Building A House (1940-1949)

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10 жыл бұрын

British Instructional Films Ltd presents a Classroom Film.
Men at drawing boards working on plans. C/U of plans for a house. Draftsman points out various things to a colleague. On the building site surveyors use a piece of equipment and take measurements. Mechanical diggers move earth as men stand around the foundations. A man mixes cement. Another man lays bricks. Various construction tasks. C/U of cement mixer going around. Man lays tiles on top of a brick wall. Men nail pieces of wood together.
C/U of bricklaying technique. Men walk along scaffolding. Bricks are lifted by a pulley system then wheeled along on a trolley. More nailing. C/U of hammer hitting nail. Man saws wood for roof. Other men lay tiles on roof. A man carries large pile of tiles on his head up a step ladder then walks along wooden planks and up another step ladder. The tiles are laid by a roofer. Two men paint window frames in situ.
A man applies putty to seal a pipe. Another man puts in a pane of glass using putty. An interior staircase is fixed to the wall. A man uses a spirit level to check that the stairs are level. Two men nail down floor boards. Two men plaster a wall. A man washes his hands. A fireplace is affixed. A cement floor is laid and smoothed. Parquet flooring is then laid. A light switch is fiddled with. Man is looking at fuse box. Man screws lock to door, another man sweeps up. Exterior shot of finished house.
Domestic interior - woman peeling potatoes at her sink. In the living room woman reads paper while children play in front of the fireplace. Woman walks out of the house.
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@paulillingworth1242 2 жыл бұрын

When houses were built properly and were actually affordable, unlike today thrown together and cost beyond a fortune and aren’t affordable!

@ericduran4841 8 ай бұрын

Yak yak yak 😒

@motonorge1172 5 ай бұрын

The roofing is without air ventlion, where under the stone it will be moister

@garage2roomessexgarageconv858 4 ай бұрын

And when 1 man's salary could feed and clothe his family.

@montyzumazoom1337 4 ай бұрын

Depends when this was, a lot of 1930’s houses were built on the cheap, with ceilings made from fibreboard instead of plaster. I’ve replaced all the ceilings in my ‘30’s house myself.

@johnsmithers7 3 ай бұрын

Today's average weekly wage is £663. In 1940 it was £2.50p. That equals an increase of 250 TIMES. So, if a house today costs £250,000, the eqivalent in 1940 would have been £1000. In 1940, only 17% of Brits owned their own home. Today, that figure is 70%.

@breceeofficial 2 ай бұрын

My house was built in 1942 and this thing is *straight and solid*. Very soundproof too, and regulates its temperature well. It also has a sort of charm that is missing today.

@daver7867 2 жыл бұрын

skills that are nearly forgotten, hard working men who knew there job and took pride in there work, no nail guns, laser levels, cordless drills or anything like they have today.....but there workmanship and quality of work and attention to detail was amazing.

@Mr.1.i 3 ай бұрын

Council houses with archways are pre 1950 they where designs of the 20sand 30s used after ww2 and about the 50s they made them much squarer windows and door ways with a wash house and then the 60s they made blocks of flats and lego type houses the houses that were built straight after the war will still be around in another 100years because they are heavly well built .they used harder bricks in the corners and over time they haven't faded like the coarse brick and they look quite smart how the edges are highlighted......half renderering began in the 1920s and it was very fashionable and some houses are finished in the same way

@eduardcimpoca4512 5 жыл бұрын

I like that bricklayer with the tie.

@doncoffin9572 5 жыл бұрын

Eduard Cimpoca pide

@Mitch-Hendren 4 жыл бұрын

a lot of people would wear a full old suit to do manual work back then. clothes were expensive so they had to last as long as possible. and there was a pride in looking smart.

@codyperry5331 3 жыл бұрын

Hot date after work

@user-uj6wo2no1w 3 жыл бұрын

Eduard Cimpoca it can get caught in machinery

@curtiscarpenter9881 3 жыл бұрын

A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.

@saransmember7178 3 жыл бұрын

This is the Notre Dame estate in Clapham, named after the Notre Dame convent that stood there before they built this estate. The houses being built here are still there today.

@Carpenters_Canvas 4 жыл бұрын

I wish there were more videos like this , I love watching how houses were originally constructed. It can help a lot

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb 3 жыл бұрын

Help to know how not to build...

@Carpenters_Canvas 3 жыл бұрын

@@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb I meant help to know how stuff was put together when remodeling stuff that’s older . Understand the insides of how stuff was done .

@claymack1109 4 жыл бұрын

Dude did you see that guy just walk his way up the ladder and not drop a single roofing tile that is amazing

@halloween__tesla8312 4 жыл бұрын

That's a true European 😁👍

@darylovaltine 4 жыл бұрын

Halloween__ Tesla do you think only white people can carry tiles? Mate all of Africa carries their shopping on their heads.

@carlosaliaga9718 4 жыл бұрын

risk actitude...he must use the helmet

@xxxggthyf 4 жыл бұрын

Balancing stuff on your head like that is a lot easier than you might think. Once you can do it, and takes a couple of hour's practice, you can go up ladders, down stairs, across rough ground and leap tall buildings in a single bound without thinking about it... OK... I made that last one up. That being said those don't look like light tiles and there's a lot of them. I'd use a hod.

@js4187 3 жыл бұрын

@@darylovaltine Ya and they still wipe their ass with bare hands . Whats your point ?

@DianeAntoneStudio 3 жыл бұрын

I grew up on council estates in London just like these. They were healthy and sound places to raise a family. You can always trust a house from that era. And those builders remind me of my dad. Men were real grafters in those days :)

@DK-mj5ck 3 жыл бұрын

All if these workmen look so happy and content not stresses or fed up in the slightest. This is work pride. Unlike nowadays

@johnparinellojr.2035 3 жыл бұрын

That's before the days of the dead line. You could take your time and do it right with out being forced to cut corners due to time constraints. I don't think nostalgia is the right word, but I'd love to have been there laying bricks with those guys. Rocking overalls and a tie.

@JohnClam Жыл бұрын

This is fair pay for the work being done. Of course you're happy when you're doing something you enjoy at an acceptable wage

@joshtaylor1065 5 ай бұрын

Probably because a couple of years previously they were stuck in some foxhole in the depths of winter in France and artillery shells were falling from the skies and blowing up their friends :D

@martyswaney1098 2 ай бұрын

Found lots of liquor bottles in walls of old houses doing renovations.

@tristangarel-funk3236 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting how labour intensive the process is. Presumably they were all paid enough to support a wife and family, without the wife being forced to go out to work as well.

@chazzdposh 3 жыл бұрын

It should still be like that today.

@johnhodges7891 2 жыл бұрын

We find they we want more in life that’s y women go to work now and some are very well paid more then men .. they love there Mercedes and Audie’s to much

@tristangarel-funk3236 2 жыл бұрын

@@johnhodges7891 Yes of course. But most have no choice.

@Sennmut 5 жыл бұрын

Great soundtrack.

@srindia717 5 жыл бұрын

😃😂😎

@Kev-england32 4 жыл бұрын

Deafening

@haroldofcardboard 3 жыл бұрын

i happen to own the entire LP!

@robertzverina7181 3 жыл бұрын

Best of Marcel Marceau actual LP and i have it

@glennmckenzie7968 2 жыл бұрын

Im currently living in a 2 bedroom home built in 1944 its a sturdy home everything is original except the appliances

@trevor2120 2 жыл бұрын

That guy laying bricks showed up to work in a tie amazing

@vanillarain711 3 жыл бұрын

These old videos are amazing.

@siccolindsay610 3 жыл бұрын

When men were men, work was proper, and the women grateful of it.

@joshtaylor1065 5 ай бұрын

No LBGTQIAUDUUADHHYEHVSLXV+ in those days.

@siccolindsay610 4 ай бұрын

@@joshtaylor1065 Much less bullshit, and the bullshit that existed was upfront.

@williamd4707 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing that construction of homes of this nature was happening during WWII and during the London Blitz.

@thebradybunchlover 2 жыл бұрын

These homes are still standing in Clapham on Crescent Lane, Tableer Avenue, Allnutt Way, and Worsopp Drive near Lambeth Academy. Definitely sturdy, well-built, and long-lasting.

@nigeljensen4571 Жыл бұрын

thanks for the info

@shivayohan5539 4 жыл бұрын

Old is gold

@johnhodges7891 2 жыл бұрын

I think selling shirts; ties or caps was probably the best job to have

@dennisneo1608 Жыл бұрын

When I was a kid, I saw houses being built the old way. Carpenters would cut every piece of timber to size, and build the house entirely on site.

@lar4305 2 жыл бұрын

A mason setting bricks in a suit and tie, now that's something you don't see everyday lol

@patrickjay6434 Жыл бұрын

Epic. Really great to watch, thanks for sharing 👍🏿

@montyzumazoom1337 4 ай бұрын

4.55 Oh this brings back memories! I remember watching a house being re-riffed as a kid growing up in the 1960’s. The old slates were removed and clay tiles put on. The guy went up the ladder just like this guy in the film with a pile of tiled on his head and both hands on the ladder! I still tell people about it to this day. And you won’t see a bricklayer today wearing a shirt and tie😂 If this was a building site today, most lads would he wearing hoodies and often talking on their mobile phones. People whistled and sang whilst they were working in those days, now it’s radios that play loudly. This is great to watch👍

@AtlasReburdened 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing which parts are virtually identical to today.

@hondapete1 10 ай бұрын

When men were men , no power tool's, no safety equipment,no union ,just hard graft , hard times but good times , been there done that somewhat, in the 1970s , and you will never see it again

@JoseLopez-tm1vl 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing construction 🚧🚧🚧🚧😊

@genollanas2110 5 ай бұрын

I can’t believe how few comments there are. One of the coolest vids I’ve ever seen

@peterteagleteagle9958 Жыл бұрын

From the days ,when they really knew how to build houses

@louiefiend 5 жыл бұрын

I love this. True men working. The guy at 4:55 was unbeatable by any boxer.

@justinl9077 5 жыл бұрын

He's a Ninja.

@stihl3826 2 жыл бұрын

And probably smoked 2 packs of woodbines a day.

@eduardoosaki9169 3 жыл бұрын

Precious video

@zenobios_ 4 ай бұрын

Shame there is no sound.

@bucko321 4 ай бұрын

A time when workers didn't rely on power tools to do every job.

@Awesomearfan 3 жыл бұрын

I didn't skip this video a single time

@manillafresh57 3 жыл бұрын

This is great. Thanks for sharing.

@Mr.1.i 3 ай бұрын

The thing that puts council houses apart is the fact they are in open areas with a garden.they really were revolutionary at the time with electricty gas and water they were a dream come true to the 1st genaration of tennants the houses were built at a cost of roughly 1k the goverment couldnt stop buying them and had only stopped in the 1970s were contracting began

@juancespedes3152 3 жыл бұрын

Fn awesome!

@faz.. 2 жыл бұрын

They all seem so relaxed. Trades people these days are all so rushed to get to the next job

@dissyduster 5 ай бұрын

Sad to watch,My dad worked megga hard to keep us going GREAT MAN MY DAD X,

@williamd4707 3 жыл бұрын

Each one of those roofing tiles weighs around 10 pounds. Count them, 13 tiles.

@beauzer36 3 жыл бұрын

Maybe 2 pounds each.

@lewisstennett7519 2 жыл бұрын

@@beauzer36 @William ‘D’ they weigh 6Kg which is about 13 pounds Redland 49s

@TheNomadicTrader 3 жыл бұрын

Built to last, not like the mass production they're churning out these days

@timothymatthews6458 3 жыл бұрын

@Tony McSteven Finally someone shutting down these idiots. Thank you.

@dLw920 2 жыл бұрын

Just bc its an old school video doesnt mean the houses are automatically better lmao just like peoplr think cellphones are soooo bad but really are.they.

@firstname59 7 жыл бұрын

Men really knew what they were doing then. Very Impressive!! Both sides of my grand-parents would have been around the ages of the young men here. Side note: 4:03 - Love that dudes hair!

@khalidmahmoud8307 4 жыл бұрын

great people

@chubeye1187 3 жыл бұрын

No different to today

@MickH74 8 жыл бұрын

Proper graft

@curtiscarpenter9881 3 жыл бұрын

Passion in the work is perfection in progress.🧠

@ml6cut463 6 ай бұрын

Crazy the brickie was building the house with shirt, tie and trousers on😂😂

@BrumCraft Жыл бұрын

Things haven't changed all that much in 70-80 years

@patrickromanowski5911 2 жыл бұрын

One of the most impressive videos I have ever seen. All this with out electrical power tools (that I know of, if Anyone know any primitive stage tools that were in use involving electricity, please let me know and correct me. Thanks).

@Schwiktergundst 2 жыл бұрын

Pretty much all electrical work can still be done with a pair of pliers, a screwdriver, wire strippers, and cutters

@sanchexx4215 2 жыл бұрын

@@Schwiktergundst he’s talking about things like power saws and such

@gettrick32 3 жыл бұрын

When do you improve Runcorn Halton?

@mroo8796 2 жыл бұрын

Which bricks are easiest to work with friends ?

@simonvsworld 3 жыл бұрын

I don't think I could build in black and white

@tridbant 3 жыл бұрын

No power tools like today. Very little OH & S as well.

@icxcnika7722 2 жыл бұрын

Mostly mechanical tools

@paulkirkbride4184 2 жыл бұрын

Labour intensive yes, ie men in work, earning, not on benefits, feeding family, paying the rent, no fancy sports cars , 42 inch colour tvs, 3 holidays a year, rolex watches, And they say times change for the better.

@Sweet.G 3 ай бұрын

I seen flat head sam, the retired tiler in the pub the other daý,

@stephendavies925 9 ай бұрын

Whats the point of putting up a video with no sound

@bluestarbear 3 жыл бұрын

How can I download this film?

@SayedRezha 2 жыл бұрын

The true ways to make home, i guarantee that house can withstands earthquake, flood, fire, erc better than house nowadays

@brosefmcman8264 3 жыл бұрын

No sound

@chrismoore9997 3 жыл бұрын

Why no sound? They didn't have sound back then?

@Adeleisha Жыл бұрын

They probably still had separate soundtracks in the 1940s. As it was intended for schools, schools might not have had the equipment to play the soundtrack, probably had a separate transcript the teacher could read along.

@ianhoward4246 3 жыл бұрын

Building a house 1940-1949....9 years to build a house .It only takes about 3 months now !!!😉

@gplusgplus2286 4 жыл бұрын

Love that coal fireplace.

@josephgarza5265 3 жыл бұрын

There’s no sound!

@Luzarze 2 жыл бұрын

Like they say. They don’t make em like they used to

@alisharif1997 Жыл бұрын

Great people MASHA ALLAH 🕌🏨🏥 w

@pointedspider 3 жыл бұрын

Looks dangerous!!!

@antifakejewish805 3 жыл бұрын

5:03 Hebat

@wictimovgovonca320 8 ай бұрын

Cut nails in the 1940s? I thought wirenails took over decades before that. I see a couple of tradesmen (bricklayer, painter) wearing ties.

@davidallen1418 8 ай бұрын

I did my apprenticeship as a bricklayer in 1972 and the old guy I was put to train under wore a suit to work, leather patches on the elbows. as for the cut nails they are still the best nails for floorboards as the never squeak!

@dLw920 2 жыл бұрын

At 6:54 how the house already look old . Lmao, Mofkn bricks lookn crusty af

@zay-ju8fb Жыл бұрын

Firstly that's the side no one's gonna see and secondly it's the mortar you can see making it like that not the bricks

@borisf39 3 жыл бұрын

Андулин, говоришь...)))

@jbmnd93 7 ай бұрын

Fast glazier @6:20

@abbus4256 7 ай бұрын

5:42

@tomomok1982 3 жыл бұрын

interesting(^^)

@the-colonel9809 9 жыл бұрын

Id say this was filmed in 1949 can any one see why?

@Sammy10100 4 жыл бұрын

They don't talk

@Uftonwood2 3 жыл бұрын

You can tell it’s post war: men are smoking on site, something that could get you sacked in the thirties, and the bricks are not neatly stacked as they once were.

@greglinski2208 3 жыл бұрын

The brickie was your dad and he only ever built one house - that one - in 1949.

@beauzer36 3 жыл бұрын

The title?

@IAMPLEDGE 4 ай бұрын

yeah one of the guys in the council office is wearing a digital watch. These did not come onto the market until 1949.

@rightbehindu571 3 жыл бұрын

Good quality craftsmanship for each trade but is it me or does everybody seem to be going Turtles slow kind of like milking their paychecks because not that many houses to build LOL

@ArthurDentZaphodBeeb 3 жыл бұрын

Those guys were working 10 hr days/6 days a week - they needed to pace themselves. Try slinging a hammer, digging ditches, mixing concrete for 10 hrs a day, six days a week (and no vacation).

@robertzverina7181 3 жыл бұрын

ditch diggers are thinking, “i killed nazis for this?”

@lefuedebout 4 ай бұрын

How posh they were back then, a brickie and a painter both wearing shirts and ties to work! Lovely to watch the parquet flooring being laid with pitch. However, all is not so wonderful in this video and I feel I ought to make an official complaint, not a lot of diversity on display here! ( and all the better for it! ) 🙂

@IAMPLEDGE 4 ай бұрын

more likely they were demob suits and they couldn't afford any other clothes.

@TopCatsBack 4 ай бұрын

Im guessing they were economic migrants that helped build these homes .

@censorshipoftruth8531 3 жыл бұрын

1 Thessalonians 4:14-17 [14]For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. [15]For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. [16]For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: [17]Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.

@ICoulntThinkofAUserNam547 9 ай бұрын

mmmmmm tastes like asbestos and lead

@user-cm8en8or1p 3 жыл бұрын

It's probably a mosque now.

@richarddriscoll666 3 жыл бұрын

this movie was made bye aliens or A.I. there hands are not only to clean and the clothes there feet are clean there is no mud where they walk.... and the bricks on the head is a African market thing.... or of course this was a crazy movie production that went on on and they where acting for weeks... the backstage dramas must have been funny as hell... I hope they didn't have to pass the casting couch...maybe that was the 1940s version of thunder down under..

@rupert5390 5 ай бұрын

There is a bloody bricklayer (very good one) with a bleeding tie FFS - they were different

@tarmox2490 Жыл бұрын

2:55 a bricklayer wearing a tie.

@rupert5390 5 ай бұрын

poor beggars all a bit war weary I image, god bless them.

@rupert5390 5 ай бұрын

On come orf it, this is CGI, the bloke balanced 30 kilos of roof tiles on his heads, like and African woman, but bloody claimed up two ladder with hanging onto them - do you have any bleeding idea how much that many tiles weight - blooming irises.