Pretty sure the first one went according to plan, the area were it landed looked cleared and bulldozed like it had been prepped

#1 That was quite clearly the plan. Tall cylinders are particularly tricky to bring down. The safest method is typically to notch them like a tree, leaving a small amount of material in the back for the hinge. The biggest risk with cylinders is that they sometime just squat down and don't topple, creating a really unstable structure. In fact, most cylinders will squat down at some point during the demolition. It is important to get them moving in the right direction before gravity just breaks the hinge and take over. That shot at 7:03 is actually a very good exemple of how most tall cylindrical structures are brought down. There's a missing triangle. As soon as the front part of the hinge is blown out, the structure starts moving, and soon after, the hinge breaks and the structure squats down. 11:20 What happens here is that the bottom is moving faster than the top which is why it buckles and breaks in several pieces. They are also accelerating in different directions. The bottom has toppling motion while the top is just falling almost straight down. 13:40 They probably did expect the building to roll over. The motion gives a lot of clues. The heavy wing motors and winch drums are still are still at the top of the head frame. It rolls because of all that weight.

Good thing that crane driver was safe. Because there was no crane there. It’s an excavator.

This video should be named “extreme demolitions in Germany “ lol

1. The gasometer in Dortmund falls to one side, which can clearly be seen as intentional and not a failure of the explosive charges. The blast was perfect, the object fell precisely!

As a german I can say some things: It's right that on some of the Autobahns you can drive as fast as you want(there's a speed limit on some parts like starts endings and building projekts), but when you brake the law by crashing another car or do a streetrace, the punishment is harder depending on how fast you drove. It's called "Fahrlässigkeit" which means that you don't pay attention and risk a crash or so. But if you are carefull you could brake the soundbarrier. Have a good one

Some great demolition scenes here, thanks for these, and never seen any of these before, well done. The height and flimsiness of the radio aerials I find totally awesome, especially as engineers have to go up them to change bulbs or other maintenance in many cases. Thanks, love these.

Number three that went fantastic that was beautiful everything detonated exactly simultaneously instead of just falling and gave itself enough time to gradually layover and come down and crumble. Beautiful

That viaduct in Germany was a rare one without people living directly below. There are many such bridges in Germany I don’t know how they could remove them. There are to many homes below them today.

Loved the video! thanks for making it 😄

My husband was stationed in Vicenza Italy back in the mid 80's. We drove on the Autostrada in Italy and the Autobahn quite often when going on trips. We drove around 80 mph because we weren't comfortable going any faster. It was amazing how fast other cars would pass us. And if you are in the "fast" or "passing" lane and see a car approaching from behind flashing their headlights, you better finish passing cars and move over. They don't mess around with being behind a slower vehicle. One good thing about that is we didn't see a lot of cars swerving in and out of lanes like we do in the US.

The Bridge by Siegen is the Talbrücke Eisern. The demolition of the Siegtalbridge is planed for 2025.

Cool video! Thanks for making it

I could watch demolition all day long.

in germany you are allowed to drive 100kmh outside built-up areas unless there are limits. on the autobahn there are some places where you are really allowed to drive as fast as you want otherwise the maximum speeds are on signs

this was so amazing to look at this

#5 was a perfect demolition. They planned it that way to fall on that birm. That way they can take it apart easier with the trucks and excavators.

#5 - That's EXACTLY where they wanted it to land.👍👏

Nr. 3: On this Autobahn (A45) alone there are ~ 60 bridges that have to be built new. That means demolition of 120 single parts of driveway. This Autobahn was built in the late 1960‘s / early 1970‘s. It has a length of 260 Kilometers.

The second one with the apartment building in Egypt I'm an experienced demolitionist the looks of it that building was a good 60 to 70 ft away from the excavator he was in no danger

Kinda crazy these demolitions love watching them

I agree with many here. Demolitions seem to work according to plan

Germany the explosiv experts 🇩🇪👍

Cool to know Magdeburg just celdebrated it's 1,210th anndiversary ;)

You just make my day👍 good job🤣🤣

tbh the bridge made my tummy drop

The Autobahn bridges near Siegen are currently being replaced by new ones. Then the old bridges will have to go. Everything is going according to plan in Siegen. The bridge over the city will be dismantled in the future and not blown up. But further north, a Autobahn bridge had to be closed before a new bridge could be built. The locals in Lüdenscheid now have daily traffic jams on their doorstep. Total chaos. Even the shops are suffering because the customers can't come. 50% loss of sales. And the demolition of the old bridge and new construction has not yet begun.

The gasometer was intended to fall on its side. They even had a especially prepared surface for it to fall on (5 meters of loose soil to cushion the impact). Steel structures are notoriously difficilt to make fall into themselves predictably, cutting a slot on one side and making them fall into a defined direction is much easier and safer.

Get ready for the "You forgot the Twin towers from 9/11" comments.

1996 the Hudsons department store in Detroit was at the time the biggest and tallest implosion at 400 feet tall and 30 stories. 5 million sq. feet in all with a 4 story basement.

Crazy how the first one crushed

2:11 "It's also unclear whether that was the plan" WRONG! If you had ASKED the demolition team, you might have got an answer. Did you ask them? It is TOTALLY clear what the plan was, it's just that you commentators don't know it.

Germany still uses alot of coal to generate power and heat. With Russian coal untill it was banned. Hopefully that crap will be over before the heating season.

It also depends on the ratting of your tires.

Guys we are such a fan

8:32 haha, amazing

It is true that motorways in rural Germany usually have no speed limits, but they often only have two lanes and trucks are restricted to 50mph (80km/h), which means you might not get much chance to do your vehicle's top speed. Couldn't help but notice that the new bridge was identical to the one being demolished.

Dortmund demolition was on a 'Gasholder'. A Gasometer is a gas measuring device!

Most satisfying video. 😃

Blowing shit up...ahhh the simple pleasures in life. No mention of the world trade centre in this line up.

Georgia Guidestones anyone? "You messed with my friends" - Harley Quinn Suicide Squad

8:19 *by cutting down a tree* Me:really why not crash it into the abandoned building RIGHT next to it

Good video clips

Remember folks: Gravity is not just a good idea....it's the LAW!

Narrator, I'm amazed by all the videos you've shown in all the "V" shows, how did you get them all??? JMS

Buster Keaton would be proud...

It would have caught my attention more if they didnt use scenes with TOY SOLDIERS in them

all the work to build them

Beautiful video 👍👍👍🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰 BEST WISHES FROM PAKISTAN

5:52 Reminds me of Just Cause 3

At 6"15, the older bridge looks IDENTICAL in design to the new one. So why wasn't it repaired? If the new one is so similar, (reinforced concrete ) will it have a go down in a few years too? Seems like a huge waste. All steel construction might have lasted longer- as freezing doesn't affect it as badly as concrete with entrapped water.

2:45 Woah, hey, you'll def get my Like if you filmed an Egyptian pyramid implosion! (or was I the only one who thought about that for a sec)

You could have included film of the ATTEMPTED implosion of the old zip feed mill in sioux falls south Dakota. A spectacular failure leaving all involved with egg on their faces.

Take a shot when he says “THERE ARE SO MANY” or “…..BUUUUTTT”

Explosives are def more effective and safe on solid structures. That building was not, but neither was the demo team. That was luck.

Crane driver? I mean, come on, dude. That's a fail x2.

The one in Egypt. You mean to tell me there is no explosive expert? Or even some dynamite for a homemade try?

It's not a crane, its an excavator. You talk about things you know very little about just for a video

nice

Nobody said it didn't. Everything went according to plan.

Nice German episode 😁

Dortmund would have been planned to avoid the spherical structure nearby.

Building: "Blow my legs out from under me!!! I'll just stand on my head!"

dude, i mean the first one is comon sense xD

Thats not a crane

Never knew my homebase dortmund was the heaviest bombing victim in WW2 :o

Me in Germany, no officer i wasn't speeding i was only doing 220mph...

Don't forget WTC1, 2 and 7.

Now cleaning up is the thing

You forgot Tower 7

3:28 I guess his "certain death" wasn't all that certain.

what about the guy in the top floor drinking saying I'm not leaving

“Crane driver” 😂 brother that’s not a crane and if it was it would be operate not drive lol.

9:36... Snakes don't have rib cages, best find another analogy.

the coalmine tower was NOT a headframe , it was a hopper for loading trucks , get your research straight buddy !! i find your content to be flawed on the information side a lot !!!!

My city: 217 years old Magdenburg: I'm literally a millenia older than you

The Climate Waits for No One Thirty years ago, a friend of mine got into the green energy business and tried to pull me into it. I asked him what for, it isn’t serious. He said, “You have no idea how much money is being poured into it. Everyone wants in on it, politicians, financiers, businesspeople, the lot.” He was right, of course. Yet, no one wants to promote green energy in order to save the planet, but only to swell up their pockets even more. The declarations, therefore, remain in the assembly hall where they are stated, necessary actions are ignored, and the climate waits for no one: It will keep deteriorating. This week in Glasgow, Scotland, the 26th UN Climate Change Conference is taking place. Officially, it aims to “bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.” In reality, the countries plan to do the exact opposite. This year’s UN Production Gap Report, which tracks the discrepancy between governments’ planned fossil fuel production and actual global production levels, states the following: “Despite increased climate ambitions and net-zero commitments, governments still plan to produce more than double the amount of fossil fuels in 2030 than what would be consistent with limiting global warming to 1.5°C [2.7°F].” Energy sources and technologies do change, but not according to what is best for the planet. It changes according to the interests of politicians and money moguls, and it never benefits the planet or the majority of its inhabitants, namely all of us. Since the climate waits for no one, eventually, it will catch up with us. Earth is a closed system, and in a closed system, there are consequences to exploitation: it hurts the abuser as well as the abused. I don’t know when or at what cost, but eventually, we will all have to realize that we cannot take beyond what we need. We cannot keep exploiting Earth selfishly and thoughtlessly because it will turn against us. Earth is like a submarine: there is only so much oxygen on board. If some crew members take more than their quota, the rest will not have enough, they will die, and the submarine will sink along with those who exceeded their quota. We need constant reminders that we are one system, and we are all dependent on each other. We need to genuinely grasp that selfishness hurts us just as being exploitative hurts others. If we constantly remind ourselves that we are interdependent, we will behave with more consideration, and we will avoid the punitive impact of climate change. The other option is to keep working as the UN’s Production Gap Report states that we are planning to work, and suffer nature’s unforgiving response. I hope we wise up in time because everyone will pay the price for this mistake.

Crane? WTH? That is not a crane or even close to being one. Research before you guess please. Haha

Really expected the world trade center to be on this list. At least wtc 7 🥴

Why isn’t WTC7 in this list??

The greatest demolition was at WTC, 9/11

@ 7:30: That's not entirely true. On the autobahn you can drive as fast as you want when there is no local speed limit in place, that is true. However it is a specifically marked network of multilane roads, not just "out side the city". There is also your average country road, the "Bundesstraße". Usually what you find at first when you leave a city. The speed limit there is 100 km/h. (62 mph, and again, local limits might be lower)

The use of the word extreme is overstated and wrong.

LEGO NOT LEGO's...

it's not a head frame, its the winding tower, in the UK it is,

I thought maybe the twin towers were going to be on this channel

I'll never understand people applauding a demo lol.

It’s not a crane don’t talk about construction if you don’t know what your talking about. BYW it’s an Excavator with a jackhammer attachment

2:16, kinda like the Twins over 20 years ago, planes/fires, pffffff!

You forget the most popular one. 911

It's basically Germanys top 5 demolition

Mom can we have tower at home "sweetie we already have tower at home" Tower at home-

The WTC & Building 7 are missing from the list.

How much explosive would they need to drop The Great Pyramid?

Alternate title: For My Male Audience

Boy, I bet the Germans wish they hadn't blown up that gas cylinder now!!!

A crane???

What the flip is a gasometer?

Music?

The first 2 were clearly planned. You even said it yourself. Let Gravity do the work. Be more scientific and less scandal seeking.