300,000 people crowd Golden Gate Bridge for 50th anniversary in 1987
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- Опубліковано 26 сер 2021
- Do you remember? In this edition of "From The Archive," we take a look back at when the iconic Golden Gate Bridge turned 50 in 1987. abc7ne.ws/3jivAsL
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They left out the part about how all of us on the bridge at once caused it to flatten out. There were some very concerned engineers that day.
Lucky you! I wasn't alive yet! I feel like we get less and less of these kinds of events that make SF unique as the time passes. Everyone's just so occupied with work work work.
People are denser than the normal load. Heh.
...And That's why it hasn't been done since. I was driving down from Ore., Just missed it!
Oh and them folks who were there in 1937? Be in their 90's now!
Nobody claimed the people in California were smart.
I was there at 27 and I will never forget it. It was overwhelming but it was iconic at the same time. This clip doesn't get the emotions and the vibe of wanting to be there. The 300 thousand number is all that could fit on the Bridge at one time. If you were there you know how we swayed the Bridge that day on purpose. Next to meeting my daughters mom and her birth this and the 1983 US festival are tied for 3rd place. The whole thing was just so amazing and crazy in a positive way...
I love this city so much and I was born in 1993. Made me tear up to see how many people loved this bridge before I was even born
My grandpa was there and uncle, rest in peace to my grandpa ❤
I was there !!! Totally got stuck but it was fun and memorable.
thats prob true, account created in 2007 so a boomer i see
@@32A1DEV yes...I was 20 yrs old during the golden gate bridge celebration in 1987. On my way to pick up a friend who was joining me a cop pulled me over for rolling a stop sign... told him I was heading to the GG bridge for the celebration and he let me go without issuing a ticket !
@@psfca where at did you get stuck? Like in the middle?
@@itsmeabbyok yes...somewhere in the middle. people were literally pressed intimately against each other so thank goodness we were all wearing clothing this being San Francisco and all ....
The Bridge was colapsing dont you ser? 😠
300,000 people
Say each person weighs 150 lb
300,000X150=45 million
The golden gate bridge got a flex with over 45 million pounds on it
The crowd was a larger load than any fully loaded with vehicles! The biggest and heaviest 18 wheelers only exert 75 pounds per square foot average over their footprint. But a packed shoulder to shoulder crowd can be over 125 lbs. per sq.ft.!
i was there, i was sruck in the middle. it was scary AF in the girdlock, but ill say one thing, it was all love. there was no violence, people helped each other out. some man lifted me out of the crowd when i fell and couldnt get back up because of the sheer crush. i was a teenager. people were kind that day and thank god because that could have been an absolute disaster in todays world.
My father and my uncles were working in San Francisco at the time The Bridge was first opened. There was a 3-day party in anticipation, and they stopped to relieve themselves on the Presidio side. They were surrounded by all sorts of stunt pedestrians- on pogo sticks, stilts, tap-dancing, to be "the first person to....". When they got to the Marin side, my uncle Fred looked my father and said "Stew! Your pants are unbuttoned." Now, to be sure, I can't claim to be 100 % sure, but it is very likely that my father, Stewart Potter, was the first man to walk across The Golden Gate Bridge....with his fly open.
Everyone is so much happier back then
Cuz everyone was trust worthy and people were more active. Everything was good till 9/11.
Life was simple and no stress
No technology , that’s the key.
I was there with my friend Al who walked across it when he was a kid when it first opened... We got stuck in the middle of the bridge, and it actually flattened out from all the weight of the people. You could hear the bridge literally groaning... Pretty scary...
Jesus. Sounds terrifying
this is so wild look how well behave everyone was
yes, its crazy to think this is how america was 36 years ago
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People sounded different in 1987
I'm sure its the cameras they were using and how the quality wasn't as good
The crowd was a larger load than any fully loaded with vehicles! The biggest and heaviest 18 wheelers only exert 75 pounds per square foot average over their footprint. But a packed shoulder to shoulder crowd can be over 125 lbs. per sq.ft.! No wonder the gentle deck arc flattened out. The engineers had to inspect for damage and it was decided to limit future foot traffic after that.
I was hoping they would show the classic comparison photo showing how much the deck had flattened out.
luckily the factor of safety took into account the human nature of wanting to be close and do stupid things
If the bridge collapsed at that moment then securities would be punished for their foolishness of no control limit on the number of people.
Not a single neck tattoo in the crowd.
This made me smile
Same
Imagine if it failed.....The organizer's would still be imprisoned to this day.....
There is nothing like the beauty & mystery of the Golden Gate Bridge with finger fog running through its span.🎉🎉🎉
This could've been the greatest human stampede of all time. Bummer
Really a potentially scary situation.
Imagine bringing a bike thinking you were just going to ride across. But there’s so many people you have to push it the whole way.🤦♂️
Wow sangat ramai
Never see events like this anymore and I’m sure we won’t any time soon
San Francisco has changed sooo much.
They better made sure the bridge can hold that many people before it collapse! 300,000 that was lot of people!
My fishing videos always have the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge in the background 🎉❤
Didn't mention the flattening out of the span's deck arch by the weight of the crowd. Oh well.
Do you know if they had to fix anything after that? Sounds real sketchy
@@stapes7344 They inspected it. It was fine.
Before i was born there was massive technology out there
Opening Day 20 years ago 🤦♂️1:10 ? It’s the 50 anniversary not the 20th anniversary 🤨
The day the Golden Gate flattened out due to the weight of the masses.😎🇺🇸
In 50 years, this video will be displayed in a museum, to show how many peoples lived in the, now ghost city, of San Francisco.
If only they had painted white arrows on the ground to guide people in the direction they intended to go...
I'm sure we can beat this record in 2037
make the golden state gold again please.
Epic!!!
That’s what’s up 🔝
Can you imagine doing something like this post covid??
yes, because 99.99%+ of people survive and are perfectly fine.
Funny how you theorists exaggerate numbers in your favor, this workd pandemic actually killed about 1% of humanity and you diminish the numbers just because you are more in denial than watching facts in front of you
At least 10% of these crowds wouldn’t survive it specially non vaxxed fools
So I guess we'll do this again in 16 years? I hope!
No. They also didn't do it for the 75th anniversary in 2012.
No way......never happen....
We close our bridge in San Diego once a year for bikes and walking. But not as cool
@@denimadept 75 years is not even as huge as 1 year. But 100 years is something huge, they will definitely do it
we need this for the 100th so bad... To be able to walk on middle of the bridge! One can dream
Man that would be a good kill streak
This many people almost made the golden gate bridge collapse
It was only 40 percent of max capacity
I Miss
if only it was affordable to live there
Arya Stark : Not Today!!
Did he say 20 years ago? 🤦♂️
Video looks old. So probably 20 years by the day it was recorded.
20 years ago from 1987. DUH! It's a old video 😐
@@netnavigator3264 but it was the 50th anniversary lol 💀
@@SAC010 but it was the 50th anniversary in 1987 lol
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Damn cuz lol 2:43 . Was the coke that good?
Breaking news from this country golden gate in your life and your minds about your child x sky and that 80s like that l you know what you mean about that one
Out of everything the dude with the chicken feet at the end gave me the most questions. Since when has that been a tradition? For who is this a tradition? Why chicken feet? Why 10 of them? 🤣 LMFAO 🤪
Just some made-up “Fake News” on his part. But it got him a spot on the news….!
This almost could go wrong by simply collaped due to the heavy weight
SF population would have been minus 300,000 in 10 minutes
İlluminati will destroy the Golden Gate Bridge in Future!!!
There are a lot of Bridge Collapse Scenes in Hollywood Movies!!!
(Like the Twin Towers Attacks in Movies!!!)
@Tyln93 I HAVE A POSTER 4 the film GROUND ZERO from mid 70s. Nevuhh seen the film, but it exists. Poster shows 2 armed dirty harries climbing high on the pillars, so,it gotta be a catastrophe/bomb plot type of action film. Not on Yt, the poster is from 🇫🇮
When you realize all the old people taking are Dead.
Wdym there's kids, and also there's some people that looks at their 20's or 30's.
Ny now those people at their 80's or 70's
@@princeancheta4041 that’s clearly NOT what I said. I clearly said OLD PEOPLE. JFC, need it written in crayon?
Taking what?
@@princeancheta4041 wdym? What the?
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Wow, these people want to go North, these people want to go south ✍🏿✍🏿✍🏿✍🏿✍🏿
Que COVID ni que nada 🎉
Just imagine it collapsed that day 😍😍😍
@FIПП ƬΉΣ ΛПƬI FЦЯЯY 😂
Well. aren't you a sad individual
@FIПП ƬΉΣ ΛПƬI FЦЯЯY nah, he's just being realistic
*laughs in illuminati
After this 2 meters sagged
I hope they don't do next 2037
There way too many YO MAMA'S
Glad Al Qaeda didn’t choose this day and location
Very 80’s dorky people in this video and commentators in this video.
Lol San Francisco is always like this! One time I was walking in the pride parade, it was so crowded the crowd started pushing back and forth. Police in the middle of it were stuck and couldn’t do anything either! Lol I love sf people are hilarious. Just more dangerous these days.
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@@SfKittydon't be that person. Nobody enjoys that person.
This will now only be done as a pride parade sponsor by goldman sachs.
I just noticed there were only white people on that bridge 🌉 😂😂😂😂😂
How many suicides on that day ?
Walking dead horde.
Idiots who brought their kids? Irresponsible at best
Whats wrong with bringing the kids??
Geez. No masks. Shrieking. Trombones! Did they move the Golden Gate Bridge to Florida?
this was before covid ya know
@@trxpiin4727 dun dun dun
Humans were fun back then? Nice