Films like this make you realise how lucky you are to live a comfortable life with prospects and hope

@obfuscated3090

5 жыл бұрын

We have that because of ORGANIZED LABOR and GOVERNMENT REGULATION. Remember that.

@boomerhgt

5 жыл бұрын

jhon doe Your a fucking moron

@ronaldpellet854

5 жыл бұрын

I think it is all relative....I have had money then lost it all and you do learn to live with what you have and still find some semblance of happiness....they may not see it as we do....they survive. BUt totally agree with how lucky we are....to be here.....so much comlaining and belly aching ya hear and maybe more should see this....a life of toil....and the chance at a better life

@buggsy5

5 жыл бұрын

@@ronaldpellet854 But everyone but the rich are being ripped off by the drug companies and insurance companies.

@thomasgriffith7401

5 жыл бұрын

You mean the Organised Labor and Regulations that made it too expensive todo in the west!!! Someone has to do it. If you want to make that argument you better be ready to pay the difference. We expect things on the cheap in the west, but are not willing to accept why it is cheap. Remember That.@@obfuscated3090

I work in Norway, demolishing oil platforms. The astronomical differences are just insane.

@howardg7162

8 ай бұрын

As a Canadian I can just imagine

@NotAStanAccount

2 ай бұрын

Tell us more, please

@bimmerole1

Ай бұрын

Ja det kan du trygt si:-p

I'm really surprised the owner gave you such open access to his operation. Usually those shipbreaking yards are closely guarded and people who speak to journalists are immediately fired. The documentary is really great, eye-opening and absolutely shocking all at the same time. Next time we complain, maybe we should think of those people - just to put things into perspective.

@theogeitondasamphilochos5630

Жыл бұрын

The biggest irony is the fact that the only good of good dudes of owners would give documentary journalists access to their operation so that many workers of them seemed to be rather encouraged and even happy to work and live their life despite that the journalists clearly tried to paint them as poor helpless victims... Yeah, we can see another conflict between naive moralists from the west and hardworking people from the 3rd world...

@Gecko....

11 ай бұрын

This is from a few years ago when there wasn't so much politics around the breakers

@perpetualgrin5804

8 ай бұрын

I visited in 1994, climbed a rope ladder in the stern and ate breakfast . It is a fascinating place, like a scene out of Mad Max. Greeting from Australia😅

Is it just me, or did anyone else’s heart break seeing that wee boy going to sleep outside with just the wee radio to keep him company

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

And he's a fortunate one....

@dreddj.9451

3 жыл бұрын

It took me back to my early teens, when I was 13, I did the same,,, but we grow,,,

@jvincemusic

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, a wee bit.

This is by far , one of THE best documentaries I have watched in many years. It held my attention to the point that I forgot I was watching this on KZread. Very Interesting , quality production and content. Thank you.

"...... A place where ships come to die, and men die with them..." Automatically suggests the documentary is world class, and is well done.......that was one of the best documentaries I have ever seen....though it is a sad one.

@andrewdow1609

4 жыл бұрын

either that or unnecessarily melodramatic

@jayswarrow1196

4 жыл бұрын

@Andrew Dow "A ship runs fullspeed at the shore, inches away from the workers." - when it's not even cleared the water by a nose. (yet, the camera angle leans toward it, like in a disaster movie) Or, to put in shorter: You are correct, Sir, have your deserved like!

@doloresbartolotta2733

3 жыл бұрын

@@jayswarrow1196 cnp

@taylorc2542

3 жыл бұрын

These people are getting rich (for them) and moving up the food chain. As the industry develops things will professionalize. Looking at them like victims is stupid, our great grandparents had it rougher.

@Gavichap

3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorc2542 Not the workers. They are poor and will stay poor and diseased by the fumes, oils and hard work. It's the *shipyard owners* and *steel merchants* who will get rich and richer. Until the workers do what our grandparents did: unionise and demand DECENT PAY and SAFETY. We had coal mines over here and workers were treated like black slaves. Owners called in the Royal Army and they shot at the crowd on strike: 4 dead and 11 wounded, and they got all away with it!

I worked as a marine engineer for over 20 years. One of the more serious concerns when working on older ships was the amount of asbestos that was used in their construction. If it was known that a ship had asbestos used in its construction any structural work carried out would require testing for asbestos. If found a specialist team would be brought in to make the area safe, then we could carry out any repairs that were required. It is frightening to see the process used in this video. No regard for health and safety. I guess that is why the ship breaking yards are in these countries where laws are few and safety is of little concern. You an be sure that some individuals there and in the West are making a lot of money from this.

@1946luke

2 жыл бұрын

Yep, Hunter Biden. 10% to the big guy.

@edwardmartinez9459

2 жыл бұрын

All over the world bozo not just the west. They do the job there government know try thinking before you comment!

@francebootun9598

2 жыл бұрын

@mike Yes. It makes you realise how much shit you westerners sends to countries like India. You Loot their country, steal all their resources then sends them your crap. Your old ships, your old clothes, your old all appliances, and so on.... Stop being such a double standard big hypocrite.!

@mitsos306ify

2 жыл бұрын

Unfortunately life has not the same value in all places on earth. Even in our own country we can spot great inequalities!

@francebootun9598

Жыл бұрын

@@mitsos306ify I disagree,it has nothing to do with being unfortunate. Is it why the likes of Liz Trust had to go to India to threaten them if they buy oil from Russia.? You are all a bunch of , thieves and Bullies. Its in your F**king DNA..

The most heart touching fact is that they appreciate their work and have a noble attitude towards their work, even when they are engulfed with misery and poverty they seek to have a religious means to their life being deprived of love, care and joy. they seek some meaning to it.

@Pauly421

3 жыл бұрын

Religion is the opiate of the uneducated

@razeshbudhathoki

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pauly421 religion is hope for the hopeless!

@darkprotector9562

2 жыл бұрын

Makes you realize the so-called civil "rights" groups in the west are a bunch of lazy, envious, marxist whiners

@darkprotector9562

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pauly421 What did atheism do for anyone?

100 % truth, I beached a ship here 17 years back and the same contract I left the shipping industry after what I saw was done to nature and to the workers on the ground, it is a really terrible situation there, watching this documentary is just a mear insight to what goes on there but to see the reality one must visit in person.

"Whether its the owner, contractor or supervisor... they want to squeeze the life out of poor people" -words of wisdom from a shipbreaker

@taylorc2542

3 жыл бұрын

They're fine, part of getting rich is changing your standards about safety.

@JoeRocket-sf6qs

3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorc2542 yeah change from giving a FUCK to NOT.since you wouldn't be working there,or receiving the shit pay.

@TheTrex600ESP

3 жыл бұрын

@@taylorc2542 You dont have many braincells left. I am sorry for you.

@mr.giraffe7076

2 жыл бұрын

Allot of poor people and poor countries are full of idiots. Like, complete morons who make retarded life decisions.

@lilnarm_smoothblaze

2 жыл бұрын

@@mr.giraffe7076 without good advantages how else is one to feed their family. If you were born in impoverished conditions wtf would do because we all can’t make it

"this dharna...the ships die so we could survive". One of life's paradoxes.

"It's like smoking 15-20 packs of cigarettes a day. All the time. " said the doctor with a big smile on his face.

@hosnbros

3 жыл бұрын

“You got enough smokes there Rick?!” 🤣👌

@elusivejugmaster43

3 жыл бұрын

Sickening actually,the fact he took an oath as a doctor to care for his patients and just laughs at the toxic enslavement of society's most vulnerable.

@MarekLewandowski_EE

3 жыл бұрын

@@elusivejugmaster43 and what exactly can he do? I learnt to admire Indian people who in a position of this doctor, being one against thousand miseries, does not collapse, but does best, even if it is just an advice to stay upwind. He can't single handedly make the life of these shipbreakers good, but if he can teach some of them to use the wind, which is free to them, to use to get better breathing air, then he did more to improve their lives than most shipowners did. Small steps and cheer them, for hells sake.

@Masterfighterx

3 жыл бұрын

@@elusivejugmaster43 Honestly, they seem to laugh at anything in India.

@HieronymousLex

3 жыл бұрын

@@MarekLewandowski_EE that’s insanely patronizing. So that’s what qualifies as a doctor in India? Someone who understands that wind carries smoke? All the workers understand that. A child understands that. If you think they need someone to tell them to stand up wind, you must think they’re stupid

I was thinking my job kinda sucks but after seeing this I'm actually looking forward to going to work tommorow

@williamnordeste9653

4 жыл бұрын

If they all threaten to quit without some changes they might see more results.

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

@@williamnordeste9653 Sadly there will be many to take their place...But I agree...if they ALL banded together, there may be some improvements in safety and conditions.

@aarmansharmanshaan

4 жыл бұрын

Lol. Well said brother, you made me laugh

@yabton5110

4 жыл бұрын

youre still being exploited tho, just not nearly as badly as these guys

@MahdiBanners

4 жыл бұрын

lol just don't tell this to your boss.

In 2019 they opened a hospital, with doctors every day, ambulance service, x-ray, burns ward, operating room and some other facilities. Free of charge. It was funded by government, international donors, and one of the ship wreck yard owner.

@ThorHiney210

3 жыл бұрын

If this is true thank you for this information!

@bokbon8680

3 жыл бұрын

but not 100% true right.. fact of life..

@ronzomac6246

3 жыл бұрын

Lies, lies, lies.

@leonotthelion

3 жыл бұрын

Thats a big step in the right direction. They definitely need to invest in PPE.

@Draxindustries1

3 жыл бұрын

@@leonotthelion ppe in these types of environment will do very little for protection..

All people in the USA should have this as required viewing.

@ACE-xv6sh

3 жыл бұрын

Have the democrats in for long enough and this is what USA will look like.

@2869may

3 жыл бұрын

@donkey lover Please provide us with a honest and reliable source for news....?

@HJBounell

3 жыл бұрын

@donkey lover "real News".............so how is it living in Wuhan make work city?

@NotAStanAccount

2 ай бұрын

Yes! I agree 100%, but I would extend this to "required viewing for ALL humans in all so-called 'developed countries', not just Western, Anglospheric ones.

The guy in the red t-shirt, he speaks pretty good English. Infact better than the owners. Usually people don't speak like this unless they are educated. Wonder what his story is, how he ended up being a ship breaker.

My God. I have no words to describe the whirlwind of feelings I felt watching this documentary. I never imagined that the end of a ship's life would bring such sadness to human life. I pray to God to give comfort to all those involved and their families. Work hard to change their future. Thanks to the creators of this documentary for showing us the reality, excellent work!

@stevengill1736

2 жыл бұрын

Blessings on the workers there.....may the Great Spirit watch over them, their families, and all of us....

@1946luke

2 жыл бұрын

Well, at least they're willing to work, unlike so many American vagrants.

That unreal feeling when watching KZread ads interrupt to show you a commercial of latest luxury class smartphone.

@darkprotector9562

2 жыл бұрын

It drives me nuts to be told that I can't live without one of their "essential" luxuries while trying to watch the documentary. Nothing seems more absurd than to have their trivial shit rammed down our throats while trying to understand the predicament of others...

@tomdrahos7739

2 жыл бұрын

@@darkprotector9562 Agreed. It's infuriating. Does it seem to you that the workers in this documentary seem happier and healthier with better posture than most folks I see stumbling down the streets of the West, clutching their latest smart toys?

I work in the maritime industry and my friends are too. It seems that only a few people knows the end of giant ships. I learnt a lot from this video as a member of this industry and shocked that there are still people who works in such a dangerous environment with little hope.

This is so sad. It makes me feel so spoiled for complaining about my so called problems! compared to these people's problems, I don't have any worth mentioning! Films like this make you realise how lucky you are to live a comfortable life with prospects and hope....Best doc I've ever seen.

"And no blueprints to tell where to cut."..........A Korean built ship, Korean blueprints.....Even if they had a set, could they even read them? These guys are self taught and much like the men in America that built the Brooklyn bridge, the Empire State Building....ETC. Same conditions. Same danger. Same low pay for what they do. My Hat is off to all of them.

This documentary is one of the best iv'e seen in a long time, you do not see the narrator, he is cool; intelligent, serious, and to the point, others iv'e watched, the reporters keep showcasing themselves in the frame to show off what they are wearing, and how wonderful they look, it's distracting, then i just have to move on, not withstanding, i would love to see them in frame once in a while

@martinkostian2817

5 жыл бұрын

You have discovered the National Film Board of Canada. The best in the world.

@deidradahl3186

5 жыл бұрын

@@martinkostian2817 Thank you, now i can't get enough of it, first time that i am aware of it

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

Same..great narration, the workers were free to speak for themselves, Very respectfully done

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

@@martinkostian2817 I did think I detected a Canadian accent in the narration :)

@darkprotector9562

2 жыл бұрын

That's because it's not made by CNN or one of those other stupid, biased networks

I watched this absolute masterpiece years ago and I’ve been looking for it since. Thank you so much!

"If the cable snaps it could cut a man in half" Me: Stares at frayed cable *[Softly] don't*

@bethza__

3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting on them to say ......it’s happend before .

My sincere salutes to all the team who made this documentary with absolute perfection.

Such a powerful piece of work this. My hat's off to everyone who contributed.

This video changed my opinion about life...

The amount of years I've been after this documentary... I'm talking about more than 10 years. I've emailed NFB countless of times about it, I've even wanted to purchase it, but with no luck. They never even contacted me back. Anyhow, I am really grateful I can enjoy it here.

I work with the homeless and substance abuse but seeing this just makes me think, I’m off to India in January 2020 on a cruise, I’ve booked a private trip to Mumbai, I just have total respect and admiration for these wonderful people who work so hard just to survive. I feel so guilty.

@nicklee2763

4 жыл бұрын

I bet your not on your cruise now

I would like the children and the teenagers here in NZ to view this documentary and for them to think about just how lucky they really are with the lifestyle that they have been born into. I honestly felt sorry for the two brothers following the death of their mother, but even in that grime ship breaking world, there was a heart, in fact two hearts looking after those boys in need. An excellent documentary ..... well done!

@NotAStanAccount

2 ай бұрын

Yes!! I know your comment is 5 y.o., but I second everything you say, 100%.

It is crazy to think of how much effort went into making those ships. You'd think it would take less to keep them going.

@timprussell

2 жыл бұрын

I did see something on that from a program about ship disasters. Over time they get metal fatigue and so are no longer safe. Bulk carriers tend to have some of the biggest issues. Sadly for bulk carrier crews sometimes the owners push the limit on that and some have been lost when they have split in heavy weather.

The resilience of the human spirit, the ability to adapt to conditions some would consider unbearable even impossible is amazing.

@steveky7829

Жыл бұрын

It is called a slave mentality.

All of these dudes have thousand yard stares

@tecumsehtm

5 жыл бұрын

Even the kids.

@cbly

5 жыл бұрын

they are dreaming of the day they come to America to own a 7/11

@2218_life

5 жыл бұрын

I've seen that in a lot of video from India.

@billydarley6925

5 жыл бұрын

@@cbly hahahahaha XD thats so fuckin true too! LMAO!

@drmodestoesq

4 жыл бұрын

I believe India is on the metric system. They all have 1000 metre stares. Which is exactly one kilometre.

someone from a Ted Talk said it best. To be born in a western country is like winning the lottery

@elendil354

4 жыл бұрын

Our ancestors built this for us. It was hard work. Not luck.

@gregorymalchuk272

4 жыл бұрын

Except for infant circumcision.

@elendil354

4 жыл бұрын

@@MrKritterh If you google up the image "Burning the Brushwood" by finnish artist Eero Järnefelt you can se how scandinavia was created. Extremely hard work PLUS terrible winters and darkness far up north with LOW natural resources and harsh growing conditions. The reason why scandinavia is less populated than the rest of the world is that the historical carrying capacity of the land is comparatively low. It is an enormous feat that they could create the best countries in the world given their harsh enviroment. Africa however is the absolutely most fertile (NO WINTERS) and naturally resource rich continent (ENORMOUS), so you are simply wrong. Also: "most of the Western infrastructure was built on the backs of slave or migrant workers" This is not correct. Please read "a history of slavery" by Thomas Sowell. However: that argument might be made for ancient rome, egypt and the middle east (ottoman & persian empires). Since they actually where slave economies. The arabs have taken millions of both african and european slaves over the centruries. And did not stop until the british empire vowed to end slavery world wide in 1807. Google "arab slave trade" and you will find the relevant wikipedia article if you dont want to read sowells book.

@getchasome6230

4 жыл бұрын

Nobodys forcing them to stay there.

@joy-qy3jl

4 жыл бұрын

@@getchasome6230 lack of money and family duty is forcing them to stay there

This film has a kind of savage beauty, a real work of art.

After 10 minutes of watching I'm ready to mention this in any Reddit thread even remotely related to shipyards, shipbreaking, India or poverty. I'm an expert on these topics now.

They do honest work and are not scroungers... Hats off to these guys...

@haparoundthehouse6618

4 жыл бұрын

You see 'honest work'? Looks like good'ol exploitation to me. And while the first world purposely drags it's feet huge $$$ is being made off this exploration.

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

@@haparoundthehouse6618 What Ramesh means is that they work bloody hard..they put their lives on the line every day.

@haparoundthehouse6618

4 жыл бұрын

@@Oakleaf700 My post didn't minimize their efforts. And yes their is huge exploitation going on. (and yes hard work)

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

@@haparoundthehouse6618 It is so sad..this documentary is so frustrating to see...so many improvements to be made. Training, an on site first aid bay, protective gear..so many things. :(

@haparoundthehouse6618

4 жыл бұрын

@@Oakleaf700 Sadly those improvements will make the costs too high and other 3rd world countries will be next on the exploitation list. What really needs to happen is a global-wage/environmental/worker safety system. This will cut into profits. The best process corporations have to insure uninterrupted profits is an uninformed public.

Real eye opener.Thanks for the upload. Some tough, fearless people right there now. I wish them well.

Thank you for informing the world of this atrocity committed by all of the irresponsible people involved. I pray this situation will improve dramatically within a very short time. Peace & Love ❤️

@vsubhuti

2 жыл бұрын

things don't change in India they get worse I am Indian

What an eye-opening documentary. More like this should be made and seen.

I don’t remember when did I last watch, a documentary so powerful in terms of treatment and heart wrenching in terms of the idea and the issue discussed over here. If it’s not an eye opener , I wonder what would be

Captain!!! I just parked the ship here for a few minutes then it dissolved into the hands of jawas!!!!

These are the men that build a nation! My hats off to them.

Who's here after beating Hardspace: Shipbreaker and watching the credits?

my uncle was a ship yard welder in early 1980s , working at port of San Francisco California. then the ship yard business ended in 1987 due to high labor cost and polution. he is over 90 years old now.

@NotAStanAccount

2 ай бұрын

Wow! I bet his knowledge & memories could make for a documentary to rival this one. 😊

"Work upwind" Brilliant advice from the shipbreaker doctor. He acted like he's the first one to think of it.

This brought tears to my 68 year old eyes; human beings and especially children shouldn't need to exist in this hell hole.

The same story happened 40 years ago in China,and a lot of the people did this dangerous work not changed their life from poor to wealth since the works shifted to India.Good wishes to the workers :Be safe.

Had the opportunity to visit this place last month (September,2019) things haven't improved much for the workers. they still live in the same conditions as seen in the video. Wages will never increase here as there are always people waiting to take up your place if you quit. The Gujarat government could have easily created a hostel for the workers and a good speciality hospital also while implementing stricter safety norms. Learn from Kerala government who built hostel for migrant workers even when there is no specific industry in the state.

@raajeevvohra1

4 жыл бұрын

how i wish the same as you

@user-ol7wv9ll8o

2 жыл бұрын

общежития? больницы?! да вы батенька. коммунист?! (сарказм)...

@ishwarchandrabehera8850

2 жыл бұрын

And our head of the country says Gujarat model of development... It seems Gujarat means only Ahmedabad

@shawnleider

Жыл бұрын

It wouldn't be that hard to throw up some large hostels with that many people looking for work. Anyone with money could help. U hear about all these billionaire philanthropists. Why can't any of them help ? Help from any government isn't comimg

I love the music at the end...awesome! FYI, I saw one of the very ferry ships that I have worked on for the Alaska Marine Highway System...the name of the ferry ship built in 1962, which ended up here in the same shipbreaking yard, in this video, was the State Ferry Taku! She was 55 years old when she was beached here...it was a sad event especially for the people that sailed and worked on her. Thank you.

I live 20 km away from this place...believe me if this place shuts down my whole district will go bankrupt...as shipbreaking and re-rolling are only two industries that are left here

@dineshparmar6464

3 жыл бұрын

How it justify with the laborers they are dying due to lack of proper basic needs and safety? what about human rights?

@smokienigatha2537

Жыл бұрын

@@dineshparmar6464 @Dinesh Parmar Rather than collecting tax ,The govt dosent care about us . If this industry collapse we will still die of hunger. What are we supposed to do.

@dineshparmar6464

Жыл бұрын

@@smokienigatha2537 If government doesn't care about us, then we should fight for our human rights.

Peace… Shalom… Salam... Namaste and Thank You Everybody for All that you are doing for our Mother Earth 🙏🏻 😊 🌈 ✌ 🌷 ❤

This is so sad. It makes me feel so spoiled for complaining about my so called problems ! compared to these people's problems , I don't have any worth mentioning ! I'm going to pray for them. Everyone should pray for them too .

@rob12449

4 жыл бұрын

by praying for them brings us together as humanity and God can reward them later for what they endured in this life. I also respect and honor young men who died in war another hell on earth. at least we can offer our prayers!

@mylanmay8326

4 жыл бұрын

yeah cause your prayers are going to make them feel better...

@frx1p32dz2

4 жыл бұрын

@@mylanmay8326 no need to discriminate my guy. if you dont believe in God, you too cannot disprove Gods existence. If you rely on science well just know science is always questioning the unknown, even contemplating the existence of God, don't shame people for their differences. Accept individuals, we are all unique for a reason.

@Roc-Righteous

3 жыл бұрын

The first thing they need to do trash their idols. And the people need to take back their country. There is plenty without ship breaking, it's just the people allow the rich to control them.

@jeffjohnson8596

3 жыл бұрын

@@Roc-Righteous we are about to do the same thing in the usa

I have torched scrap metal for 5 years in the U.S. I have cut almost everything imaginable. I wouldn't mind having a chance to be part of breaking a ship. Torch cutting is a skill and by what I have seen so far these guys are good at what they do.

Excellent production. Congratulations to the whole team. A documentary for life! Very good!

Really good documentary I had to right a paper for school upon this and wow I definitely taken what I have for granted

thank you for uploading this, what a harsh life these people live.

@frisbe9279

5 жыл бұрын

frig you

@howard5030

4 жыл бұрын

TheFartSmeller69420 epic spelling

It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. I worked at Todd Shipyard in the summers of 1968-69 in Galveston, TX. It was a dirty, hot, miserable way to make my money for the next year's college expenses. Watching this video, I can still hear the sounds and smell the torches and smoke like it was yesterday.

@ericblade8330

5 жыл бұрын

Mr. Ken dam i worked as welder in machine shop, and loved every breath of smoke, dangerous metal being moved an water ballons thrown at each other during a shift. I loved every minute of my llow wage job. I learned so dam much💥🚂🚂👊🇺🇸🍼🍼

@timothyterrell1658

5 жыл бұрын

I worked at peck iron in Portsmouth Va , I know that smell. 30 years and I still remember. Horrible job, but somebody has to do it. Those without money will do it . They have no choice.

@timothyterrell1658

5 жыл бұрын

Eric have you been checked for metal poisoning. Maybe your sick.

@timothyterrell1658

5 жыл бұрын

@@ericblade8330 joking aside , don't sound like a good time either. Saw a few fab people at the scrap yard, they didn't last long. The boss quit hiring them.

@obfuscated3090

5 жыл бұрын

I enjoy running a cutting torch and repairing/maintaining welding equipment. If I had to work at an Indian breakers I'd absolutely want to be a cutter because it beats manually moving all the steel cutters cut off!

Выбора у людей не много, фактически, его нет. Смотреть не просто. Прям до слез. Спасибо огромное за фильм, очень тронуло.

God bless those orphaned brothers.

Ive been to this shipyard as a child as a tourist with my parents. I got some really nice items, a pair of steiner binoculars for free which were really expensive that would have been thrown away otherwise. But yea, terrible condition from what I remember, fumes everywhere, hard to breath and the water- as black as I can remember

@jordit2970

4 жыл бұрын

where is it?

@ajinkyaugale3836

4 жыл бұрын

@@jordit2970 alang ship breaking yard in gujarat state of india

@vsubhuti

2 жыл бұрын

@@jordit2970 check it out on loney planet guide book

Very well done documentary. This was hard to watch. It hurts to see what these men have to do , the work conditions, just to survive. I wish I was rich , I would help them all. No one should work under such harsh circumstances. I will never complain about my job again. 😔I pray for all these men and there family's.

@memyself1176

6 жыл бұрын

Lisa Milito Holden i work at a shipyard too, can you pray for me 🤗

@kapilbsingh

6 жыл бұрын

Lisa Milito Holden wow you are dumb

@DubElementMusic

5 жыл бұрын

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@spoonkiller7elie

5 жыл бұрын

you are rich if your from the west

@seeker119

5 жыл бұрын

What kinda job do u do? Come see my job will never complain again

I visited Alang in 1994, climbed the rope ladder and ate breakfast on a ship. Great to see. The road in is lined with goods from the ships. They should run tours there. It is fascinating.

@vsubhuti

2 жыл бұрын

you are lucky nothing blew up near you.

@user-js4zx1lr2u

8 ай бұрын

Sure. Let the plot owners make even more money. Notice the guys all standing round as the last ship comes in? They aren't hurting. They make a show for the camera and then scurry home to what the breakers would call a palace.

I wish there was a way to trade every person here in the US that hates this country with a person working at this shipyard. I hate how people don't appreciate how good we have it and bring one of these ship breakers family's over here and watch what they will do with that opportunity

@skribe

3 жыл бұрын

youre very short sighted, the reason the US is so good is because of those people you say hate this country. The people that protested for better labor conditions and so forth. Simply because the country is better than most doesnt mean there is 0% room for improvement. If youre too lazy to make change dont knock people who are.

@austinlane5533

2 жыл бұрын

What an ignorant comment..

@bicyclehub6216

Жыл бұрын

We can trade you.

I'm sure they will make a similar doccumentry when they clean up Scotty's garage.

@hectorhughes3491

4 жыл бұрын

Stfu bwaigh

Wow. I just can’t believe they are so grateful for everything they have. The story of the kid that lost his mom from a snake really got me where I live.

Reports like this make you realize how lucky you are to live a comfortable life with prospects and hope

It's not shipbreaking.. It's heartbreaking 😭

This echo's of the days of the early U.S. when Factories, Mines, and other Industry treated citizens the same way. Children working 10 + hours a day. Men and Women used and tossed aside when they were too old or broken to keep up the pace. If you were hurt, tough $hit. Slowly unions and the reluctant Government had to do something. The saying never goes away. "If you do not learn from History.....

@TheKingOfHalo

5 жыл бұрын

EpiDemic117 Then those companies have no business in that country whatsoever. That’s the only way they’ll comply. It’s expensive but it’s for the workers that build them up in the first place.

@LOL60345

5 жыл бұрын

this could have been any european/american boomtown during industrialization.. just replace the ships with x industry

@Chastity_Belt

4 жыл бұрын

Actually, that industrial life was destroyed by machines, but not by government. In first world countries peoples doesn't work 10+ hours because machines does. Automated lines and robots changed our work, life and whole world. Business doesn't need hundreds of people on hard works because their work are more expensive and less productive than machine's. Robot doesn't need daily salary, weekends, holidays, vacations, health insurance and it's can work 24/7 with micron accuracy. Eventually, third world countries like India also will get cheap machinery working power, and all that workers became too expensive to use. It's called the progress and it's unstoppable.

@shananagans5

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheKingOfHalo If those companies pack up and leave, the workers have nothing. Yes, it sucks but the workers are there because it's their best option and the companies are there because the labor is cheap. Every developed country has had to go through this kind of stage. As India develops, there will be more money, more options and conditions will improve. Nobody would take this job in the US for $2 a day. Why? Because there are better ways to make money. You would have to pay more and reduce the dangers to get people in the US to do this job. As India's economy develops, the same thing will happen. There will be more options for workers and the ship breakers will have to pay more and make it safer to get workers. You can't just regulate your way to prosperity. If you try, it will just lock them out of world markets and into poverty forever. Unfortunately, they have to go through this stage of economic development.

I visited in 1994 , climbed a rope ladder to have breakfast on a ship. Just fascinating, like a scene from Mad Max. Also the road into sells everything from the ship's. It was one of my goals when visiting India. Also visited Gardani beach in Pakistan. Yes I've always loved ship's. Sad to see them being destroyed.

@scottpecora371

5 жыл бұрын

Not destroyed, recycled. Just like cars, where it is now approaching 95% of a car is recycled. So you have these old, dirty burning leaking worn out ships who's steel is 100% recycled, along with all the copper, aluminum, etc which is a massive energy savings verses starting from ore. The millions of tons of ore that would have to be mined to obtain the iron and other alloys that scraping these ships save.

@felixcat9318

5 жыл бұрын

@@scottpecora371 Somewhat unfortunate that they cannot recycle the health of their pittance paid workforce when their eyesight, lungs and limbs are irreparably damaged by working in extremely hazardous and dangerous conditions without reference to safety practices, procedures or PPE! In truth, they could introduce and enforce a considerably high level of workers safeguards (in comparison to the zero amount they currently have) but they simply choose not to do so. The owners couldn't care less about any of their workers, because there's always someone wanting a job! The caste system has a lot to do with this too.

@gautamnatrajan1990

4 жыл бұрын

@@felixcat9318 It's simple: If they introduce all those safeguards then shipbreaking will shift to other countries with even lower standards, just like it shifted away from the USA and Europe to India and Bangladesh.

@felixcat9318

4 жыл бұрын

@@gautamnatrajan1990 This a race to the bottom, with a starting point slightly above the bottom...

After watching this, I have a new found sense of just how fortunate I was to be born where I was, heartbreaking seeing the poverty and choices these people live with and how they live with it, incredible

Phenomenal documentary. Music, narration, content. Perfect

very thought provoking,value of human life,poverty,very well done,excellent documentry

This is the best thing I'll watch all quarantine

@pandoxno3

3 жыл бұрын

I feel sorry for you

Good evening I don’t normally comment on the things I watch on KZread but I fell compelled to thank the film makers for one of the most moving documentary’s I have ever watched thank you

Every time I'm having a bad day I watch this video and it cheers me right up. Thank you!

15:25 walking through that ship that is beached, with complete silence around you. very eerie vibes

@chads8720

3 жыл бұрын

Your gorgeous....I am from nova scotia....had the chance to sneak on an old Russian radar ship that ended up into our harbour from a bad storm. The boat itself was rendered inoperable during the storm...but we managed to sneak into the marine slip and used a later to shimmy onto the boat from the wharf....was like stepping into a time capsule and everything was there Including canned Russian seafood ....very Erie.....

@givemethatfilletfish

3 жыл бұрын

@@chads8720 relax chad

@chads8720

3 жыл бұрын

@@givemethatfilletfish agreed lol

@kookaburra574

3 жыл бұрын

@@chads8720 stop simping on the internet chad

No one person has the choice of what life they are born into but after watching this I am fortunate to be living my life.

@pauloneill7939

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, they do, read Seth Speaks, the eternal validity of the soul. This is something that every personality on the planet has been through or still has to go through. that doesn't mean that we just have to accept it though, we can still try to improve people's conditions and drive out greed which is what basically creates this.

@abdib5446

3 жыл бұрын

Paul oneill you can improve, but you can’t still choose the life you are born into.

@pauloneill7939

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdib5446 yes you do

@abdib5446

3 жыл бұрын

Paul oneill why would anyone want to be born blind then?

@pauloneill7939

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdib5446 For a variety of reasons.

3:32 Safety is our moto.....what a cruel joke.

Great video! A good reminder of how privileged we are just by the place we got born!

All the hard work these people do and not even basic living conditions are offered...clean water, showers, laundry facilities, housing ect. So Sad

@Oakleaf700

4 жыл бұрын

It is so wrong...But even in UK industrial accidents were bad before legislation came in.. {Peoples of the Abyss by Jack London described London,England in about 1890. and how workers were crushed and lamed and thrown out, penniless. it needs government action, not greed and corruption.

I have done dangerous construction work but holy shit .

@arjunchatterjee9362

5 жыл бұрын

Welcome to real life. lol, if they regulat ehte profession, owners will just let the ships rot.

@billydarley6925

5 жыл бұрын

i could see about a million safety violations incurred in the American workforce. these ppl would be shocked to see how strict we are with safety.

@Starfox371

4 жыл бұрын

@@billydarley6925 That's why they aren't broken down here. It's too dangerous for the American workforce and would be too expensive to make safe. So we let less fortunate nations do it for us.

@rocksteadyusa

4 жыл бұрын

DO ya think there is aafety guy on the job??

@Ricopolico

4 жыл бұрын

@Brian Warner - What the hell is the point of this stupid comment?

A wonderful documentary......... Heart touching...... Contractors and owners sucking the blood out of poor man's lives and pushing them to desperate living conditions. An eye opener ...definitely......to realize and introspect how lucky we are to have a place to live, good food to eat, good air to breathe, good water to drink and all the other luxuries of gadgets, furniture, so on....................still we see people around us, leading unsatisfied lives, blaming their fortune. High time to do self-introspection.........

This documentary is excellent and I like how little the narrator and crew are present. They guide the viewer through the film, but let the people and place tell their story in their own ways. I’d dig it after COVID, there could be a return film. See how things have changed, or not changed.

crazy seeing this, i work at a shipyard in the US and see alota of parts come from india!

Human Life in India is cheaper than the scrap

@Megasigggg

4 жыл бұрын

And so it should be over there.

@MayankPrasad111

4 жыл бұрын

@@Megasigggg who cares there are 1.3 billion of us.

@gloryhalleluiah4787

4 жыл бұрын

@@MayankPrasad111 Jesus cares. Jesus came, died, rose from the dead, to save us from our sins, to have eternal life. Human life is NEVER cheap or scrap.

@venugopalbk4144

4 жыл бұрын

Unmanageable population of 135 crores would continue to be so

@venugopalbk4144

4 жыл бұрын

See the replay ,some fucker wants sell Jesus ,why doesn't he see the sufferings of many Christian poor countries ,their his Jesus is impotent ?

These men are absolutely badass.

@Ray092684

2 жыл бұрын

Hardly.....

40 years ago this happened in England, Turkey and Italy and no one cared. In fact, these ships and the technology that came with them brought the people in Alang and everywhere else the wealth and progress that enabled them to be anything else than a farmer, priest or soldier, drive cars, buy in supermarkets and browse the internet. Maybe in the future, robots and machines will replace the workers to scrap the future ships, but where will the people then work?

As a marine engineer, I felt that so called human attachment to my vessel. Shit it breaks my heart seeing my ship being scrapped, for I called it once my home.

Do not let this industry shut. Instead help the workers with new ship breaking machine.

@drmodestoesq

4 жыл бұрын

That would make them unemployed. 3/4 of America's manufacturing jobs were eliminated by mechanization.

@adamlennon750

4 жыл бұрын

The problem is that is the machines would be expensive and the ships would simply just go where the labour is cheaper again. It's like you didn't listen to him when he explained why ship deconstruction is in India and not in the west.

@Ar-fy5nc

4 жыл бұрын

@@adamlennon750 yeah like drugs. I will make more law for protection for the employee and they're family.

Thank you NFB for the special documentary about the life of things and people.

Most of the Music and Songs used here are from bengali treasure.The narrator did awesome job being in the background and depicting the real concern of this unorganised industry as well as the saga of the unknown ship breakers and their sacrifice for livelihood. Overall, the story is about the real concern of Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental Hazards which needs immediate attention of Concerned Bodies local as well as Global.

@aniksarkar6

2 жыл бұрын

can you please name the Bengali song?

@northstarpheonix

Жыл бұрын

Any idea where i might find the vocal song from the final scenes?

This was hard to watch. Gave me another reason NOT! to complain about the littlest things. God bless those workers who risk it all to put food on their families tables. 🙏🏽🙏🏽

@Ray092684

4 жыл бұрын

What about the ones who risk it all just to get drunk? Like the father of the kid whose mother died? The documentary doesn't show those ones.

@moemoes5989

4 жыл бұрын

RICK WAY, He didn't get drunk. Didn't you hear him? he said at the end of a long work day I must have 1. There are no drug stores, no doctors, no medicines for a simple headache. That fermented drink is probably the only thing close to a aspirin. Hell if I work 10 hours a day, 7 days a week in those hot oily contaminated condition, shit man I'd need at least 4 of those a day. And I don't even drink. GOD PLEASE BLESS THESE PEOPLE THAT MORE SADETY REGULATION COME THEIR WAY.

@Ray092684

4 жыл бұрын

@@moemoes5989 I was referring to the orphan boy's father.

@moemoes5989

4 жыл бұрын

RICK WRAY, oh yeah I remember now. I'm sorry dude. I guess it's just a hard think to know that something this crazy go on. But it I had to, than I would work there. And the funny thing is RICK, I'm the type of worker who would only want the welder job. I would want to be on the ground carrying shit for $3 in a 16 hours day. I be risking my eye sight and all the other crazy for $7. Oh and by the way your job is just as fucking crazy. TV never show your real work. But I tried once. Soooo dark inside, I fell over and screamed for help, until other fire dudes carry me out. Done no more black smoke for me. I decided to fight crime instead. But thanks for what you do.

@frankcastle4715

4 жыл бұрын

I could make their lives better.. or i could make them hundreds of times more hellish.. 😂😂😂

Went to Alang in 1994 climbed up the rope ladder to the engine room to have breakfast with a worker. Fascinating to see. Don't know if tourists are allowed these days.

The best documentary that l watched in lock down days. So intense & l really hope the life of all brothers & sisters out there will get better one day .

Holy fuck, just imagine the amounts of Acetylene they burn through daily

@sideshowbob5237

3 жыл бұрын

And the massive acetylene plant somewhere nearby and all the jobs that supports. And the scrap transport infrastructure and all those jobs. And no point in taking the scrap too far so the nearby steel works and thousands of jobs there.

@MannoMax

3 жыл бұрын

@Сергей Пушкин Yeah that could be too. Still huge amounts of gas though

@molnarriki4876

3 жыл бұрын

Its not acetilen its a gas for the cooking stove.different technology

@MannoMax

3 жыл бұрын

@@molnarriki4876 Yeah, Propane, didn't realize they used propane

@bigroo9566

3 жыл бұрын

@@MannoMax wow i thought acetylene to

So because of all the regulations elseware - safety and otherwise.they came to India Got it.

@alee9188

4 жыл бұрын

Yup, and it's disgusting. Shipping companies shouldn't be allowed to do this. The government's of these nations are also trying to push for environmental laws. I just hope that one day these ship breaking companies are forced to put these ships into dry docks to dismantle them. Instead of right on the beach.

@randyweaver6543

4 жыл бұрын

A Lee push for environmental regulations? More like getting paid off by the steel recyclers.

@sideshowbob5237

3 жыл бұрын

These guys need jobs in India more than safety somewhere else. Leave them to choose. It's India not North Korea.

The sad fact is that in a country with the population that India has......life is cheap. When a worker is killed....there are easily 100 more people waiting in line for that job. That's life in the third world for you. Sad, but it's been going on as long as humanity has existed.

@tanudhariwal5540

5 жыл бұрын

Its true sir . Am from india

@javalkardhananjay

5 жыл бұрын

Same story was for the building of the hoover dam.

@MegaShanes1

5 жыл бұрын

God must really hate black people and nigga,s.

@jackiebinns6205

5 жыл бұрын

StormLaker1975 India is a rich Country ! Ask the Gov they have plenty !!$

@jackiebinns6205

5 жыл бұрын

MegaShanes1 Your as ignorant as they come !!!

i feel so totch by the docomnteer,,,realy amazing work ,,thank you

20 years had pass since this documentary had made , I wonder how's life are the mens in the video are getting on now ... I wished they are fine and being blessed 🙏