Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: The Story Behind The 1932 Photo | 100 Photos | TIME

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  • @DOLfirst
    @DOLfirst 4 роки тому +5495

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

    • @robertthomas445
      @robertthomas445 4 роки тому +138

      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
      @Myview246 4 роки тому +25

      Same.

    • @vincenthiney7424
      @vincenthiney7424 4 роки тому +14

      Same here

    • @Paulyfr3sh
      @Paulyfr3sh 4 роки тому +68

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

    • @TheVikingtropical
      @TheVikingtropical 4 роки тому +3

      Lo mismo digo!

  • @biglo9889
    @biglo9889 4 роки тому +5458

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

    • @crooksycollins4349
      @crooksycollins4349 4 роки тому +97

      BIG LO aka the Great Depression

    • @abyteuser6297
      @abyteuser6297 4 роки тому +26

      It's an awesome job too

    • @MVP_13
      @MVP_13 4 роки тому +22

      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
      @moloch9258 4 роки тому +20

      Aka the Big Sad

    • @Nazhuk
      @Nazhuk 4 роки тому +6

      Big sad sounds cute

  • @fosgatexlt
    @fosgatexlt 6 років тому +18531

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

    • @queenbulova5682
      @queenbulova5682 6 років тому +114

      FOSGATEXLT 😂

    • @tonytuffers
      @tonytuffers 6 років тому +171

      OMG haha I'm dying

    • @OjamaLemon
      @OjamaLemon 6 років тому +184

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

    • @danilyevh.2712
      @danilyevh.2712 6 років тому +82

      They definitely have the balls to do this

    • @tonytuffers
      @tonytuffers 6 років тому +114

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

  • @MariaLucille-z8e
    @MariaLucille-z8e 8 місяців тому +113

    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.

    • @deanosaur808
      @deanosaur808 3 місяці тому +3

      Believe it or not, some people don't have nerves.
      We all have different skills.. some people actually enjoy heights 😅
      Mortician is another scary job that some might enjoy 😱
      Imagine being a first responder 😬
      I'd rather wipe bottom's for a living 😳😂

  • @uvupweweosas142
    @uvupweweosas142 4 роки тому +1985

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

  • @rodri79
    @rodri79 4 роки тому +6139

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

    • @nicolailinca
      @nicolailinca 4 роки тому +266

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

    • @bigtrappo187
      @bigtrappo187 4 роки тому +40

      Dats hard

    • @aj3198
      @aj3198 4 роки тому +342

      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
      @plshelpmeawkdough 4 роки тому +110

      Rodrigo M. *im 14 and this is deep*

    • @plshelpmeawkdough
      @plshelpmeawkdough 4 роки тому +4

      wantafanta01 yeah.. like Jim Crow and shit lol

  • @ellev5401
    @ellev5401 4 роки тому +1850

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

    • @veragray8104
      @veragray8104 4 роки тому +16

      FACTS!!!!!!

    • @ernestboykin3rd706
      @ernestboykin3rd706 3 роки тому +67

      Bruh I would have fell off looking down lol real chop

    • @chrischampagne4307
      @chrischampagne4307 3 роки тому +5

      @@ernestboykin3rd706 no worries, pictures is fake

    • @jussieronen3707
      @jussieronen3707 3 роки тому +17

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

    • @goodgeogr4363
      @goodgeogr4363 3 роки тому +10

      It's a perspective thing nothing else

  • @freddiem8801
    @freddiem8801 8 місяців тому +62

    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
      @tommyrregina1227 8 місяців тому +2

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

    • @bigradwolf5001
      @bigradwolf5001 6 місяців тому

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

    • @tommyrregina1227
      @tommyrregina1227 6 місяців тому +2

      ​@@bigradwolf5001HOW HIGH WOULD YOU CLIMB ? ?

    • @bigradwolf5001
      @bigradwolf5001 6 місяців тому

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

    • @tommyrregina1227
      @tommyrregina1227 6 місяців тому +2

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

  • @cardiganflynn4905
    @cardiganflynn4905 6 років тому +7198

    Just imagine if it rained...

  • @manuelestacio1836
    @manuelestacio1836 5 років тому +5602

    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
      @Senor_Gago 5 років тому +325

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

    • @dashboy4l
      @dashboy4l 5 років тому +100

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

    • @cr144mc6
      @cr144mc6 5 років тому +61

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

    • @gordonjamescowiest
      @gordonjamescowiest 5 років тому +70

      @@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
      @ProdigyMJ 5 років тому +105

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

  • @majbrittcastrupjrgensen2874
    @majbrittcastrupjrgensen2874 4 роки тому +3134

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

    • @willydiaz9586
      @willydiaz9586 4 роки тому +43

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

    • @willydiaz9586
      @willydiaz9586 4 роки тому +56

      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
      @The_Honcho 4 роки тому +16

      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
      @justsomeyoutubecommentorwi4378 4 роки тому +8

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

    • @JaJa-vm9bo
      @JaJa-vm9bo 4 роки тому +36

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

  • @dabraka681
    @dabraka681 7 місяців тому +17

    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.

  • @urmaker
    @urmaker 6 років тому +12216

    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
      @nikoleass 6 років тому +140

      urmaker u so stupid dont know shit about metal

    • @juliusfiorentino2837
      @juliusfiorentino2837 6 років тому +471

      Ea zγ it's called a joke, maybe?

    • @nikoleass
      @nikoleass 6 років тому +39

      Julius Fiorentino i d be trippin then sorry

    • @urmaker
      @urmaker 6 років тому +295

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

    • @ronank4837
      @ronank4837 6 років тому +49

      CGI in 1932?

  • @asher2297
    @asher2297 4 роки тому +3011

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

    • @welchsbeanjuice8071
      @welchsbeanjuice8071 4 роки тому +86

      Things are still hard today.

    • @asher2297
      @asher2297 4 роки тому +184

      Welch'sBeanJuice naw we’re spoiled today

    • @welchsbeanjuice8071
      @welchsbeanjuice8071 4 роки тому +116

      @@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
      @asher2297 4 роки тому +63

      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
      @welchsbeanjuice8071 4 роки тому +46

      @@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.

  • @faizan_blue
    @faizan_blue 4 роки тому +449

    That has to be the most badass picture of all time

    • @cokonutraw8800
      @cokonutraw8800 4 роки тому +7

      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
      @jondoe562 4 роки тому +2

      more than "the moon landing"?

    • @pugg5ter542
      @pugg5ter542 4 роки тому +1

      @@jondoe562 yeah the moon landing was probably more badass

    • @ernestboykin3rd706
      @ernestboykin3rd706 3 роки тому

      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
      @NATURALGAMING 3 роки тому +2

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

  • @clivebennett7985
    @clivebennett7985 8 місяців тому +16

    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

  • @gabos7892
    @gabos7892 6 років тому +3048

    This pic would have gotten a lot of likes on instagram.

  • @nigelbarrett3602
    @nigelbarrett3602 Рік тому +915

    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
      @nachc6459 Рік тому +20

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

    • @Sssrramzj6my
      @Sssrramzj6my Рік тому

      Stop lying

    • @mariocooldude9092
      @mariocooldude9092 Рік тому +16

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

    • @Calgac
      @Calgac 10 місяців тому +2

      @@mariocooldude9092 yes sir dont you ever forget it

    • @moonwalker091000
      @moonwalker091000 9 місяців тому +7

      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.

  • @ceewats
    @ceewats 8 років тому +2497

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

    • @jcl418
      @jcl418 6 років тому +4

      ceewats wow 501 likes and 1 reply

    • @serbia991
      @serbia991 6 років тому +2

      What about the mowhak indians that build the totum pole

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 6 років тому +10

      These guys made America great!

    • @andrecanuck5656
      @andrecanuck5656 6 років тому +12

      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
      @drivernephi170 6 років тому +1

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

  • @chriscraft1859
    @chriscraft1859 Рік тому +5

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

  • @savannah4496
    @savannah4496 4 роки тому +708

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

  • @candiigurl7893
    @candiigurl7893 6 років тому +5028

    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
      @michaelrivera2212 6 років тому +43

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

    • @asiaborja7225
      @asiaborja7225 6 років тому +9

      Lol me too

    • @samesame8502
      @samesame8502 6 років тому +103

      candiigurl7893 I would have fainted and fallen 😂

    • @keithen8708
      @keithen8708 6 років тому +40

      candiigurl7893 I'd shit myself asap!

    • @melflo4651
      @melflo4651 6 років тому +4

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

  • @2009shumy
    @2009shumy 6 років тому +2829

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

    • @Warclip
      @Warclip 6 років тому +239

      Dude's next to him
      "Whip it out"

    • @user-di4rm8bj2o
      @user-di4rm8bj2o 6 років тому +12

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

    • @jacsbyjohannsanto
      @jacsbyjohannsanto 6 років тому +37

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

    • @blackbro1854
      @blackbro1854 6 років тому +2

      Was thinking the same thing😂😂

    • @莫比-q4r
      @莫比-q4r 6 років тому +8

      oops sorry excuse me ah my bad oh dear sorry

  • @mickeyfeatherstone7738
    @mickeyfeatherstone7738 Рік тому +10

    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

  • @drakea.5816
    @drakea.5816 6 років тому +3033

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

    • @Peter-zp3tr
      @Peter-zp3tr 6 років тому +4

      Magaret A. kr

    • @Gnomelander1400
      @Gnomelander1400 6 років тому +11

      I dont understand?

    • @milesralls7972
      @milesralls7972 6 років тому +117

      Yeah a hard hat would do a ton

    • @kobeandgary
      @kobeandgary 6 років тому +147

      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
      @kobeandgary 6 років тому +26

      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.

  • @ox.mmariax5650
    @ox.mmariax5650 5 років тому +1351

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

    • @hamood818
      @hamood818 5 років тому +4

      Me too

    • @travydoyodirt5182
      @travydoyodirt5182 5 років тому +2

      😂

    • @soullessSiIence
      @soullessSiIence 5 років тому +8

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

    • @-mv
      @-mv 5 років тому +2

      What does this have to do with the video??

    • @mattsmith1039
      @mattsmith1039 5 років тому +10

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

  • @kidpeligro7878
    @kidpeligro7878 4 роки тому +1285

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

    • @QuietSpecialist
      @QuietSpecialist 4 роки тому +41

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

    • @kimjongun1073
      @kimjongun1073 4 роки тому +18

      FatalFinality you did him dirty💀

    • @moonbull3137
      @moonbull3137 4 роки тому +8

      FatalFinality for sure thousands

    • @mikejuliet2619
      @mikejuliet2619 4 роки тому +3

      Wow ...Good one buddy

    • @mz7289
      @mz7289 4 роки тому +3

      @@QuietSpecialist LOL

  • @aliciafisher8511
    @aliciafisher8511 7 місяців тому +6

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

  • @Chris-cy1dl
    @Chris-cy1dl 6 років тому +2935

    *Anxiety has joined the chat*

    • @JoeRymo
      @JoeRymo 6 років тому +11

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

    • @Gimbergp
      @Gimbergp 6 років тому +11

      *Pusyness has left the chat*

    • @ibram8787
      @ibram8787 6 років тому +6

      Balls have left the chat

    • @guzmo3074
      @guzmo3074 6 років тому +15

      Isacc Newton's Law of Gravity has joined the chat

    • @jacsbyjohannsanto
      @jacsbyjohannsanto 6 років тому

      r/woooosh

  • @dustindodds4827
    @dustindodds4827 4 роки тому +1840

    Anybody else having anxiety issues watching this?

    • @lmb1962
      @lmb1962 4 роки тому +86

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

    • @veragray8104
      @veragray8104 4 роки тому +13

      ME!!!!

    • @Subiwu
      @Subiwu 3 роки тому +9

      No shit

    • @wildroseXIV
      @wildroseXIV 3 роки тому +10

      Loads

    • @andreamonk4545
      @andreamonk4545 3 роки тому +15

      Absolutely!!😳😳😳

  • @JayyMoneyy420
    @JayyMoneyy420 6 років тому +601

    That picture is stressing me out

    • @andyrudy8627
      @andyrudy8627 6 років тому +14

      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
      @jessjlsy 6 років тому +3

      Same

    • @alexanderyoumans1688
      @alexanderyoumans1688 6 років тому +5

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

    • @NAMLE-qv2id
      @NAMLE-qv2id 6 років тому +1

      Me tooo

    • @patriciacaravella3511
      @patriciacaravella3511 2 дні тому

      @@alexanderyoumans1688 in 1932 the annual income for an Ironworker was $581. So more like .29 an hour 😩

  • @williamhayes2960
    @williamhayes2960 Рік тому +5

    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.

  • @GreyCrowe
    @GreyCrowe 5 років тому +1418

    Fear wasn't invented until the 1940s

    • @childrenofthesun471
      @childrenofthesun471 5 років тому +23

      Not for the poles ;)

    • @tigerhood6830
      @tigerhood6830 5 років тому +4

      lol nice one

    • @ChodeMaster
      @ChodeMaster 5 років тому +3

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

    • @Nathan_avy
      @Nathan_avy 5 років тому +18

      1960s

    • @jakobbw6137
      @jakobbw6137 5 років тому +5

      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

  • @mikea1114
    @mikea1114 3 роки тому +2254

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

    • @Tjd1982
      @Tjd1982 3 роки тому +144

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

    • @hearsomeevil9199
      @hearsomeevil9199 3 роки тому +24

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

    • @AnnaLVajda
      @AnnaLVajda 3 роки тому +47

      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
      @mercurial1025 3 роки тому +2

      Yes

    • @Yamah12a
      @Yamah12a 3 роки тому +8

      @@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.

  • @Snerff
    @Snerff 4 роки тому +1918

    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

    • @chelseacco6
      @chelseacco6 4 роки тому +35

      🤣 "Allowed in the Walmart"

    • @fornax5798
      @fornax5798 4 роки тому +13

      eVoLuTiOn

    • @DIY_DISASTERZ
      @DIY_DISASTERZ 4 роки тому +27

      Fornax it’s evolving. Just backwards.

    • @Thatguy-ft-dog
      @Thatguy-ft-dog 4 роки тому +10

      @@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
      @randyblackburn9765 4 роки тому +3

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

  • @Fernandoh183
    @Fernandoh183 Рік тому +22

    I’m a blue collar worker myself and we don’t get the respect and praise we deserve. If it wasn’t for us, the United States wouldn’t exist. We Build America and We Build The World.

    • @Moving_Forward247
      @Moving_Forward247 11 днів тому +3

      Thank you for your hard work

    • @MariavelliKilluminatti
      @MariavelliKilluminatti 3 дні тому

      @@Fernandoh183 If it wasn't for slaves (of all races) the US wouldn't exist. The tough truth is that America won't recognize the people that built the White House, only those that occupied it.

    • @lovelydiva06
      @lovelydiva06 3 дні тому

      Wrong if slaves weren’t brought here against their will to work for free, America wouldn’t exist, your not the only ones who built america

  • @rapinbatches
    @rapinbatches 6 років тому +2240

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

    • @ragvirsinghhothi8848
      @ragvirsinghhothi8848 6 років тому +30

      Feminists castrated them cause they too white and male

    • @nuttybangerz
      @nuttybangerz 6 років тому +16

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

    • @luiss.3866
      @luiss.3866 6 років тому +23

      Joke ruined. Thanks right wingers😔

    • @MelonMafia1
      @MelonMafia1 6 років тому +34

      Can ya'll stop making shit political

    • @PoopyThumb
      @PoopyThumb 6 років тому +3

      because their balls a gravitational pull

  • @kennytic_
    @kennytic_ 6 років тому +418

    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
      @opensprings 6 років тому +6

      I certainly could not have done it

    • @allensaunders449
      @allensaunders449 6 років тому

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

    • @chitoim2332
      @chitoim2332 6 років тому

      Just like keapernick🙏✊

    • @TheChaz747
      @TheChaz747 6 років тому

      chito Im naw Kap’s fake

    • @whodis2625
      @whodis2625 6 років тому

      CRAZY*

  • @JosephDzMo
    @JosephDzMo 6 років тому +419

    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.

  • @elekkecskes830
    @elekkecskes830 8 місяців тому +7

    Apáink veszélyes,kitartó munkáit tisztelet és megbecsülés övezi.Köszönjük nektek.

  • @bailinnumberguy
    @bailinnumberguy 7 років тому +845

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

    • @dababy1234
      @dababy1234 2 роки тому

      Ok bud, of modern history no doubt

  • @MarcosGarcia-qm6to
    @MarcosGarcia-qm6to 6 років тому +1448

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

    • @imperialguardsman5929
      @imperialguardsman5929 5 років тому +20

      *Faint Stalin laughing in the distance*

    • @MartinQ-bl6co
      @MartinQ-bl6co 5 років тому +7

      @@imperialguardsman5929 I like everything about you.

    • @crimsontide420
      @crimsontide420 5 років тому +4

      @@imperialguardsman5929 oh yeah yeah

    • @GoonOnFire
      @GoonOnFire 5 років тому +2

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

    • @pohjantuulet247
      @pohjantuulet247 5 років тому +6

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

  • @EdsterIII
    @EdsterIII 2 роки тому +462

    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
      @veravaladez1525 2 роки тому +22

      Unlike most men in 2022!!

    • @_kk.65_
      @_kk.65_ 2 роки тому +15

      this generation is to soft

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 2 роки тому +5

      And no politican cares

    • @borntoclimb7116
      @borntoclimb7116 2 роки тому

      @@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
      @stepanfedorov561 2 роки тому +16

      @@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...

  • @stevethomas760
    @stevethomas760 8 місяців тому +15

    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".

  • @torremalku
    @torremalku 4 роки тому +807

    "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
      @thatonesomali3217 4 роки тому +27

      Goddamn become a poet

    • @w0202
      @w0202 4 роки тому +12

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

    • @pink_alligator
      @pink_alligator 4 роки тому +5

      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
      @liamjahdai 4 роки тому +5

      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
      @GrievingForGrace 4 роки тому +1

      Well said.

  • @probablystoned
    @probablystoned 5 років тому +787

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

    • @drivernephi170
      @drivernephi170 5 років тому +100

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

    • @kyledenson1287
      @kyledenson1287 5 років тому +2

      🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @SunflowerSpotlight
      @SunflowerSpotlight 5 років тому +16

      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
      @doonsbury9656 5 років тому +22

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

    • @juraiiv9953
      @juraiiv9953 5 років тому +1

      Doonsbury r/woooooosh

  • @kentbenedict2005
    @kentbenedict2005 3 роки тому +313

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

    • @JPKnapp-ro6xm
      @JPKnapp-ro6xm 3 роки тому +23

      The photo is Rockefeller Center.

    • @adamknight7041
      @adamknight7041 10 місяців тому

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

  • @MishoRaffaello
    @MishoRaffaello Рік тому +49

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

    • @lichtsoldat7697
      @lichtsoldat7697 7 місяців тому +1

      Right???

    • @jeffreyjohnson7359
      @jeffreyjohnson7359 7 місяців тому +3

      Workplace safety rules?

    • @MishoRaffaello
      @MishoRaffaello 7 місяців тому

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

    • @1966roadster
      @1966roadster 7 місяців тому +2

      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!

    • @MishoRaffaello
      @MishoRaffaello 7 місяців тому +2

      @@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.

  • @raulgutierrez4923
    @raulgutierrez4923 6 років тому +1666

    That’s wayyyy tooo high

    • @robertmcdevitt8338
      @robertmcdevitt8338 6 років тому +28

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

    • @ceciliamoncada3224
      @ceciliamoncada3224 6 років тому +8

      Raul Gutierrez, it is never too high

    • @iamjimb
      @iamjimb 6 років тому +6

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

    • @NativeAmericanSwag
      @NativeAmericanSwag 6 років тому +3

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

    • @nobullshit9721
      @nobullshit9721 6 років тому +1

      You need to cut it

  • @brendalee798
    @brendalee798 2 роки тому +213

    The detail of the photos are phenomenal. Never realized or thought how the photographers were out there risking their lives standing on only a beam.

  • @viralbuthow000
    @viralbuthow000 4 роки тому +254

    Great Depression was a hell of a motivating factor in these guys' reasoning.

    • @Red-fv4bi
      @Red-fv4bi 4 роки тому +10

      Caleb Mayfield Are you implying that he’s implying?

    • @lalitthapa101
      @lalitthapa101 4 роки тому +1

      @Caleb Mayfield Great Depression was when America went very financially worse.Jobs were almost nkn existent.Banks closed.Business closed.It was a finanicial disaster.So these guys to put some food on the table for their families took dangerous jobs like these

    • @sirloon3063
      @sirloon3063 4 роки тому +1

      I'm pretty sure the Great Depression happened during the 30's

    • @lalitthapa101
      @lalitthapa101 4 роки тому

      @@sirloon3063 wasn't the empire states building made in the 30s?

    • @sirloon3063
      @sirloon3063 4 роки тому

      Oh crap, you're right

  • @GrahamMacdonald-w9o
    @GrahamMacdonald-w9o Рік тому +7

    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.

  • @charlesjensen7918
    @charlesjensen7918 6 років тому +1488

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

    • @Div4Dante
      @Div4Dante 6 років тому +31

      How often was there a fatality any idea?

    • @charlesjensen7918
      @charlesjensen7918 6 років тому +96

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

    • @BananaSlug911
      @BananaSlug911 6 років тому +38

      40% died. Like 20% became disabled.

    • @charlesjensen7918
      @charlesjensen7918 6 років тому +120

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

    • @rambo0071
      @rambo0071 6 років тому +16

      Life is tough

  • @mattiasala8194
    @mattiasala8194 Рік тому +367

    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
      @gh8vh 10 місяців тому +18

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

    • @DLC-sy7pp
      @DLC-sy7pp 7 місяців тому +20

      @@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
      @SRose-vp6ew 7 місяців тому +7

      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
      @DLC-sy7pp 7 місяців тому +5

      @@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?

    • @christopherwellman2364
      @christopherwellman2364 6 місяців тому +3

      *her father 🤦‍♂️

  • @MrCofeebean
    @MrCofeebean 6 років тому +1832

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

    • @essamthouheed1459
      @essamthouheed1459 6 років тому +119

      Derty Hairy must be Irish

    • @Dan-zb8xm
      @Dan-zb8xm 6 років тому +194

      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
      @genxtasy9914 6 років тому +55

      shot of courage to be up there

    • @liamryan7239
      @liamryan7239 6 років тому +96

      I wouldn’t want to get drunk up there

    • @keithen8708
      @keithen8708 6 років тому +1

      Derty Hairy 😂😂😂

  • @odpz
    @odpz Рік тому +19

    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
      @flowrepins6663 Рік тому +1

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

  • @user-hj4uo7py5m
    @user-hj4uo7py5m 6 років тому +1045

    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
      @sid1820 6 років тому +40

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

    • @sjsingh2840
      @sjsingh2840 6 років тому +4

      LumberJack 💯👌

    • @Tobias.Harris
      @Tobias.Harris 6 років тому +4

      The irony

    • @user-hj4uo7py5m
      @user-hj4uo7py5m 6 років тому +5

      IRON

    • @fromthebackseat4865
      @fromthebackseat4865 6 років тому +60

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

  • @classic-kool
    @classic-kool 4 роки тому +123

    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
      @theOneandOnlyhomieG 4 роки тому +3

      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
      @cherbrowne1637 4 роки тому +3

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

    • @johngullo9420
      @johngullo9420 4 роки тому +2

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

    • @classic-kool
      @classic-kool 4 роки тому +6

      @@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
      @MARTIN201199 4 роки тому +1

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

  • @letsgotomarsman
    @letsgotomarsman 6 років тому +1392

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

    • @samyway3514
      @samyway3514 6 років тому +54

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

    • @jaspervandenbosch3838
      @jaspervandenbosch3838 6 років тому +113

      samy way It's not

    • @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath
      @SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 6 років тому +163

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

    • @dixoncidermouth7063
      @dixoncidermouth7063 6 років тому +21

      LetsGoToMarsMan It's an constant cycle.

    • @jerardogarcia4337
      @jerardogarcia4337 6 років тому +5

      samy way it’s a quote search it up

  • @Moving_Forward247
    @Moving_Forward247 11 днів тому +1

    Oh my goodness. I felt tachycardia this whole video. Epic. Just epic.
    Yes so much is built by the steady work of those who never get awards or degrees for it. TIME mag needs to put a construction worker, a mom, a preschool teacher on its cover-people that nobody is necessarily “impressed by” by but a personal that is doing incredibly vital work.

  • @ankss4972
    @ankss4972 4 роки тому +238

    My heart was pounding throughout the video. It still is.

    • @highkit
      @highkit 3 роки тому +10

      Mine is pounding all the time. It means I'm not dead :))

    • @zafranjameel6577
      @zafranjameel6577 3 роки тому

      Let me pound y

    • @shuandoyle7871
      @shuandoyle7871 3 роки тому

      That probably because your not dead have you tried dying?

    • @thabangmpitsang5603
      @thabangmpitsang5603 2 роки тому +1

      I wouldn't last an inch of a second on top of those beams i will be all sweaty and shivering in my wet underpants

    • @aaronwilliams6989
      @aaronwilliams6989 2 роки тому +2

      I almost stroked out watching this.

  • @aliceinthelandofdawn9727
    @aliceinthelandofdawn9727 6 років тому +994

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

    • @boruto1974
      @boruto1974 6 років тому +2

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

    • @JadedParanoia
      @JadedParanoia 6 років тому +16

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

    • @lilpooh9708
      @lilpooh9708 6 років тому +9

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

    • @JosephAliDeeb
      @JosephAliDeeb 6 років тому +3

      Purple Alpha624 cat would be most realistic

    • @mltvk8769
      @mltvk8769 6 років тому

      Hi fellow mobile legender

  • @loveydovey1532
    @loveydovey1532 5 років тому +430

    My knees are shaking just by watching this.

  • @user-sv4rp4iz81
    @user-sv4rp4iz81 14 днів тому +1

    What great respect these men deserve, sad not to know their names.
    Incredible shots and film edits are amazing.
    God bless every single one of them ❤❤❤

  • @DrCHUD666
    @DrCHUD666 2 роки тому +228

    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
      @xenostim Рік тому +9

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

    • @JohnPost-o6p
      @JohnPost-o6p Рік тому

      Democrats don't want it

    • @flowrepins6663
      @flowrepins6663 Рік тому +7

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

    • @Lyoko42o
      @Lyoko42o 10 місяців тому +2

      @@flowrepins6663 wtf was this comment

  • @johnwilliams2920
    @johnwilliams2920 3 роки тому +215

    80 years on, and I still watch in sheer wonderment and no less feeling of being sick to the stomach, what these men accomplished.
    If I'd had lived in 1931 and had the choice between working on these buildings or starving to death, I'd take the latter every time. I cannot or wouldn't be able to do any job involving heights. Any heights.

    • @dstarboi9965
      @dstarboi9965 2 роки тому +20

      I think you’d surprise yourself if you had to John

    • @aaronwilliams6989
      @aaronwilliams6989 2 роки тому +8

      Especially without safety harnesses like that!

    • @ickster23
      @ickster23 2 роки тому +3

      You should work on overcoming that fear. Doing so will be a terrifying yet rewarding experience.

    • @johnwilliams2920
      @johnwilliams2920 2 роки тому +3

      @@ag49521
      Now that sounds like a plan! You and me both, fella. 👌🙌

    • @jedsteelwell2354
      @jedsteelwell2354 2 роки тому +3

      I'd of been a criminal during this time.

  • @Superborrrd
    @Superborrrd 8 років тому +2024

    I got sweaty hands alone from watching this.

  • @jasont7814
    @jasont7814 Рік тому +3

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

  • @prasad5703
    @prasad5703 6 років тому +3108

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

    • @theexplorer7139
      @theexplorer7139 6 років тому +137

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

    • @1181darkfire
      @1181darkfire 6 років тому +190

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

    • @Smithy250
      @Smithy250 6 років тому +55

      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
      @yallugly4317 6 років тому +11

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

    • @riva9111
      @riva9111 6 років тому +37

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

  • @BillyReedMusic
    @BillyReedMusic 5 років тому +296

    11 men spending lunch on a beam, 800 feet above the city of N.Y. I'd be losing my lunch. I just subscribed because of these iron stomached guys.

    • @Bennysol
      @Bennysol 5 років тому +7

      Now bitches and soyboys complain about the air conditioning not working.

    • @BillyReedMusic
      @BillyReedMusic 5 років тому +2

      Benny C I wish I had A.C. in my car and home. Every summer I lose 30 Lbs. And every summer, I tell myself I'm going to try that Arctic Cube, but they sell out before I remember that I want to try one.

    • @closgreen70
      @closgreen70 5 років тому +1

      I would lose my bowels

    • @sh-bf7bv
      @sh-bf7bv 4 роки тому

      @Carl Haynes Fake in what way?
      Even if that picture is fake, what's your point? What are you trying to say? That nobody really built the skyscrapers?

    • @deanosaur808
      @deanosaur808 3 місяці тому

      That could quite easily be 7 men in 2024. Storror!
      They do their own photography too 😎

  • @samorayee420
    @samorayee420 2 роки тому +283

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

    • @efudd800
      @efudd800 7 місяців тому

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

  • @ginalowe1924
    @ginalowe1924 6 місяців тому +3

    No safety, no hard hats etc...Great video.. at least you are giving them the recognition they deserved.....well done

  • @FluffyBunny9002
    @FluffyBunny9002 5 років тому +278

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

    • @roshantamang7176
      @roshantamang7176 5 років тому +6

      That's what I was literally thinking haha

    • @Kinobambino
      @Kinobambino 5 років тому +6

      Shit would be crazy

    • @rw-by6752
      @rw-by6752 5 років тому

      BRUHH I LAUGHED TOO HARD AT THIS 😂

    • @blades2255
      @blades2255 5 років тому +6

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

    • @runeman1672
      @runeman1672 5 років тому

      I swear thats what i was thinking

  • @El_HamBone
    @El_HamBone 5 років тому +196

    I have looked in awe at this picture since I was a boy. For the last 15 years I have worked steel and iron. I have stacked 1000+ft broadcast towers and zip lines around the world with a helicopter and With everything I have done I have always known these men are the true OG's of the air. These men are heroes to me.

    • @momoreview5555
      @momoreview5555 5 років тому +8

      I am a engineer and my grest grandpa was on one of these photos (not the most popular) and he is my hero, because of him my grandma and my mom have a degree.
      Sorry for my bad english im from spain.

    • @d3arb0rns
      @d3arb0rns 5 років тому

      how much u make an hour?

    • @andresmontana4466
      @andresmontana4466 5 років тому +2

      Me too. Have that poster on my wall and I'm a tree surgeon.

    • @d3arb0rns
      @d3arb0rns 5 років тому

      @@marybrown7203 50 an hour?

    • @ront.6071
      @ront.6071 5 років тому +1

      That may be true but I believe this photo is fake. Hoaxes are not new. If you notice the outline of the workers, they seem to be surrounded by a white glow, as if someone used an eraser to wipe out the background right around them. This was probably done so that with the primitive technology available at that time, the original background of the workers sitting on a beam could be replaced with the background picture of the New York skyline. So I am guessing the photographer took a picture of the workers eating lunch on a steal beam, probably inside the construction and probably a few feet off the ground. That original background was crudely erased so that the picture could be superimposed on the new background, making it look as if they are hanging in the air, a thousand feet above ground.

  • @gabrielhicks8043
    @gabrielhicks8043 3 роки тому +508

    3:17 that photo is insane. He is balancing himself on literal inches of beam.

    • @BK_2016sr5
      @BK_2016sr5 3 роки тому +40

      thomas kelly. He took pics of Marilyn Monroe too later on. He was very famous and brave

    • @bobdole7292
      @bobdole7292 3 роки тому +22

      40% of the men who did this job died on the job

    • @mountainguyed67
      @mountainguyed67 3 роки тому +8

      @@bobdole7292 Source???

    • @bobdole7292
      @bobdole7292 3 роки тому +17

      @@mountainguyed67 ua-cam.com/video/gDN4c2wnx3E/v-deo.html
      Go to 1:20
      “These jobs are so dangerous 2 out of 5 workers fall to their deaths or end up disabled.”
      I guess I said it wrong because 40% don’t die but 40% either fall to their death or become disabled. Assuming most of the disabilities would be from falling that isn’t to the ground.. falling from a beam to a lower portion of the work area or something

    • @Rylopero
      @Rylopero 3 роки тому +71

      @@bobdole7292 people got real quiet after you dished out a source 😂

  • @johnrigs6540
    @johnrigs6540 5 днів тому +1

    I get dizzy just looking at the PHOTO.
    Absolutely unbelievable courage.
    Nerves of STEEL from the unsung unknown heroes who built New York City.

    • @sirleeproductions
      @sirleeproductions 2 дні тому

      same, seems so unreal they did that work. the real admirable stuff

  • @jonathonmatzke8463
    @jonathonmatzke8463 3 роки тому +1091

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

  • @Kinobambino
    @Kinobambino 5 років тому +583

    I would 100% get paranoid and drop

    • @linksrepair2851
      @linksrepair2851 5 років тому +6

      same

    • @MichaelP-ke1tm
      @MichaelP-ke1tm 5 років тому +28

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

    • @steevrawjers
      @steevrawjers 4 роки тому

      talk about hash tag me too

    •  4 роки тому

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

    • @TheDeepState2001
      @TheDeepState2001 4 роки тому +4

      @ you are gay

  • @VirantRoss
    @VirantRoss 6 років тому +498

    I get the chills & scared just looking at this.. 😬

    • @justincoe4395
      @justincoe4395 6 років тому +8

      Ross Best me to, I almost feel like I'm physically up there with them & Im so scared I might fall n all I'm doing is just watching this...so chilling

    • @Grafafaizl1
      @Grafafaizl1 6 років тому

      Justin coe 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

    • @ffnendhgrgd
      @ffnendhgrgd 6 років тому

      Life before workers' unions

    • @robotrobot4430
      @robotrobot4430 6 років тому

      Ross Best youre a troll

    • @VirantRoss
      @VirantRoss 6 років тому

      Ganke One Yea!

  • @JamesPicco-n6l
    @JamesPicco-n6l Рік тому +5

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

  • @queenbulova5682
    @queenbulova5682 6 років тому +2165

    The jobs men and women did back then to support thier families, without safety equipment and life insurance respect to all of them. 😮

    • @yeetboi5272
      @yeetboi5272 6 років тому +298

      CHERISE SCANTLEBURY it’s was only men doing these dangerous jobs. Women were at home or doing something like working at a restaurant

    • @queenbulova5682
      @queenbulova5682 6 років тому +26

      Jacob Greeson you don't know that, women had jobs in the industrial and commercial sector. Women worked just as hard as men to support their families, especially the men who where foreigners and had to leave their common-law wife/wife in their country to work abroad, in most cases the wife had to work to also help provide for their children while their common-law husband's /husband's work abroad.

    • @yeetboi5272
      @yeetboi5272 6 років тому +145

      CHERISE SCANTLEBURY sorry but it’s a fact. Stay at home women vs hard working men. Deal with it

    • @queenbulova5682
      @queenbulova5682 6 років тому +25

      Jacob Greeson if you're talking about the females in your family, well then that explains your perspective. All women didn't stay home.😛

    • @andrewf602
      @andrewf602 6 років тому +139

      CHERISE SCANTLEBURY You don't know shit, women didn't have these jobs back then. Men built the world. Almost every brick you see is something that a man placed. The golden gate bridge is something men made. 99% of the construction made in the world is by men. Its a fact. Men are biologically more strong and work dangerous jobs. While women biologically care for kids and make food. Sorry, but it's true. Now don't go spit bullshit and I want to see facts.

  • @Bryanseas
    @Bryanseas 6 років тому +219

    As a window washer for skyscrapers, the harnesses are my absolute comfort. I would NEVER do what they did! Wow

    • @carlose6010
      @carlose6010 6 років тому +3

      You are lucky enough to have that choice.

    • @Bryanseas
      @Bryanseas 6 років тому +12

      @@carlose6010 the winds at such a height are strong. Id be nervous because of the sudden fluctuation of wind may get me off balance. Let alone eating and moving your arms while trying to remain still. Id be too uneasy to do it for a good amount of time. I tried satellite climbing for a light bulb change with my cousin who works in that field and there was a small portion where it was free climb and i realize i didnt need the harness too much afterall. I was less nervous as i thought until an abrupt wind came and i froze up. Ya ill pass on what these guys did 😂

    • @carlose6010
      @carlose6010 6 років тому

      @@Bryanseas Pussified!

    • @slumbdog5635
      @slumbdog5635 6 років тому +11

      @@carlose6010
      So you climb skyscrapers? Im guessing not.

    • @carlose6010
      @carlose6010 6 років тому

      @@slumbdog5635 No, not many do today. In the past, these people HAD to.

  • @VG-or1nu
    @VG-or1nu 6 років тому +923

    The hardest workers earn the least amount of money

    • @axelsoncarla
      @axelsoncarla 5 років тому +6

      Rock Stone welcome to the women’s world

    • @juliaj7939
      @juliaj7939 5 років тому +101

      @@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.

    • @FabledFiend
      @FabledFiend 5 років тому +41

      @@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
      @ralphmasucci9005 5 років тому +13

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

    • @ricardoalves9605
      @ricardoalves9605 5 років тому +1

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

  • @3082frank
    @3082frank 11 днів тому +1

    Beautiful work of art. Hats of to all the brave men involved in this project and the photographers. I first heard about this image was from Sir Alex.Fergusan. He always spoke about how this picture represents working together as a team and the hardwork are few of the attributes. Such an inspirational photo. Not many know about this photo. I am so lucky to hear about it. ❤

  • @jeffreyknight3884
    @jeffreyknight3884 3 роки тому +314

    These are true men, I salute each and everyone of you. I don't know your names but, you will not be forgotten.

  • @GorlicBreadz
    @GorlicBreadz 5 років тому +423

    It's so sad they're lost in history.

    • @1997Bobson
      @1997Bobson 4 роки тому +38

      Videos like this are for not forget this amazing people. Wherever they are now, God bless them all

    • @RUN_IT_UP_
      @RUN_IT_UP_ 4 роки тому +3

      @@1997Bobson they dead

    • @Rujewitblood
      @Rujewitblood 4 роки тому +20

      Everything is lost in history, how do you think dudes who build the pyramids would feel lol

    • @patrickpruett9109
      @patrickpruett9109 4 роки тому +3

      True but at least we remember their work you know. It’s truly amazing! Their memories of work is legacy and will live on forever at least

    • @wildercerrate7295
      @wildercerrate7295 4 роки тому +2

      Were all going to be eventually

  • @dustinpaulson1123
    @dustinpaulson1123 4 роки тому +278

    OSHA be like, "I don't even know where to start..."

    • @Johnny.Picklez
      @Johnny.Picklez 4 роки тому +10

      @Dhyananda Sadhu OSHA protects people but also they are big pansies that waste millions of time and dollars, I don't know how to feel about them. Beaurocracy I suppose

    • @Johnny.Picklez
      @Johnny.Picklez 4 роки тому +1

      @Dhyananda Sadhu I know, it was just a general statement. Thanks for the history though!

    • @Johnny.Picklez
      @Johnny.Picklez 4 роки тому +2

      @Dhyananda Sadhu you too man. But I feel bad for the hard working people who have no jobs now, I know alot of food vendors who are out of work now. So sad, let's hope this passes soon because some people don't deserve this. (Some people do though))).

    • @wooahh17
      @wooahh17 4 роки тому +2

      As my instructor would always say... “yeh. that’s a osha violation”

    • @vcrsalesman2606
      @vcrsalesman2606 4 роки тому

      Thanks to the New Deal and it’s legacy we have lifesaving regulations

  • @RobertoGonzalez-id1de
    @RobertoGonzalez-id1de 24 дні тому +3

    Thank you for the wonderful memories of ( 1932 )

  • @judefernandez827
    @judefernandez827 4 роки тому +96

    Just looking at the pictures sends shivers down my spine . God rest the souls of those brave men .

  • @zacharystotz2350
    @zacharystotz2350 6 років тому +47

    What a wonderful video tribute to this picture. I have traveled the world, spent 16 years in the military and have worked my hands raw and bloody. I have this picture hanging in my house to remind me that no matter how hard I work, I still have more room left to grow to be the hardest working American man like these fellows. Thanks much for the video!

  • @yamil.343
    @yamil.343 Рік тому +317

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

    • @banebakic
      @banebakic Рік тому +1

      Ovo su radnici iz Jugoslavije.

    • @LjubicaP
      @LjubicaP Рік тому +1

      @@banebakic Ozbiljno?

    • @dannytinney384
      @dannytinney384 Рік тому

      @@yamil.343
      White men are amazing

    • @homesteadchrish3107
      @homesteadchrish3107 Рік тому +2

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

    • @IgorYentaltsev
      @IgorYentaltsev 6 місяців тому

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

  • @vincentparlante6274
    @vincentparlante6274 8 місяців тому +2

    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 .

  • @yourneighbour5738
    @yourneighbour5738 6 років тому +319

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

    • @demetrius8184
      @demetrius8184 6 років тому +6

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

    • @dZorroIII
      @dZorroIII 5 років тому +1

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

    • @plocky401
      @plocky401 5 років тому +3

      Those steel ball jokes keep getting funnier

    • @dylanmmcgarvey7506
      @dylanmmcgarvey7506 5 років тому

      Your Neighbour yo tell yo dog to stfu

    • @deanosaur808
      @deanosaur808 3 місяці тому

      Saggy nutsacks! One ball on either side of the beam helps them balance 😉🤣

  • @michaelmendillo4614
    @michaelmendillo4614 6 років тому +1029

    Early retirement, just a step away !

  • @ironhouse9311
    @ironhouse9311 5 років тому +1295

    1932 : Men eating lunch 800 ft from the ground
    2019: People claiming 800 Genders

    • @adnanirfan2003
      @adnanirfan2003 5 років тому +71

      IRON HOUSE good god what have we come to

    • @ryvr.
      @ryvr. 5 років тому +15

      Times change you fucking cisgender idiot!

    • @zachsteiner
      @zachsteiner 4 роки тому

      Xccrx Mothapo lol

    • @vibi6655
      @vibi6655 4 роки тому +8

      IRON HOUSE You seem ignorant.

    • @steevrawjers
      @steevrawjers 4 роки тому +2

      lolllll

  • @samc8272
    @samc8272 Рік тому +1

    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.

  • @samrocks698
    @samrocks698 6 років тому +1053

    Forget about 1932....this is actually happening in dubai right now with bengladeshi, indian, srilankan workers in construction field....exploitation... no safety for their life....

    • @justarandom1189
      @justarandom1189 6 років тому +89

      Are they american tho

    • @allendish
      @allendish 6 років тому +57

      You are right, modern-day conditions of slavery

    • @funnybomb2571
      @funnybomb2571 6 років тому +12

      @@simonbrown285 true

    • @fbifib7327
      @fbifib7327 6 років тому +6

      @@simonbrown285 who's the rat?

    • @simonbrown285
      @simonbrown285 6 років тому +8

      @@fbifib7327 Read the comment i replied to and you wouldn't ask that

  • @noahmoelter6757
    @noahmoelter6757 5 років тому +1083

    Anybody else watching without socks on

  • @zerne7887
    @zerne7887 4 роки тому +322

    These guys: *sleeping on a sky scraper hundreds of feet in the air*
    Me: scared to jump off the rock wall in elementary school

    • @doctorswagj
      @doctorswagj 3 роки тому +2

      Well you was a kid so that really shouldn’t count

    • @doctorswagj
      @doctorswagj 3 роки тому +1

      @@sevrrd9833 were not was ? You learn prober English

    • @Ben2608m
      @Ben2608m 3 роки тому +2

      @@doctorswagj proper

    • @Ben2608m
      @Ben2608m 3 роки тому +1

      @@doctorswagj you learn english

    • @C.tkr1
      @C.tkr1 3 роки тому +1

      @@doctorswagj 'prober' u learn English kid

  • @joseanrodriguez.5
    @joseanrodriguez.5 8 місяців тому +3

    It blows me away they seem so relax 👍👍