Discovery Uncovering the real Gangs of New York Part 4 of 4

[maximeoliver]

Thank you for this documentary. I love victorian time but I have never discovered american history in nineteenth century. I think this part of history is very interesting. Thanks!!

[Docmate]

@maximeoliver Thanks for watching.

[TheNigerianScammer]

thanks

[zeelove8]

wow, excellent documentary!! well done!

[fritiofkonkas]

damn this is interesting.,. i wanna see more. :P

[RobThaLastRemedy]

That explains why Washington Heights along with the rest of Manhattan is full of Irish Pubs in a neighborhood thats all hispanic now,,, Plus a long line generations Irish cops and so on.. Awesome documentary.. Alot of my questions about my neighborhood were answered watchin this film... 2 Thumbs up for this posting.

[MossyKong]

Very good documentary,pity to this day we irish are still emigrating because of the corruption still at the heart of irish politics.

[zyphoid666]

Man, civil action was awesome before it got hijacked by concerned mothers and feminazis.

[jake666thehellion]

The cool thing about nyc, is that is historically and today, seems a nation all its own. Kinda like Washington, Ore and Cali seem to ba a nation all its own. but this is just one city, impressive.

[Astrithor]

These things will probably never happen again. Everyone in America today settles their ideas with words, yeah there're still gangs, but revolutions and militant actions are all but gone. Whether this is for better or worse, only history will show

[heyheymonkees]

@Astrithor I would disagree. The gangs haven't gone anywhere and their rule never ended. They have simply become more sophisticated, wealthy, and their ends are still the same.

[jackkedrabbit]

@heyheymonkees you are SO correct. Now they just have legal fundraisers and buy votes in congress and the senate.

[BigChiefWiggles]

@Astrithor poverty has a direct link to the cruelty and violence humans are capable of, the last few generations had plenty, more then any before them, they had no reason or motivation for violence and have become soft. But as you see on the corrupt news every day now, times are changing, poverty and fear are moving into the american daily life like a wild fire, violence will follow. A wolf who just ate will avoid you, a hungry wolf will rip you apart, there are a lot more hungry wolves now.

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

@BigChiefWiggles Great point obvious as it may be but they will not address this hear. They haven't once admitted that poverty led to this fighting. In fact the guy at the beginning insisted that the irish "wanted" to live in the five points.

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

@Astrithor Wait until poverty takes over america in the coming years. We havent evolved that much as a people. Wealth keeps people in check and when it goes east to china americans will start fighting again.

[trashman1guy]

Thank you so much for the UpLoads! awesome!!!

[oldsreo]

Good stuff boyoo.

[Barclay1987]

Wow!

[ringbolt9]

wow....life seems crazy now. but not in comparison to this!

[OpT1mU5PrYm3]

Great upload!

Watching this after the Scorsese flick really makes me respect his film-making. Although he dramatised certain parts of the film (as is his right - it's a movie after all) he really nailed loads of the important details of this era in New York's history.

[mikepalomino]

@ 2:24

I think Scorcese makes a slight verbal gaffe. He says Tammany Hall went up to the 1950s-60s -- this can't be right, can it?

I believe he means 1850s-60's until the downfall of Tweed.

[lamenzies]

Tammany Hall refers to a Democratic Party organisation in NY.

I think it ceased activities in the 1960s.

[mikepalomino]

Ah, yeah I guess my assumption was that Tammany Hall ended with Boss Tweed. Good to know.

Thank you. : ]

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

Tammany controlled patronage and politics of new york until 1960 after kennedy became president.

[ferrer65]

The last Tammany Hall boss was Carmine Gerard DeSapio. Wikipedia has more info on it.

[EVILTRIPS666]

Scorcese had it pretty bang on... wicked thanx.

[Alos21]

Awsome documentary,Thank you very much!!!

[Docmate]

No Worries. Thanks for your comment.

[bjarczyk]

not a single social movement covered in this. just all immigrant mobs and benevolent state reformers.

[ITHEREONETHATHASNT]

These immigrant mobs you refer to controlled voting, patronage etc in new york for two hundred years so yeah I would say it covered a social movement. Not everything in life can be clear cut these mobs were what today would be called political action committees.

[1y]

Truly great !!! So Tweed had a similar arrest to this of Louis XVI a hundred year before: taken by its portrait ! Does anyone know where I could found some pics about NYC archaelogical excavations in Five points ? I saw some very few ones and it seems that the ground of 1863 is meters under the present street level because of land fulfillings.

[usbfish]

Very interesting !

I read the book by Herbert Asbury and I favorited all 4 parts... Thanks for upload.

[glaxev]

interesting documentary

[platinumrecluse]

excellent post- i watched all 4 parts.

[Docmate]

thanks mate

[Greg78X]

Same