Secrets of The Vanderbilt Family (Documentary)
This captivating full-length documentary unfolds the remarkable story of one of America's most illustrious families - The Vanderbilts.
From their meteoric rise to wealth through the ingenious efforts of Cornelius Vanderbilt in the steamship and railroad industries, to the gradual dissipation of their fortune across generations, this film presents an in-depth analysis of the family's economic and social trajectory.
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TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 How The Vanderbilts Went From "Old Money" To "No Money"
18:48 Why The Vanderbilt Triple Palace Was Demolished
37:15 How The Vanderbilts Got Evicted From Their Own Mansion
51:43 Why The Cornelius Vanderbilt II Mansion Was Demolished
1:02:36 The Top 7 Vanderbilt Mansions You Can Visit Today
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The journey begins with Cornelius Vanderbilt, known as the Commodore, who laid the foundation for the Vanderbilt empire in the 19th century.
His astuteness in business and investments catapulted the family into the echelons of wealth and influence.
Following the Commodore, his son William Henry Vanderbilt doubled the family's fortune, showcasing a knack for expanding their railroad empire.
However, the documentary doesn't just highlight their financial acumen; it also delves into the personal stories, challenges, and decisions that shaped their lives and legacies.
As the narrative progresses, we explore the lives of subsequent generations, including Cornelius Vanderbilt II, who became synonymous with the family's opulent lifestyle, and his siblings who contributed to the family's prominence in various ways.
From philanthropy to the arts, each member added a layer to the family's complex history, while also showcasing the difficulties of maintaining such a vast fortune over time.
"The Secrets of The Vanderbilts" also takes viewers on a tour of the magnificent homes built by the Vanderbilts, from the grandeur of The Breakers in Newport, Rhode Island, to the Biltmore Estate in Asheville, North Carolina.
These homes are not merely architectural marvels; they are symbols of an era of extravagance and a reflection of the family's impact on American culture and society.
Through interviews with historians, archival footage, and stunning visuals of these iconic estates, the documentary reveals how the Vanderbilts' taste for luxury and their investments in art and architecture left a lasting imprint on the cultural landscape of the United States.
But beyond the opulence, this documentary uncovers the complexities of wealth, the challenges of legacy, and the human stories behind the Vanderbilt name.
It examines the philanthropic endeavors, the internal family conflicts, and the pressures of societal expectations that shaped their choices and their impacts on future generations.
Join us as "The Secrets of The Vanderbilts" unravels the layers of this fascinating family, from their unprecedented rise to prominence to the eventual thinning of their once-unimaginable wealth.
This documentary is not just a story of financial success and decline; it is a reflection on the impermanence of wealth, the price of legacy, and the enduring influence of a family that helped shape American history and culture.
Discover the untold stories of the Vanderbilts, a family that epitomized the American Dream in both its creation and complexity.
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I’ve liked reading about old money a lot growing up but obviously it takes a long time and sometimes you don’t even get really in depth stuff, your channel is honestly the best, the storytelling, the details, the visuals, humor and cadence, and the number of videos, I feel like a kid in a candy store lol, kinda mad I never found it earlier. Keep up the great work ❤
@debrapendleton2459
4 ай бұрын
Ditto 😊
The Men Who Built America. Should watch that, if you've never seen that. Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Morgan, Ford, Rockefeller. They are excellent. All separate episodes. They are on The History Channel. Like movies they used to show in school. If you're into the History Channel when they showed educational programming, those are top notch. Every American should see them. PLus, once you give them five minutes, you're hooked. Definitely 4 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟
In the 90s I was a tour guide at the Cornelius Vanderbilt summer mansion in Newport, R.I. Quite a place!!!
Mark 8 verse 36 For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?
❤ Great documentary. TY! ❤
Awesome videos and new sub here. Watched in full .. thanks for the hard work bringing us this video.
@OldMoneyDocumentaries
3 ай бұрын
Thanks! Glad you liked it!
There’s a director producer by the name Vanderbilt. He made a horror movie that appears to be loosely based on this/his family. Hide and seek or something. Worth a watch. Google his name idk Edit: the movie name is Ready or Not. By James Vanderbilt and it’s a horror comedy. One of the main characters is named grace and there was also a Grace Vanderbilt who married into the family.
@taraaddams
3 ай бұрын
You're right. Ready or not by james vanderbilt. Hidden in plain sight.
@sevenn7pure
3 ай бұрын
Now this sounds more like reality for what this family is all about.
@LabriniToukas
2 ай бұрын
@@sevenn7pure evil elite😉
Good video ..thank u💎
Everything is temporary
@kawboy14
Ай бұрын
Jesus Christ is eternal.
@RapunzelMulan5967
Ай бұрын
Except bad shit apparently
Love it. Many a teachable moment.
All things must pass
They brought their land which is the Blue Ridge Park now from my family. Who also show Vanderbilt and his friend how to Log . McCall's cabin now sets near Pink Bed. 5 cent a acre was paid. Then sold to to for 17 cent a acre to government. He had the train track coming close to his front door. Alot of orphan children was on those train. 😢😢😢😢
@1957es
3 ай бұрын
Biltmore is awesome but when George W Vanderbilt died, his widow and child had to close up most of the house and lived in only a small part. Such profligate spending on homes, dowries to dukes, as if the money would renew itself automatically.
@MouseyBelle-wx4dd
18 күн бұрын
@@1957esthey were never taught to. Everything was done for them.
fumbling the bag 😂 5:11
I'm only 20 minutes in but does it eventually touch on some real secrets of this family? Like all of the others, it is very dark.
@BEve218
Ай бұрын
Yes
How did Elvis get in there?
"As the kids would say.....fumbled the bag" lmao youtube has to put that monetization back after that one
Subbed❤
How was the breakers built in 2 years? That’s an insane building to happen in 2 years of construction
Hard to even imagine the breakers was a private home for one family
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It doesn’t really tell me about his life as a person. Just rushes through a brief history of his life
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Ze Zecretz of Von Zanderbuiltz
I love you so. I miss you so One. World. Ph To GOD be the glory ❤+❤+❤+
Yooooo I had no idea Anderson Cooper was a Van Der Bilt
Et tu Elvis Presley? Why is that?😄
Interesting, Anderson Cooper. I met him once. We were both at a press conference about violence. I didn't know he was a Vanderbilt, but his attitude makes sense now to me, sadly because he seemed lost to real people, but likable I think.
@kawboy14
Ай бұрын
I prefer Alice Cooper.
Got enough ads in this shit?…damn!
It is actually van der Bilt which means of the Bilt. De Bilt is a town in the centre of Nederland
@notsurewhatscookin8691
3 ай бұрын
That’s cool info 👍
@JennaLeigh
2 ай бұрын
He literally explains all of that in the first 5 minutes!
Oh no you didn't go there! Fumbling the bag" ...lol
hello Vanderbilt Family Brethren and Daughters and All Lady. Billionaire. What ever happen you know❤
Irratic behavior= alcoholic
When I hear old money I hear slavery 😂 cause that’s basically what it is
@missbehaving9128
Ай бұрын
Exactly. But you know these people white wash history!
A great descendant from the vanderbilts is Anderson Cooper who has never inherited from that family fortune he made his own way and his own millions read his book or watch the videos he's made about his mother Gloria Vanderbilt who made her own millions primarily from creating a great pair of jeans which I bought more most of my adult life