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Lunch Atop A Skyscraper: The Story Behind The 1932 Photo | 100 Photos | TIME
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@fosgatexlt 5 років тому
I hear that the building steel was made from the same steel as their balls.
@queenbulova5682 5 років тому
FOSGATEXLT 😂
@tonytuffers 5 років тому
OMG haha I'm dying
@OjamaLemon 5 років тому
Nah man the workers werent willing to tell the higher-up pansies where to find metal that hard
@danilyevh.2712 5 років тому
They definitely have the balls to do this
@tonytuffers 5 років тому
FOSGATEXLT That was a classic. Now will the rest of you just quit, your not at all funny
@rodri79 4 роки тому
"Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.”
@nicolailinca7017 4 роки тому
I will keep this in my mind. You're right
@bigtrappo187 4 роки тому
Dats hard
@aj3198 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
Rodrigo M. *im 14 and this is deep*
@plshelpmeawkdough 4 роки тому
wantafanta01 yeah.. like Jim Crow and shit lol
@nigelbarrett3602 Рік тому
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 7 місяців тому
Bless people like you! Without you civilization don’t exist. Thank you 🙏🏼
@Sssrramzj6my 6 місяців тому
Stop lying
@mariocooldude9092 4 місяці тому
Hail 🙋♂️ to our white 🐻❄️ European ancestors...they built the greatest civilization the world has ever known
@nba2kaii12 2 місяці тому
@@mariocooldude9092 yes sir dont you ever forget it
@moonwalker091000 Місяць тому
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.
@samorayee420 Рік тому
Word can't describe a photographer a employee who work there . Nobody forgot them . They will always in our heart
@manuelestacio1836 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
1932: they take a legendary photo 2019: they record their friends slipping of the edge of a skyscrapper and dying
@dashboy4l 5 років тому
Manuel Estacio it states in the vid it was done for publicity
@cr144mc6 5 років тому
There are still Ironworkers out there with massive nutsacks like these guys
@gordonjamescowiest 5 років тому
@@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 5 років тому
1932: youtube didnt exist 2019: people making dumb assumptions about people's hobbies without knowing anything about it at all
@DOLsenior 4 роки тому
I can't even look at these photos without getting that anxious feeling in my gut.
@robertthomas445 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
Same.
@vincenthiney7424 4 роки тому
Same here
@Paulyfr3sh 4 роки тому
That anxious feeling in your gut makes you stronger at those heights. The Brain and Body work differently under these conditions.
@TheVikingtropical 4 роки тому
Lo mismo digo!
@mattiasala8194 Рік тому
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 2 місяці тому
If you can find out and supply his name that would identify one of them.
@davidbenkovic2001 Рік тому
I know the name of the man sitting on the far right. His name was Gusti Popovič. He came from Slovakia. He sent his wife a postcard with this famous photo on which he wrote: don't worry my love you can see me with a bottle. 😄
@jameshill8493 Рік тому
That’s awesome where did you hear this
@Princesseva8818 2 місяці тому
Awh my country 💗
@biglo9889 4 роки тому
up on those beams. poverty was their biggest fear. thats why they did it.
@crooksycollins4349 4 роки тому
BIG LO aka the Great Depression
@abyteuser6297 4 роки тому
It's an awesome job too
@MVP_13 4 роки тому
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 4 роки тому
Aka the Big Sad
@Nazhuk 4 роки тому
Big sad sounds cute
@cardiganflynn4905 5 років тому
Just imagine if it rained...
@ezzyfiretv8922 5 років тому
Larry Michael 😂😂😂LOL
@matthewsmith2592 5 років тому
Larry Michael rainout
@duochirkznemesisiv8394 5 років тому
RAINDROP SMOKIN THOT BOX THICC TACC
@Vsauce_69 5 років тому
Or wind
@MelisaDiary 5 років тому
They wouldn’t have cared
@yamil.343 9 місяців тому
They’ll never be forgotten. Their legacy is the amazing structure they built.
@banebakic 7 місяців тому
Ovo su radnici iz Jugoslavije.
@LjubicaP 7 місяців тому
@@banebakic Ozbiljno?
@dannytinney384 7 місяців тому
@@yamil.343 White men are amazing
@homesteadchrish3107 7 місяців тому
Thousands of years from know they’ll wonder how we built our structures like we do the pyramids. They’ll see these men
@user-qw9ge7jg1z Місяць тому
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.
@2009shumy 5 років тому
The guy in the middle: *I have to pee.*
@ExtavixBeats 5 років тому
Dude's next to him "Whip it out"
@user-di4rm8bj2o 5 років тому
He knew Trump will own them later 🤣 🏃🏻♂️💨💨
@jacsbyjohannsanto 5 років тому
Guy Next to the middle: I have to take a shit
@blackbro1854 5 років тому
Was thinking the same thing😂😂
@user-ee5he9oz3k 5 років тому
oops sorry excuse me ah my bad oh dear sorry
@urmaker 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
urmaker u so stupid dont know shit about metal
@juliusfiorentino2837 5 років тому
Ea zγ it's called a joke, maybe?
@nikoleass 5 років тому
Julius Fiorentino i d be trippin then sorry
@urmaker 5 років тому
I would have thought saying their balls contain steel would have been the giveaway. :P
@ronank4837 5 років тому
CGI in 1932?
@viviennepopek Рік тому
We might not know their names but they will be remembered forever 👍💖👏
@victoriartrojan5742 Рік тому
You can tell these men had more of a brotherhood and more courage than most people. I think this is truly inspiring seeing everyone sitting on that beam, each of them smiling and saying we have made something amazing.
@Paapi_purush Рік тому
You're a muslim 🤢🤢🤢
@victoriartrojan5742 Рік тому
@@Paapi_purush nope my mother is American and my dad is Indian and Irish, along on my mom side is Polish, Italian, German, and Mexican. So thank you but you just insulted a German too and this isn’t even my real name on UKposts so thank you asshole.😂
@victoriartrojan5742 Рік тому
@@Paapi_purush to add on born and raised in America my dad also is so you have no say, what about you Lavdu? Who gave you a ridiculous name like that, you really don’t want to mess with me.
@ofthedifference 9 місяців тому
> victoriartrojan5742 Precisely, Victoria; I was thinking the same thing. Teamwork. The 'Empire State Building' has been named as one of the Seven Wonders of the Modern World by the American Society of Civil Engineers. It was completed at record speed after only 13.5 months on April 11th; 1931, and officially opened on May 1, 1931 - that's quite an accomplishment!
@srodrigues3490 2 місяці тому
Vc é muito linda. Gostaria de conhecer um brasileiro? 😮
@drakea.5816 5 років тому
Two things: 1. No hardhats 2. They're eating ACTUAL home cooked food
@Peter-zp3tr 5 років тому
Magaret A. kr
@Bluecheese1400 5 років тому
I dont understand?
@milesralls7972 5 років тому
Yeah a hard hat would do a ton
@kobeandgary 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
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.
@asher2297 3 роки тому
When grandparents said things were hard back then, they weren’t lieing
@welchsbeanjuice8071 3 роки тому
Things are still hard today.
@asher2297 3 роки тому
Welch'sBeanJuice naw we’re spoiled today
@welchsbeanjuice8071 3 роки тому
@@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 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
@@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.
@popoymotmot Рік тому
What makes these pictures even scarier is the fact that they aren’t wearing any harnesses. Unbelievable courage these men have.
@outdatedfarmequipment2702 18 днів тому
The hero and the coward are the same person.
@hdcoletti 3 дні тому
Thank you captain obvious
@amrowski 8 місяців тому
RIP real men. Can't believe the world went from this to what we're witnessing today.
@lichtsoldat7697 День тому
Right???
@candiigurl7893 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
candiigurl7893 agreed, but it's a hell of a view up there I'd totally be down or up in this case
@asiaborja7225 5 років тому
Lol me too
@samesame8502 5 років тому
candiigurl7893 I would have fainted and fallen 😂
@keithen8708 5 років тому
candiigurl7893 I'd shit myself asap!
@melflo4651 5 років тому
candiigurl7893 -->>> me too, I had to look away for a moment.
@uvupweweosas142 4 роки тому
Them: *smoking on top of a skyscraper* Me: *comfortably laying in my bed and having small heart attacks only watching this*
@jorvanne2003 4 роки тому
🤣🤣🤣
@missblink4611 4 роки тому
ExCtly my thoughts
@eliseuhackbarth7003 4 роки тому
kkk. we became toooooooooooooooooo weak
@uvupweweosas142 4 роки тому
@@eliseuhackbarth7003 indeed we did and I can speak for my self..
@erwinjoseph1600 4 роки тому
😂😁😂
@jannmikoingelrabagogamingc6012 Рік тому
Honestly, everyone in these pictures (including the photographers themselves), deserves the spotlight of the many greatest humans I have seen in history to date! I am so glad that these pictures existed because they have a sense of connectedness that I can have with these fellow humans who've lived decades before me. It also goes to show that at the end of the day...we are all human beings - and that is far more fascinating and "awesome" than anything, really!
@Bennysol 9 місяців тому
Imagine the men who built Rome or Greece or the pyramids
@jonnyhalo1041 Рік тому
I appreciate this photo being a construction worker now, everyday I go to work and see a different place as it gets to be a finished work of art that many men and women pull together and get done. Thank you
@Chris-cy1dl 5 років тому
*Anxiety has joined the chat*
@JoeRymo 5 років тому
@@user-hl9er9bk6y You wouldn't get it!
@Gimbergp 5 років тому
*Pusyness has left the chat*
@ibram8787 5 років тому
Balls have left the chat
@guzmo3074 5 років тому
Isacc Newton's Law of Gravity has joined the chat
@jacsbyjohannsanto 5 років тому
r/woooosh
@gabos7892 5 років тому
that pic would of gotten a lot of likes on instagram.
@teddycurtis2542 5 років тому
it would've been classed as photoshop
@SonplaysMinEcraft 5 років тому
LMAO WHO BUILT THIS😂😂😂😂
@capnskiddies 5 років тому
It would have, indeed
@ashton1306 5 років тому
SonPlaysMinEcraft 😂
@piperbarry7853 5 років тому
MEEE
@RailzNY Рік тому
I salute these men for putting their life on the line to make one of the most iconic buildings of the world, right here in my city. A structure so old yet so modern that represents the city of New York to the fullest extent.
@switchlite44 Рік тому
It is absolutely saddening that nobody knows these guys. I can only imagine the sacrifices they made from their families, I bet these guys were laughed at in their day for their profession. It's great to see how far we've came but also sad to see how society would put down guys like these back in the day. Thank you for all of your service!
@ofthedifference 9 місяців тому
> switchlite44 That you would suggest that these guys were laughed at is an awfully odd thing to say. And, where do you get the notion that the society at that time would "put them down"? I'd say the fact that you would say such inordinate things is more of a sign of where your head is at, not everyone else's. "Back in the day" people believed in working for a living - a day's work in exchange for a day's pay. Men worked hard for a living and were proud of earning money for their hard work so they could support their families - it's what people did, and they were grateful to get the work. This is a quality that many people today don't even fathom.
@flowrepins6663 7 місяців тому
@@ofthedifferencesociety put men like them down today calling them opressives while using their services. They would replace this pic with blcks and girls saying they were opressive for not letting women earn a living there
@normanacree1635 Місяць тому
Are you suggesting that workers of today should gladly do this kind of work without any safety measures (straps, hard hats, etc.) just to have the 'pleasure' of working like dogs to build something for some gazillionaire and be thankful for the opportunity? Kudos to the workers who did the work. Hell and damnation to the ruthless bastards who put them in such peril with no thought for their safety.@@ofthedifference
@ox.mmariax5650 5 років тому
I can't even go downstairs in the night without the lights on.
@hamood818 5 років тому
Me too
@travydoyodirt5182 5 років тому
😂
@soullessSiIence 5 років тому
Of course you don't, idiot. How would you see the stairs in the dark.
@-mv 5 років тому
What does this have to do with the video??
@mattsmith1039 5 років тому
Pha.x he’s comparing the balls of steel of the men in the video to himself.
@dustindodds4827 3 роки тому
Anybody else having anxiety issues watching this?
@lmb1962 3 роки тому
My stomach is doing flips and flops and I am sitting on the couch. Wow.
@veragray8104 3 роки тому
ME!!!!
@Subiwu 3 роки тому
No shit
@wildroseXIV 3 роки тому
Loads
@andreamonk4545 3 роки тому
Absolutely!!😳😳😳
@annamary1708 2 роки тому
Every time I see these pics, I feel something inside my lower abdomen that I cannot describe, it is a terrible fear to heights...... NO WORDS...... MY RESPECT TO THESE IRON MEN!!!!
@mickeyfeatherstone7738 8 місяців тому
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
@majbrittcastrupjrgensen2874 3 роки тому
What a shame, no one knows their names. What courage they had!
@willydiaz9586 3 роки тому
@@1meancyberbully329bruh no it isn't that's possible
@willydiaz9586 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
@@1meancyberbully329 you smoothbrain lots of people can and have done this idiot
@JaJa-vm9bo 3 роки тому
The man on the right side: GUSTI POPOVIČ from Slovakia (village Vyšny Slavkov
@ellev5401 3 роки тому
There’s no way I could survive 5 mins much less one day up there. My admiration to these great man.
@veragray8104 3 роки тому
FACTS!!!!!!
@ernestboykin3rd706 3 роки тому
Bruh I would have fell off looking down lol real chop
@chrischampagne4307 3 роки тому
@@ernestboykin3rd706 no worries, pictures is fake
@jussieronen3707 3 роки тому
Just think about the fact that fatalities were almost a daily basis in skyscraper building. Edit: not apparently lmao
@goodgeogr4363 3 роки тому
It's a perspective thing nothing else
@odpz 7 місяців тому
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 7 місяців тому
Makes you wonder about the thousands of unrecorded history events we never seen
@williamhayes2960 7 місяців тому
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.
@savannah4496 4 роки тому
I can literally feel the sensation of falling backwards just looking at that picture.
@brenb2721 4 роки тому
😬🤕
@chrisphil510 3 роки тому
u made me scream
@Lightning_Mike 3 роки тому
Or forwards
@rociomarquez3512 3 роки тому
My brain would make me do this.
@kidpeligro7878 4 роки тому
I am also amazed the steel beam did not collapse from carrying all those massive steel balls at once
@UndeadPharaoh 4 роки тому
You're a little late on the joke hundreds made before you
@kimjongun1073 4 роки тому
FatalFinality you did him dirty💀
@moonbull3137 4 роки тому
FatalFinality for sure thousands
@mikejuliet2619 4 роки тому
Wow ...Good one buddy
@mz7289 4 роки тому
@@UndeadPharaoh LOL
@chrisfournier6144 Рік тому
I’ve looked at that picture hundreds of times and I’m always impressed. But just now I wondered about how windy it would or could be up there. And then I passed out from fear. Hard as nails!
@SnailLagoon Рік тому
So strange. I've seen this photo dozens of times and never once thought about the photographers risking their lives, as well.
@ceewats 7 років тому
Not that they needed it but those guys get my Respect.
@jcl418 5 років тому
ceewats wow 501 likes and 1 reply
@serbia991 5 років тому
What about the mowhak indians that build the totum pole
@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 5 років тому
These guys made America great!
@andrecanuck5656 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
serbia991 What about it? It's not dangerous making totem poles.
@rapinbatches 5 років тому
How did the rail not break from the sheer weight of their balls!!
@ragvirsinghhothi8848 5 років тому
Feminists castrated them cause they too white and male
@nuttybangerz 5 років тому
I'm surpised they didn't get rashes on their balls from dragging it all day at work !!
@luiss.3866 5 років тому
Joke ruined. Thanks right wingers😔
@xxxxxx5868 5 років тому
Can ya'll stop making shit political
@PoopyThumb 5 років тому
because their balls a gravitational pull
@im-very-bad-at-mw7694 Рік тому
Early depiction of how the camera man never dies
@freddiem8801 20 днів тому
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 17 днів тому
WORTH THEIR WEIGHT IN GOLD . NERVES OF STEEL 🙏🙏🙏
@faizanhussain7139 4 роки тому
That has to be the most badass picture of all time
@cokonutraw8800 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
more than "the moon landing"?
@pugg5ter542 3 роки тому
@@jondoe562 yeah the moon landing was probably more badass
@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 3 роки тому
The bas ass picture of all time is Pablo Escobar in front of the White House
@probablystoned 5 років тому
Imagine being the dude on the far left cant get off that beam unless the other 7 move out the way first
@drivernephi170 5 років тому
MrFlux Pavilion That’s why he’s lighting a smoke to calm his nerves
@kyledenson1287 5 років тому
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@SunflowerSpotlight 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
@MrFlux Pavilion I can see your point, but there are actually 10 other men on that beam beside the guy your talking about.
@juraiiv9953 5 років тому
Doonsbury r/woooooosh
@rickbarrington Рік тому
No safety nets, no harness. Finally, the original OG
@walterszewczyk9024 Рік тому
Absolutely amazing, incredible opportunity and experience for all concerned. Their grandchildren must,ve heard this tale of construction woe & adventure many times over, how did they walk across , sit down, get back up, their muscle control and sense of balance is astounding athleticism.
@mikea1114 2 роки тому
Am I the only one that is saddened on how much these men risked their lives just to feed their families?
@Tjd1982 2 роки тому
It was the great depression, you did what you had to do. They look pretty happy they have jobs at all.
@hearsomeevil9199 2 роки тому
@@jasoncutshaw8401 you've prolly done nothing even close to what these guys did
@AnnaLVajda 2 роки тому
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 2 роки тому
Yes
@Yamah12a 2 роки тому
@@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.
@GreyCrowe 5 років тому
Fear wasn't invented until the 1940s
@childrenofthesun471 5 років тому
Not for the poles ;)
@ChodeMaster 5 років тому
Because there has only been 1 world war. And just 1 war involving the U.S
@Nathan_avy 5 років тому
1960s
@jakobbw6137 4 роки тому
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
@chillyourself5208 4 роки тому
Those boys stepping off those landing crafts on Omaha beach in 44 were fearless, I'd say fear came in the 50s, maybe
@clivebennett7985 24 дні тому
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
@2x3x7. Рік тому
I really loved the narration. So beautifully it captures the story, gave me goosebumps.
@letsgotomarsman 5 років тому
Hard times create strong men. Strong men create good times. Good times create weak men. And, weak men create hard times.
@samyway3514 5 років тому
LetsGoToMarsMan genius comment, I hope that's your original comment.
@jaspervandenbosch3838 5 років тому
samy way It's not
@SoloTravelerOffTheBeatenPath 5 років тому
So we're clearly in the "weak men" period right now.. Nothing but soyboy cucks roaming the streets of New York!
@dixoncidermouth7063 5 років тому
LetsGoToMarsMan It's an constant cycle.
@jerardogarcia4337 5 років тому
samy way it’s a quote search it up
@MrCofeebean 5 років тому
My mans on the right had a pint of whiskey for lunch lmao
@essamthouheed1459 5 років тому
Derty Hairy must be Irish
@Dan-zb8xm 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
shot of courage to be up there
@liamryan7239 5 років тому
I wouldn’t want to get drunk up there
@keithen8708 5 років тому
Derty Hairy 😂😂😂
@MadPutz 7 місяців тому
Humanity is better off when good men take productive risks. Do not be sad for them, do not shy away. Be proud.
@mikepoint4717 7 місяців тому
I have the upmost respect for these men , it was a hard job they had to do day in day out and they did it with such grace . Thanks for sharing . Cheers 🇨🇦
@MarcosGarcia-qm6to 5 років тому
*when ur job is dangerous but u gotta get the bread*
@imperialguardsman5929 5 років тому
*Faint Stalin laughing in the distance*
@MartinQ-bl6co 5 років тому
@@imperialguardsman5929 I like everything about you.
@crimsontide420 5 років тому
@@imperialguardsman5929 oh yeah yeah
@GoonOnFire 5 років тому
Uhm... you do no that just cuz this was over 100 years ago they still got payed in money rite? lol. not bred....
@pohjantuulet247 5 років тому
The man's gotta do, what the man's gotta do.
@JosephDzMo 5 років тому
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.
@stellaq3306 5 років тому
Oh that would’ve put her mind to rest! 😳
@klodstvn1897 5 років тому
Bullshit
@Oberkommando 5 років тому
SLOVAKIA IS THE BEST
@johnwhitehead1305 3 місяці тому
When I was a young boy in the 1960's,there was an urban myth that if someone dropped a sandwich from the top of the Empire State building it would crack the pavement (sidewalk) when it landed, such was the fame and admiration of this magnificent building and in those days it was still the world's tallest. Even though it no longer is the tallest, it will always be the tops to me.
@chriscraft1859 6 місяців тому
Working construction my whole life, I have this picture framed in my office, it doesn't need words
@Snerff 3 роки тому
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
@chelseacco7567 3 роки тому
🤣 "Allowed in the Walmart"
@fornax5798 3 роки тому
eVoLuTiOn
@DIYDISASTERZ 3 роки тому
Fornax it’s evolving. Just backwards.
@Thatguy-ft-dog 3 роки тому
@@DIYDISASTERZ i do want to point out that gen z has no part in this and therefore is the best generation for having patience.
@randyblackburn9765 3 роки тому
Plenty of sweating up on the iron , the Red Iron heats up like a stove
@ViewMyChannelAndBeBlessed 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
LumberJack dnt forget not opioid addicted idiots that are slowly breeding themselves out of existence.
@sjsingh2840 5 років тому
LumberJack 💯👌
@Tobias.Harris 5 років тому
The irony
@ViewMyChannelAndBeBlessed 5 років тому
IRON
@fromthebackseat4865 5 років тому
These real men were killed at rates unprecedented from falling because of terrible safety procedures. Don’t glorify this.
@jasont7814 7 місяців тому
I’ve had this photo framed in my office for years. I love the detail.
@user-mn4cc6bb7t 7 місяців тому
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.
@JayyMoneyy420 5 років тому
That picture is stressing me out
@andyrudy8627 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
Same
@alexanderyoumans1688 5 років тому
Just wouldn't do that shit. They probably made $1 an hour. I'll gladly make a sandwich
@NAMLE-qv2id 5 років тому
Me tooo
@aliceinthelandofdawn9727 5 років тому
I can't even look down in our double decker bed..
@boruto1974 5 років тому
Alice in The Land of Dawn Who’s “our” I don’t have a double decker bed. You mean “my double decker bed”
@JadedParanoia 5 років тому
Brick Owens They probably mean a personal being 😶😶 Family, Boyfriend/Girlfriend, Cat, etc.
@lilpooh9708 5 років тому
Purple Alpha624 Yeah, i need a whole entire twin/full size bed just for my cat.
@JosephAliDeeb 5 років тому
Purple Alpha624 cat would be most realistic
@mltvk8769 5 років тому
Hi fellow mobile legender
@lichtsoldat7697 День тому
No special shoes, no hard hats, no special clothing, no ropes, no complaining........wow!. I have a TON of respect for these REAL men. I wonder what they would think of the men and our world right now?.........
@gitknownmedia3655 Рік тому
I will always love this video… these are the guys who helped build this world around us today and sadly society thinks so little of these kinds of people and workers… nothing but respect from me 💯✌🏽
@Superborrrd 7 років тому
I got sweaty hands alone from watching this.
@lisanewnham2089 7 років тому
Superborrrd
@saileshmeena8456 6 років тому
douglas wahid hhb
@melvinomarpalacios5140 6 років тому
Superborrrd 😯😯😴😴👚👚🐮🐮 ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooolllllolllllooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooob xb b 😲
@salijasalija6905 6 років тому
+Melvin Omar Palacios zed the the Best at,, I'llq
@carlosvargasquiros3783 6 років тому
Superborrrd uuyuj
@bailinnumberguy 6 років тому
Whatever the back story, it's still one of the most iconic photos of all time.
@dababy1234 Рік тому
Ok bud, of modern history no doubt
@scottcomaduran6549 Рік тому
The trust they had for one another is awesome 👍.
@guidoaguirre1958 Рік тому
Thank you gentlemen. I’m a born and raised New Yorker. Proud to say I’m from Brooklyn New York. Look at that city every day and it’s a thing of beauty. And the city is still growing. With even bigger skyscrapers. But watch these guys put their lives at risk to build New York City man that’s dope. Thank you gentlemen I can’t say it enough thank you…
@natedavis1091 Рік тому
Yeah I lived in east village for over 15 years an I never got sick of the view coming back to the city
@raulgutierrez4923 5 років тому
That’s wayyyy tooo high
@robertmcdevitt8338 5 років тому
Raul Gutierrez Yeah, I bitch when Im up 30ft running my over head copper pipes let alone that. Haha crazy.
@ceciliamoncada3224 5 років тому
Raul Gutierrez, it is never too high
@iamjimb 5 років тому
As soon as I'm off the toilet I'm gonna be the same
@NativeAmericanSwag 5 років тому
What's the point of putting innocent people's lives at risk for a tall building!!! SMH
@nobullshit9721 5 років тому
You need to cut it
@KennyJamesCubero 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
I certainly could not have done it
@allensaunders449 5 років тому
Kenny James A. Cubero that's the way things were done then no alternative this was the norm
@chitoim2332 5 років тому
Just like keapernick🙏✊
@TheChaz747 5 років тому
chito Im naw Kap’s fake
@whodis2625 5 років тому
CRAZY*
@MrGriff305 7 місяців тому
The skyline 90 years ago is very impressive
@stevethomas760 23 дні тому
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".
@Kinobambino 5 років тому
I would 100% get paranoid and drop
@linksrepair2851 5 років тому
same
@MichaelP-ke1tm 4 роки тому
I would drop but do 100 front flips and end up surviving
@steevrawjers 4 роки тому
talk about hash tag me too
4 роки тому
@@MichaelP-ke1tm the only thing you drop is your pacifier.
@TheDeepState2001 4 роки тому
@ you are gay
@jonathonmatzke8463 2 роки тому
I think it's kind of cool they're not named, because they represent all of the workers, not just those individuals
@jamestaylor8577 2 роки тому
you make a good point actually
@Rob_GUERRERO 2 роки тому
Very very very very good point
@njaewin 2 роки тому
My thoughts exactly
@Rob_GUERRERO 2 роки тому
@@njaewin have a good week bro
@clevelandpearce9841 2 роки тому
Agreed good point!
@rickkirby494 Рік тому
These are outstanding photos. My Grandfather would tell of his time on high steel construction in the early days of the highrise. He even worked in Dallas as an much older man in the nineteen eighties.
@vincentparlante6274 12 днів тому
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 .
@prasad5703 5 років тому
They had more guts than the people in the next 50 years
@theexplorer7139 5 років тому
Prasad Kharat As a millennial, I can confirm that. This was the greatest generation.
@1181darkfire 5 років тому
The Explorer no it was not, just because they worked without safety equipment?
@Smithy250 5 років тому
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 5 років тому
Prasad Kharat You know this was in the 30s right?
@riva9111 5 років тому
Prasad Kharat they did it for money. A man does everything for money and survival
@torremalku 4 роки тому
"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 3 роки тому
Goddamn become a poet
@w0202 3 роки тому
Wow what a great point of view to look at it. Especially in times like these when we need it
@pink_alligator 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
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 3 роки тому
Well said.
@clivebennett7985 9 місяців тому
If these men were British or part of the British empire, they would all have been nominated for a knighthood because the bravery of them all to produce such fantastic buildings is truly beyond belief. May all these unbelievable men rest in peace 🙏
@mr.g4516 14 днів тому
I'm a retired Ironworker of 20 years and it was a blast working up on those high places.
@kentbenedict2005 2 роки тому
Respect to people who worked on building the Empire State Building.
@JPKnapp-ro6xm 2 роки тому
The photo is Rockefeller Center.
@adamknight7041 3 місяці тому
@@JPKnapp-ro6xm Yeah but the point being the ESB is considerably taller then Rockerfeller
@charlesjensen7918 5 років тому
Some individuals did die tragically. There were always men waiting below to replace them. That's the truth folks. CMJ
@Div4Dante 5 років тому
How often was there a fatality any idea?
@charlesjensen7918 5 років тому
I'm not sure Mr.Dante. I believe there is a memorial plaque with their names at 30 Rock. CMJ
@BananaSlug911 5 років тому
40% died. Like 20% became disabled.
@charlesjensen7918 5 років тому
Really. You sure? A lot of people will see your reply Mr. Slug.
@rambo0071 5 років тому
Life is tough
@samc8272 8 місяців тому
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.
@georgemacdonald5282 7 місяців тому
These men are totally unbelievable, i get dizzy standing on the pavement, i got a jigsaw of the picture, just fantastic.
@EdsterIII 2 роки тому
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 Рік тому
Unlike most men in 2022!!
@_kk.65_ Рік тому
this generation is to soft
@borntoclimb7116 Рік тому
And no politican cares
@borntoclimb7116 Рік 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 Рік тому
@@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...
@viralbuthow000 4 роки тому
Great Depression was a hell of a motivating factor in these guys' reasoning.
@Red-fv4bi 4 роки тому
Caleb Mayfield Are you implying that he’s implying?
@lalitthapa101 3 роки тому
@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 3 роки тому
I'm pretty sure the Great Depression happened during the 30's
@lalitthapa101 3 роки тому
@@sirloon3063 wasn't the empire states building made in the 30s?
@sirloon3063 3 роки тому
Oh crap, you're right
@davidventura-paz9740 Рік тому
"A true hero isn't the one that leaves its signature name engraved on the stone for everyone to know. A true hero is the one that leaves a true physical and emotional memory for the world to see and remember. For a person without humility... will never reach eternity." -D
@elekkecskes830 9 днів тому
Apáink veszélyes,kitartó munkáit tisztelet és megbecsülés övezi.Köszönjük nektek.
@ironhouse9311 4 роки тому
1932 : Men eating lunch 800 ft from the ground 2019: People claiming 800 Genders
@adnanirfan2003 4 роки тому
IRON HOUSE good god what have we come to
@ryvr. 4 роки тому
Times change you fucking cisgender idiot!
@zachsteiner 4 роки тому
Xccrx Mothapo lol
@vibi6655 4 роки тому
IRON HOUSE You seem ignorant.
@steevrawjers 4 роки тому
lolllll
@loveydovey1532 5 років тому
My knees are shaking just by watching this.
@honestabe6841 5 років тому
Exactly!!!!
@samuelflores6209 5 років тому
That's true
@noquiero9354 5 років тому
Soyboys or wat?
@johnnytwotimesya9032 4 роки тому
Kyaw Khine I’ll make your knees shake 😉
@michaelolusegun9549 2 роки тому
What, am short of words, I mean I can't even imagine myself on that skyscraper, these men are legends. Hope no one died.
@aregee9550 8 місяців тому
I have been to the top and was impressed, but this video and Christine"s narrative is simply amazing, I get a physical reaction watching these workers, their lack of safety equipment and their risk. This happened when America was great...
@gabrielhicks8043 3 роки тому
3:17 that photo is insane. He is balancing himself on literal inches of beam.
@MBsr5 2 роки тому
thomas kelly. He took pics of Marilyn Monroe too later on. He was very famous and brave
@bobdole7292 2 роки тому
40% of the men who did this job died on the job
@mountainguyed67 2 роки тому
@@bobdole7292 Source???
@bobdole7292 2 роки тому
@@mountainguyed67 ukposts.info/have/v-deo/n3R_aJlprqSplHk.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 2 роки тому
@@bobdole7292 people got real quiet after you dished out a source 😂
@FluffyBunny9002 5 років тому
If someone started to fall, he would naturally try to grab the guy next to him. Dominoes.
@roshantamang7176 5 років тому
That's what I was literally thinking haha
@Kinobambino 5 років тому
Shit would be crazy
@rw-by6752 5 років тому
BRUHH I LAUGHED TOO HARD AT THIS 😂
@blades2255 5 років тому
I'm an ironworker I'll go in the hole trying to save my brother with me up there. Not even hesitate
@runeman1672 5 років тому
I swear thats what i was thinking
@tamdunbar2757 2 роки тому
I've got this picture on one of my walls.... enjoyed listening to this...
@OutThere5 7 місяців тому
They are actually Newfoundlanders, not Irishmen. My great uncle from Newfoundland Canada is Richard Fennell, the guy in the middle wearing no shirt. Most of the guys on that beam earing lunch were from Bonavista Bay The most famous crews were from Conception bay. Like the Doyle’s, Costellos, and famous Billy Quinlan. President of one of the steelworkers unions.
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