Big thanks to all you guys working on the interstate hwy system. The state engineer to the young guy on the shovel. Minnesota we have workers like most states big thanks to all of you.
Considering how many millions and millions, if not billions, of kilometres of roadways, highways, freeways there are all over the globe this seems like a very long slow and tedious process.. filling in uneven spots with shovels.. laying the form and hammering in hundreds and thousands of pegs, laying the strengthening mesh, inserting those strengthening strips, rolling out a paper layer.. all this by hand.. its almost unbelievable.
No compaction of soil. No tests on soil. Mixing concrete at site instead at a batching plant. Modern engineers dare not have any dealings with this thing.
@@jamesm.m1175 The film was a propaganda piece. Not in a bad way, but in a way to educate the public; a good thing. If something was not shown on the film, my point was that we can't conclude it wasn't done. Whatever was shown in the film we can conclude was done. So in the real world, things don't run as smoothly as shown in the film. Accidents, deaths, and terrible sections of earth are not shown on films like this. A lot of people today who just watched this video are falsely concluding that they did such great work on this piece of highway by dumb luck, crude equipment, and they're just not as smart and enlightened as people of today...all false conclusions.
I am very interested on the transfere from film reels to video , I've tried it my self but the results are not as clear as yours because I get so much flicker, do you have a special equipment different from a movie projector and and Hd video camera?
I don't know much about the subject, but you could use a film scanner. If that's not an option, another thing you can do is to try to synchronize your video camera with the projector. You want to set fixed exposure time and take the picture when the frame is visible. That way you avoid flicker. Also I think normal movie projector shows / flicks the same frame twice. Also one option might be to record with clearly higher frame rate video than the flicker is, and do the flicker removal with software by just taking the images between the flicker.
@working_country ___ Concrete roads are significantly mor expensive to build than asphalt roads but they last much longer, even more than 100 years. Asphalt roads require maintenance after 10 - 15 years, so in the long run concrete roads are better.
@working_country ___ Concrete roads are significantly mor expensive to build than asphalt roads but they last much longer, even more than 100 years. Asphalt roads require maintenance after 10 - 15 years, so in the long run concrete roads are better.
If we still made roads like that today I could see how they'd cost a million $/mile, but as it is with faster, better automated equipment, I bet it's really more like $10,000.00/mile, with the rest going to support all the bureaucracy that gets in the way unless it's paid off.
Well one lane of concrete pavement is 1 foot thick multiplied by 12 feet wide multiplied by 5280 feet is 63,360 cubic feet divided by 27 is 2347 cubic yards. At roughly $100 per cubic yard that's $237,000 in just concrete for one lane. Now multiply that by 3 or 4 per lane plus shoulders. It's not cheap.
+Aidan The Lover Boy O'Dwyer Asphalt wasn't widely used in most road construction until the late 1960s early 1970s. Back in 1948, Asphalt was very weak and unstable. Concrete was the only paving material that worked, was durable and could last for years.
If u pay attention to him saying “out falls the earth” because “ earth” is simply “dry land” water is not earth. So with that being said. “Earth” couldn’t be a giant ball of water. U have to open your mind. It’s in genesis. Stay woke my friends
Do you mean the silent generation? The people recorded on the film would be older than you if it was recorded in 1948. Are you sure you're a boomer? Boomers were born between 1946-1964.
Back when the environmental impact wasn't even a thought. Hopefully now that the Orange Virus has been removed from the White House we can re-address the issue. 💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
It's crazy to me that this is a forgotten part of american history. Nobody talks about this. Imagine the initiative put into this.
Big thanks to all you guys working on the interstate hwy system. The state engineer to the young guy on the shovel. Minnesota we have workers like most states big thanks to all of you.
I used to watch all these encyclopedia Britannica films in the 70s. I didn't know they so old. no wonder film always breaking!
"The scraper has huge caterpillar treads so it wont get stuck"
_gets stuck_
oof XD
Situational irony
Equipment is seems primitive compared to todays but it was great in it's day. And those roads lasted!
Thank you
0_O
Not really, a lot of this concrete was probably replaced 30-40 years ago.
@@Tigersfan829 That means it lasted.. 👍
@@Tigersfan829 Yes the concrete laid today is much better with an asphalt base underneath and more rebar.
ah man... history cant be forgotten!
Considering how many millions and millions, if not billions, of kilometres of roadways, highways, freeways there are all over the globe this seems like a very long slow and tedious process.. filling in uneven spots with shovels.. laying the form and hammering in hundreds and thousands of pegs, laying the strengthening mesh, inserting those strengthening strips, rolling out a paper layer.. all this by hand.. its almost unbelievable.
Many men and many hours. You can build anything with enough manpower
Something I don't really realize is I-40 going to Raleigh NC was made like that!
Amazing!
The same equipment can build beautiful roads and highways today if they are newly made with same - design equipment and built with same sturdiness.
Great film. Very relaxing to listen to. I wish it had been more detailed.
They are leveling it so well but what about the rain water?!
09:30 plastic wrap
@@ridhowijaya7584 you cant be serious...
I am talking about draining the rain water from the road....
@@XyBeatZHipHopInstrumentals They had Jesus back then to handle that.
Interesting...
No excatvators at all, all crane based machines to move material, would take so much longer
These guys built roads just as fast without excavators....they made do with what they had
No compaction of soil. No tests on soil. Mixing concrete at site instead at a batching plant.
Modern engineers dare not have any dealings with this thing.
They still pave highways with on site plants pretty often.
They masterfully tailored this film for the layman. Tests on soil were not included in the film.
@@freedomairconditioner6152 Why would they need soil test with no compaction below the pavement? There simply were non or very little.
@@jamesm.m1175 The film was a propaganda piece. Not in a bad way, but in a way to educate the public; a good thing. If something was not shown on the film, my point was that we can't conclude it wasn't done. Whatever was shown in the film we can conclude was done. So in the real world, things don't run as smoothly as shown in the film. Accidents, deaths, and terrible sections of earth are not shown on films like this. A lot of people today who just watched this video are falsely concluding that they did such great work on this piece of highway by dumb luck, crude equipment, and they're just not as smart and enlightened as people of today...all false conclusions.
@@new2000car Nazi Germany and the Soviet Union gave propaganda a bad name
I never got to see highways built in New York because I was born in 2009 they should timelapse building them.
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Ogow 80 sano kahor meshay dadkaan jogeen ayaan maanta gaari lanahay
Is weydii qabiilkaaga wadadaan camal ma dhisi karaa
Inaan dadka horumaray aan ku dayano waa wax wanaagsan
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What a best Classic-Vintage Movies can make better versions ! need restored all of thems.
I guess compaction hadn't been invented yet! 😁
I noticed that also you must work road construction like I do
I wonder how the stripe those roads
And drainage too
No rollers compressed the earthwork?
Notice there are no lines painted on the roads.
Where's the traffic?
Less cars
The U.S. is completely and utterly defined by this (cars).
this reminds me of the time i was part of the four peters.
I am very interested on the transfere from film reels to video , I've tried it my self but the results are not as clear as yours because I get so much flicker, do you have a special equipment different from a movie projector and and Hd video camera?
I don't know much about the subject, but you could use a film scanner. If that's not an option, another thing you can do is to try to synchronize your video camera with the projector. You want to set fixed exposure time and take the picture when the frame is visible. That way you avoid flicker. Also I think normal movie projector shows / flicks the same frame twice. Also one option might be to record with clearly higher frame rate video than the flicker is, and do the flicker removal with software by just taking the images between the flicker.
@@wopmf4345FxFDxdGaa20 Thanks for the good advise
Concrete Highways/Roads of then Vs Tarred/Asphalt Roads/Highways of Today. Interesting...
Asphalt is way cheaper than concrete. Concrete lasts way longer too. Companies make more money by replacing asphalt roads every 7-10 years.
@working_country ___ Concrete roads are significantly mor expensive to build than asphalt roads but they last much longer, even more than 100 years. Asphalt roads require maintenance after 10 - 15 years, so in the long run concrete roads are better.
@working_country ___ Concrete roads are significantly mor expensive to build than asphalt roads but they last much longer, even more than 100 years. Asphalt roads require maintenance after 10 - 15 years, so in the long run concrete roads are better.
Narrator sounds familiar but can't place him. Anyone know who it is?
A narrator
My grandpa showed me this
How they even taught of this n the right things too use 😂
No gravel ballast?
Good to know that no women was used during building a highway.
😂 you’re asking for hate comments aren’t you
@@shanepowers4887 If he was doing that, he'd also have to openly speculate on what these men's preferred pronouns were!
Who was the voiceover??
lol u just a lil fuxkin DIRTY BOY 👦🏼
@@lilmane1070 🤔
@@KD-qu3ug stop talking filthy before I fucking.... :3
I Kill People I, Really Do. Gets My S*IT So Darn H@rd!
If we still made roads like that today I could see how they'd cost a million $/mile, but as it is with faster, better automated equipment, I bet it's really more like $10,000.00/mile, with the rest going to support all the bureaucracy that gets in the way unless it's paid off.
Well one lane of concrete pavement is 1 foot thick multiplied by 12 feet wide multiplied by 5280 feet is 63,360 cubic feet divided by 27 is 2347 cubic yards. At roughly $100 per cubic yard that's $237,000 in just concrete for one lane. Now multiply that by 3 or 4 per lane plus shoulders. It's not cheap.
I build roads in Ontario the highway cost is 1 million per km far from cheap
For 1 lane
Wrong it wasnt that much it was cheap labour and no health and safety hindering the job costing a fortune.
Beaver Cleaver at 28 years old and kicked out of the house by Wards new girlfriend at the 7:29 mark.
la pamantttttt
Am I the only one who noticed pavements were used to be made of concrete not tarmac?
7:02 scoop or skip or scoop...?
He said scoop then he said paving man call it a skip
Im a weirdo so I googled speedcrane and they aren't in business anymore they were in deep debt and sold to Manitowoc. Fun fact 😂
*This Highway system become slowly killed Route 66.*
Cement Dust…No Masks…long before safety standards
No Osha around in them days operator didn't give a dam still lived to be 100yrs old
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Concrete? Where the fuck is the asphalt?
+Aidan The Lover Boy O'Dwyer Asphalt wasn't widely used in most road construction until the late 1960s early 1970s. Back in 1948, Asphalt was very weak and unstable. Concrete was the only paving material that worked, was durable and could last for years.
+Matthew Anderson Thank you for THE insights 😇
Stop silicosis
If u pay attention to him saying “out falls the earth” because “ earth” is simply “dry land” water is not earth. So with that being said. “Earth” couldn’t be a giant ball of water. U have to open your mind. It’s in genesis. Stay woke my friends
american roads suck...no foundation they don`t last..euro roads have a 2ft base..the roman roads had 6
Us baby boomers done all physical work!
Do you mean the silent generation? The people recorded on the film would be older than you if it was recorded in 1948. Are you sure you're a boomer? Boomers were born between 1946-1964.
Back when the environmental impact wasn't even a thought. Hopefully now that the Orange Virus has been removed from the White House we can re-address the issue.
💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸💙🇺🇸
What?
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