickriot8743 mentally too, actually.

@rickriot8743

3 жыл бұрын

@@-xnnybimb-9398 yeah you're probably right who am I kidding look at these kings

All of these people are dead

@FilmRescue1

4 жыл бұрын

Sadly

5:13 right before it cuts to a new scene does it look like he's about to punch that guys lights out right at the beak of the eagle?

2:07 dude just laying on the line wtf

Wow, they are brave!! Scared me half to death several xs.

@bigmatthews666

2 жыл бұрын

Make a video

Video cameras we're rare in those days !! Only if you had a lot of cash

I am now just a puddle of sweat, absolutely terrifying.

Its actually film, digitally dubbed. Most people undef 30 struggle to understand the difference between film and video.

@snet3483

10 күн бұрын

Oui et 1900 pas de son ...😊

@brianhalberg131

10 күн бұрын

@@snet3483 Oui, c'est toujours aussi étonnant la façon dont ils colorisent ces vieux films.

@snet3483

10 күн бұрын

@@brianhalberg131 oui Mm mais moi je parlais du son , je disais que à cette époque il n y avait pas de son , les images de 14 18 non plus , 39 45 oui . C était ça , oui la coloration donne un cotes plus moderne , qui nous rappelle notre époque , c est bien fait .

my acrophobia intensifies

@FilmRescue1

3 жыл бұрын

😄

but what you don't know, they are all cameramen

dang

Me turning up in hI-vIz causing real problems as guys falling off in fit's of laughter......

На такой высоте, и не одной унесенной шляпы 😅. Ветра вообще нет. Не верю.

Do you allow reactions

The Great Depression is just begging & The Dust Bowl will begin in a few months😓

one slip and its a half a day out with the undertaker .fred debnaw quote.

They spent more time hammering on that eagle than they did building the skyscraper.

Без страховочных верёвок стоят общаются офигеть люди были

@sergeypom4278

16 күн бұрын

Я охренел 😂 Как ? Без страховки вообще и курят😜, ходят как будто по земле, типа ничего не происходит, а вниз метров 100 а то и больше🤣🤣🤣

How do they dub these silent movies? With lip readers?

Esses trabalhadores foram incríveis!!!👍👍🍺🍺

OMG!! 😮😢

The year of the Radium energy drinks lol

Today if you’re on a podium platform 600mm up and the gates not shut the safety guy turns into the girl from the Exorcist.

Incredible what a time.💪🙏🏼👍🇺🇸

@annehat4833

17 күн бұрын

Its not real !

Holy crap! No PPE at all! lol

Got to be very brave. I couldn’t do it.

Строили на века. Не то что сейчас

So where were the camermen with the big tripod cameras ??

Looks like they are wearing slick leather sole shoes instead of work boots with a vibram sole that gives better traction on steel beams Is the iron worker at 9:28 wearing a tie?

Mis Respetos Para Todos Esos Trabajdores De La Construcción De Los Años 1900 A 1930...Tenian Grandes 🥚🥚 Para Trabajar y Caminar Sobre Esos Altísimos Edificios De Nueva York Sin Ninguna Protección....Hoy.En Dia Todo Es Diferente y Mas Fácil....🧐🧐 🇭🇳 👍👍👍👍

What other option did they have.......good old days....

❤️👍

Great video

Занятно что многих этих людей уже нет в живых, но дело их до сих пор живёт.

So scary!!😳

Yes the people who built New York wore ties

America look what we did we are amazing!

Nobody with a latte! :)