Brave Men Building the Empire State Building (1930)

[gtafan94]

It took 410 days (just over a year) to build THAT, with no machines!! ? Wow. It takes about 4 years now for skyscrapers to be built, even with machines!

[sulutkin]

OMG this almost turned my stomach upside down, I can still feel the pressure in my chest and bloodrush in my brains, I´m now 41 and gettin more and more afraid of heights. This is my only real fear. It starts after getting more than 20 meter up and then I could vomit when I look down. Those guys have no wires, no ropes, nothing, just bare hands and no aware to working in high.

[fresky74]

If the fall didn't kill them the smog did.

[MattModerate]

HAD THEY NOT INVENTED ROPES?

[ArtypNk]

Jezus... Now that is one bad ass employee. My balls shrank just by looking at it.

[RizzyIp]

Those men have amazing courage, I would be pissing my pants in the first floor.

[Atomiserztom]

just watching this video gives me goose bumps, scary shit

[smileyhippo106]

yeah. only because of the daleks, though.

[Jamster9000]

0:43 theres one of their balls.

[dtbjjrb]

Jeez louise!!!! That is fucking crazy. I would feel tempted to jump, for no reason. A million bucks wouldn't get me to do that shit either.

[carlsherburne]

their balls have to be made from adamantium

[123drue]

I wonder were the line is draw between brave...and stupid.

[FullM3talGamer]

You can pay me a million bucks to do exactly what this video showed...I wouldn't do it.

[landth78]

OH MY FUCKING GOD!!!

[TheMultiJENK]

i shit my pants just watching this O.O

[MrSinnerstefan]

Even though it was the Great Drepression, the rich built the Empire State Building...They saw a great opportunity in the exploitation of the desperate workforce. With Great Troubles rise Great Opportunities. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer.

[DaveScarboroughUK]

Only 7 or so people died according to official records.

[SuperLillylu]

Oh for the days when men were men *sigh*



[12Fucitolz]

@SuperLillylu Also the days women Knew their place...

[SuperLillylu]

@12Fucitolz very funny. I walked into that one. lol Oh well back to the kitchen for me :)

[12Fucitolz]

@SuperLillylu :D

[RaidensONLYfan]

@12Fucitolz still can experience those days. move to middle east, afghanistan. you belong in a backward country like that.

[Lightboxes]

@SuperLillylu I'm still a man of men when men were men.  I can be your man.

[chivasuarez]

Damn those were some ballsy dudes.

[deegz01]

workplace health and safety has ruined the good old times...........

[weatethemall]

What men

[BillieJoeIsHawt]

jesus fucking christ i got scared just watching this

[inedibleobject]

Crazy stuff, not for all the money in the world could I do that.

[pipthemakem]

health and safety my arse!

[two2twinface]

Maybe it's not bravery but rather desperation. As dangerous as this work might be, there are thousands lined up to do it because the alternative is to be jobless in the depression.

[RevenantCheetosx]

@two2twinface Good point....

[TaintedBrownjuice]

LIKE A BOSS!

[MegaFilip00]

BALLS

[Imatrollyay]

Retro builders didn't use any of your pussy-ass cranes or safety rails.

[komodiT1]

they all had upgrades to titanium balls

[LuneyTune72]

I was trying to take a shit during this video. I was constipated all throughout and then I exploded at the end. Great vid!

[pocapaypay]

@ 0:32 that beam was just a shaking and that guy was balancing like 'whatever..' O_o *slow clap*

[BrandonHenryYates]

I wonder if it was just normal back then to have bodies falling from the sky while you're on your way to work

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[DarkPrincessFrost]

Gaah! just watchin the video i was terrified, those men are too damn high!!

[MrDanman84]

I was expecting dr who to come up with dalek parts

[KittenCollision]

@MrDanman84 damn, I'm not the only one. dalekanium lightning rod ftw!

[MrDanman84]

@KittenCollision awww yeeaaah dr who fans ftw!!

[sssssssssssssssssste]

for some reason watching that made my feet go all funny and gave me the fear!

[brumagemm]

Woo! Scott Joplin!

[lyricallysikh1]

Damn that is freakin scary as f#%@

[trankhanhvinhan]

Only 5 lost their lives. RIP. But seriously, only 5 ???!!! WTF

[sorrath]

@trankhanhvinhan

Back then people were aware of the dangers and weren't retards like they are today.I have worked in some of the biggest oil companies and their health and safety are very strict. Reason for that is because people nowadays are plain stupid.

[Astiengaw1]

I wonder how many workers have fallen off building from stuff like this.

[peesnpoos]

haha disliked this video just cos I wanted to be a dick

[justxvictor123]

have you guys seen this video? /watch?v=n1FMQuC_Dy0

their even higher than this.

[Rachelisexplosive]

I love this channel :]

[bdcp]

@ErnieCosmo no your way off

[ItzKlamzXtreme]

I would cry.. the whole time..

Maybe if I had a parachute I'd do it.

[JSteinman1944]

gosh that's intense... these guys~

[JSteinman1944]

gosh that's intense... these guys~

[Daniboyking]

Back in the good old days!!!!:D

[KoolAidPianist]

It's interesting watching this now because I JUST watched the Doctor Who episode where the Daleks modify the Empire State Building ;)

[paulisemo15]

Why does this channel have to be so interesting? I love history its my favorite subject in school.

[thejackma1000]

im not scared of hights but thats terrifying

[yellowklayman]

i wonder if people thought that was insane back then

[AltoBrittany]

The term brave men is incorrect. Simply, there weren't any laws against work safety, and people needed money.

[dj1123]

@AltoBrittany Go home, kid.

[Fenyx125Sparks]

@AltoBrittany that doesn't mean that thousands of people denied the job due to the risk of death and many more quit. They may have been desperate but that doesn't mean that they don't deserve reconition for working at this level of danger and credit for making the empire state building a reality. I bet you wouldn't go this far for a couple of bucks. you'd probably get a normal job that you'd live to tell about. there's a reason they're called brave men.

[AltoBrittany]

@Fenyx125Sparks That*, recognition* You'd*, There's*. There is nothing spectacular about the building. People do dangerous things all the time. Its not bravery.

[airjaff]

nutters

[007rapz]

i pissed my self just watching them

[poopersooper123]

thats freakin insane! 0:33 i would of fainted!

[EMERALDEYE1982]

Imagine the modern health & safety brigade watching this, it will blow their minds.

[Namatok]

@EMERALDEYE1982 I worked all of last year as an OH&S(Occupation health and safety) co-ordinator and while watching this my eyes were bugling out of my head being all "WHERE ARE THE HARNESSES" "OH MY GOD IF THAT WAS TODAY THEY WOULD ALL GET THE SACK" and "CRAP DON'T FALL"

[TheVasilezation]

i THINK NOW 100 YEARS AGO PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN'T FLY

I don't know how much balls you need it to work there!!!

[HaCkEr6662k7]

WOW

[Ojdaweedmane]

Amazing times back then

[000SaviourXXX]

Dont see men like that anymore

[spietproductions]

The Unions would be going nuts, if people did jobs like that now a days. Those are men...

[Muxen92]

Seems reasonable life dangering.

[anadus7]

I'm surprised those beams didn't give way to the weight of those men's balls of steel.

[BayviewFinch]

@anadus7 - Enough potty talk.

[K33p3r99]

@anadus7 I second that.

[oassapp]

I saw a pic with 10 guys eating lunch on a beam like that! 0:25 I don't even have the balls to sit on the fence on a balcony! :D

[zosiuczasnacolgate]

omfg i got dizzy from watching

[nutsinh0]

8rd

[thesid92]

Truly those guys must have had balls of steel!!

[EnforcerOfEpic]

6nd

[FoxrainFuture]

omg o0

i would vomit all over the city xD

[essay383]

holy shit watching this just makes me feel unsteady!

[Monlaw479]

How scary. D:

[whoopti]

2st

[TheTramsen]

1rd