Snow Fighters

Фильм және анимация

A close-up of a snow-bound city, and the men, money and machinery it takes to dig it out.
Directed by Leslie McFarlane - 1957 | 10 min
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Пікірлер: 74

  • @TDIMAXDIESEL
    @TDIMAXDIESEL3 жыл бұрын

    Ville de Montréal !!!! That's where I m Born,. Quebecer, French Canadian. Now I'm in Québec City since 2008

  • @Maine307
    @Maine3073 жыл бұрын

    OLD SCHOOL !!! WICKED AWESOME FOOTAGE !

  • @rowland5951
    @rowland59512 жыл бұрын

    Thank god for machines

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    SOME machines.

  • @joie8465

    @joie8465

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah until they betray us from elon musk

  • @mattsfirewoodvideos738
    @mattsfirewoodvideos7383 жыл бұрын

    My grandfather used to tell stories of the way they did snow removal when he was a kid it was nice to actually see it cool video thank you

  • @louiseugeniojr.3530
    @louiseugeniojr.35304 жыл бұрын

    That was a rather interesting film to watch.

  • @Caje-zf8md
    @Caje-zf8md3 жыл бұрын

    I seem to recall seeing some old b&w photographs of WW1 tanks rigged with plows that were used to clear routes way back then in my hometown in northern Minnesota.

  • @poochie49
    @poochie494 жыл бұрын

    Great video. I remember when I lived in the east end of Montreal at that time the sound of those Sicard snowblowers always amazed me. Not much has changed from today except the modern machines.Still the best snow removal system of any major city in the world.

  • @jameskeenan9570

    @jameskeenan9570

    Жыл бұрын

    Poochie Parnell?

  • @richardpalleschi4807

    @richardpalleschi4807

    4 ай бұрын

    My dad worked for the town of Swampscott mass. Drove a Sicard. He also did snow removal the same way they are doing it. The blizzard of 1978 we did not see him for days. Only to come home for a nap, shower & back at it.

  • @DeWessel97
    @DeWessel974 жыл бұрын

    the snow falling is so zen for some reason

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    ..... Till your shoveling it.

  • @ccardp.i.1403

    @ccardp.i.1403

    6 ай бұрын

    @@jasonsabourin2275 haha

  • @Wa3ypx

    @Wa3ypx

    4 ай бұрын

    I felt that way this week!! In mom's kitchen, warm, having a cup of hot tea, watching large flakes fall from a steel blue sky.

  • @jeffputnam3517
    @jeffputnam35174 жыл бұрын

    Strangely satisfying to watch :)

  • @CorinneIsIn
    @CorinneIsIn4 жыл бұрын

    Wow. This was great to watch.

  • @briansokoloski776
    @briansokoloski7763 жыл бұрын

    Toronto needs a film like this to be produced they get heavy snowstorms in downtown also every winter seasons

  • @Imintune...
    @Imintune...3 жыл бұрын

    Back then had even directors guiding the snow blowers!!!🤣

  • @carmiethompson2676
    @carmiethompson26763 жыл бұрын

    9:52 The movie was made in 1956; MCMLVI. 1957 would be MCMLVII

  • @pnwRC.
    @pnwRC.3 жыл бұрын

    Fabulous video!

  • @robinchase2141
    @robinchase21412 жыл бұрын

    That's what Calgary needs, a bunch of snow ploughs, especially for the big roads and highways.

  • @williamkiely9523
    @williamkiely95233 жыл бұрын

    Chesterfield and Lucky Strikes I would imagine.

  • @poochie49

    @poochie49

    4 ай бұрын

    No. Not in Canada. More like Export A and Du Maurier.

  • @thecraziestcanuck
    @thecraziestcanuck4 жыл бұрын

    Oh Canada, how we love thee.....🇨🇦

  • @grantjohnston5817

    @grantjohnston5817

    3 жыл бұрын

    Damn straight you can bet your touque on that!

  • @jasonsabourin2275
    @jasonsabourin2275 Жыл бұрын

    Excellent, loved the dubbing work. 🤭

  • @megatrends
    @megatrends Жыл бұрын

    Tabarnak!

  • @Wa3ypx
    @Wa3ypx3 жыл бұрын

    2:39 to 3:00 looks like a scene from On the Waterfront

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    GREAT FILM, wish I could see it again, for the FIRST time...... Elia Kazan, Eva Marie Saint, Brando, Steiger, Malden, AND...... LEE J. COBB as "Johnny Friendly" OH, and don't forget..... FRED GWYNNE!

  • @Wa3ypx

    @Wa3ypx

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jasonsabourin2275 I know Eva Marie Saint could drive a motorcycle, don't know about a plow truck.

  • @peterqualman4601
    @peterqualman46014 жыл бұрын

    Those giant snowblowers are something else I tell ya I wonder if they are still in use

  • @Wa3ypx

    @Wa3ypx

    3 жыл бұрын

    No, animal rights activists banned them a few years back. Seems in one town, they hit a German police dog and it took a trip through the auger. Very nasty sight

  • @willjones6234

    @willjones6234

    3 жыл бұрын

    nah, some are still in use. some humans have been shredded due to not being careful when crossing in front of one, but that didn't get them banned. Larue still makes em, although they are seeing a rapid decline and are mostly seen at airports nowadays.

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    @@willjones6234 Ya' mean they didn't shoot the blower after a human was being stupid, and died?.....* Where's the common sense in that, they kill animal's when humans are stupid with them* * sarcasm.

  • @giannalynnwreckingco.7110

    @giannalynnwreckingco.7110

    Жыл бұрын

    There are many, many large snow blowers in use all across the US & Canada.

  • @peterqualman4601

    @peterqualman4601

    Жыл бұрын

    @@giannalynnwreckingco.7110 a couple of winters ago I saw one in my own town pretty cool

  • @SkyOfTheUniverse
    @SkyOfTheUniverse4 жыл бұрын

    Wow

  • @jeff59rt
    @jeff59rt3 жыл бұрын

    Now we have SUVs 4 wheel drive Abs brakes Traction control Self driving cars 2" of snow and the roads are empty or have 60 car pileups What happened?

  • @historicbeef

    @historicbeef

    3 жыл бұрын

    Folks forgot how to drive. Have you ever driven a manual ? Not depreciating. Just saying.

  • @jeff59rt

    @jeff59rt

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@historicbeef Yes many of my cars were manuals. I actually prefer it but is getting harder and harder to get one anymore. Used to have a 91 5.0 mustang and if you downshifted on a snowy road it would kick the rear end right out the same as pulling the ebrake....

  • @christoy8464

    @christoy8464

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@historicbeef people got dumber and can't drive

  • @eduffy4937

    @eduffy4937

    Жыл бұрын

    Idiots drivong faster than conditions allow.

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    Scare Propaganda.

  • @claudelebel49
    @claudelebel49 Жыл бұрын

    I would like to know more about how this compares to present day.

  • @chraagyadav8913
    @chraagyadav89134 жыл бұрын

    Finally 👽 🌻

  • @g.noreau291
    @g.noreau2912 жыл бұрын

    We don't see that anymore in this city. Goddamn rain⛈ or no snow almost. Miss it.. Some likes it without snow, not me.

  • @papabits5721
    @papabits57214 жыл бұрын

    Back when everyone smoked, and they dumped all the snow into the ST Lawrence River.

  • @briansokoloski776

    @briansokoloski776

    3 жыл бұрын

    As long as not full of of salt and sand

  • @christoy8464

    @christoy8464

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@briansokoloski776 good old days back when men were men women were women.

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    @@christoy8464 .... And NO Cell Phones.

  • @marioncobaretti2280

    @marioncobaretti2280

    Жыл бұрын

    Nothing wrong with that

  • @marioncobaretti2280

    @marioncobaretti2280

    Жыл бұрын

    Gears compensated for lack of horsepower

  • @bsc4344
    @bsc43444 жыл бұрын

    Now all cities and towns do in MY area is dump tons of sand and corrosive alternative an plow maybe once a yesr. Too cheap to clear the black snow mounds

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    Sometimes, I think Ted Kacynski might have been on to something.

  • @ElEcodelTren
    @ElEcodelTren4 жыл бұрын

    anyone else here bc of Boards of Canada?

  • @SomeTechGuy666
    @SomeTechGuy6663 жыл бұрын

    No such thing as 4WD on normal vehicles back then. It was a different time. That Allis Chalmers grader is tiny compared to modern graders. Ditto the Michigan loader. Tiny single axle trucks. How times have changed.

  • @jasonsabourin2275

    @jasonsabourin2275

    Жыл бұрын

    But..... There is WD40. ☝️😜🤭

  • @junkboxxxxxx
    @junkboxxxxxx4 жыл бұрын

    This must be the English dubbed version. The lips don't sync and even back then Anglos would not have said "St Dennis" 7:38

  • @historicbeef

    @historicbeef

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was made in Montréal. A French city. You have a good ear.

  • @SkySim
    @SkySim6 ай бұрын

    Any Montrealers recognize the church at 6:37?

  • @adamwiggins9865
    @adamwiggins98653 жыл бұрын

    Still the same... just less reliance on manpower and heated cabs

  • @duanethomasdirtpile5737
    @duanethomasdirtpile57373 жыл бұрын

    Imagine how many people they were in that equipment plow trucks shoveling froze their ass off men back then were a lot stronger than the men of today there ain't a man you could get in a vehicle without heat to plow

  • @gb3pwood

    @gb3pwood

    3 жыл бұрын

    Vehicles had heaters then

  • @duanethomasdirtpile5737

    @duanethomasdirtpile5737

    3 жыл бұрын

    You are correct they had something that simulated a heater but it never was much and if the winds were howling the cabs then weren't as tight as they are today today's machine you can stay warm in back then you're lucky enough if the motor could produce enough heat to have heat if the wind wasn't blowing in through the doors and the cab things were a lot different than sunshine the comfortability was not there I've learned from many old timers that plowed snow and the stories I heard was definitely not one of warmth but one of people freezing losing fingers and feet but who knows maybe they were just as warm as we are in our vehicles today

  • @donnebes9421

    @donnebes9421

    3 жыл бұрын

    I spent the entire winter of 1993 driving a tractor trailer from Boston Massachusetts to Fulton ny and back every day with no heat. Bad economy, two kids and a wife at home, you do what you have to for a paycheck.

  • @duanethomasdirtpile5737

    @duanethomasdirtpile5737

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@donnebes9421 I know what you're talking about I've been there that makes life miserable to live but you have to do what has to be done I've been there I drove an old Chevy bison tri axle for 10 years with no heat and very leaky cab end up so fucking cold your feet would get beyond the freezing you could never warm up it would seem like all winter long you were just freezing but at least you thought of your family and not yourself sometimes us dads must go above and beyond what it normally human being would not do just to put food on the table

  • @donnebes9421

    @donnebes9421

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@duanethomasdirtpile5737 pretty funny, that old tractor was a Chevy bison.

  • @dwightarnold6980
    @dwightarnold69802 жыл бұрын

    I REMEMBER WHEN I PLOWED SNOW 4 BALTIMORE COUNTY! IT WAS FUN THEN! NOW YOU CAN'T EVEN DRINK A FEW BEERS WHILE YOU GO FOR THE FAME AND GLORY! THAT WAS 21 YEARS AGO! SCREW THE POT TESTS AND ALCOHOL TESTS! WE GOT TH DAM JOB DONE! I RETIRED IN 2OO9 ! GLAD I COULD! AFTER 30YRs!

  • @rogerdickinson920
    @rogerdickinson9203 жыл бұрын

    Auto car, the HDT folks would love to see them again, relics from the past. Cars in the streets, nothing has changed. Tow the bastards and charge them 1000$ this time and double the next.

  • @terencewilliammckenna6121
    @terencewilliammckenna61213 жыл бұрын

    Wow

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