Breathtaking 8mm Film footage of CN Tower construction, employing a Sikorsky S-64 "Sky Crane" helicopter. Shot on location by John Yeaman 1975. Guitar "noodling" - Andy McClelland Video Editing - Dave Mayle
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@frankieelvisbarbieri54954 ай бұрын
As a 7 year old, I remember being ‘obsessed’ with the CN tower… my aunt lived on a dead end street in North York ( formally Downsview )and you could clearly see the CN tower, and whenever possible I would just stand at the end of her street just to have my eye on it as it slowly went higher and higher….. I have all the newspaper cut outs and photos of its topping off on April of 1975…. What a great memory…. Many many Years later, at a Gala I had the privilege of meeting a gentleman by the name of Paul Mitchell. He was one of canron steel’s foremen, that helped top off the CN Tower.. unfortunately he passed away years ago in a boating accident ( I believe), but what a great guy he was!! Best childhood memory ever!!!!
@sheilaghbrosky41502 жыл бұрын
I was doing Heart Surgery at TGH on the top floor of the Private Patients' Pavillion. Every day we would watch what was going on at the Tower. I remember when the helicopter lifted the needle for the top. Boy that was a long time ago. More than 40yrs.
@MrBallyTechnologies8 жыл бұрын
That was Olga, the Sirkorsky / Erickson Sky Crane. What an awesome compilation of worker movies. Thankfully many brought their movie cameras to archive this historical moment in history. Well done.
@butlerdisposal63615 жыл бұрын
Very proud of the CN tower my uncle was one of the Ironworks that worked on the tower ,great video.
@geebee75293 жыл бұрын
This contains what’s possibly the ONLY footage in existence of the mass damper on the antenna mast.
@nickorlandi6724 жыл бұрын
What a great feat of engineering, long live the cn tower
@lakelili5 жыл бұрын
Remember it well! It was so exciting!
@jonathancarruthers80416 жыл бұрын
Great little film, nice music too.
@thequietonesometimes64156 жыл бұрын
Wow! 7:30 a new view back then. But now we've seen many times over. I can't help but notice all the open space Downtown.(Condoless).
@THEBLUEICEREPORT8 жыл бұрын
great job
@ts-je3yt5 жыл бұрын
That's awesome.
@flexmann21488 жыл бұрын
Thanks Helga, the Erickson sky crane, for building the CN tower
@pauliszkula88803 жыл бұрын
The original free climbers
@yamdigger3 жыл бұрын
If you're afraid of heights, that job is not for you.
@Spacekriek8 жыл бұрын
I got vertigo just watching this video...
@cntowerhistory47998 жыл бұрын
It is wonderful for the guys working with VIBRON (who made the tuned mass dampers) to allow this personal video to be posted -- it is very rare footage. If you'd like to learn of a subset of the people who designed and built the tower, and more visuals of its construction, then please take an hour and visit my CN Tower Historical Project at www.pastandfuturehistory.com.
@stevemielke4 жыл бұрын
Ok Fellow Canadians help me out, was some of this footage not used in the network signoff clips back in the 80s for either TVO, CTV or CBC? There's a few seconds on top of of the tower where the guys are hanging around that look familiar...
@ADDuplications3 жыл бұрын
Reply: Actually the 8mm film footage is exclusive to this video. It was transferred directly from the client's original film that had sat unwatched for decades. However, the men in the video may have appeared in an "official" video at some point. D.
@drunkrumjack3 жыл бұрын
Lol at 8:28 when the squadron of yellow planes fly in I'm thinking they're looking for a huge gorilla scaling up the tower like Kong did with the WTC in the 1976 version.
@DavidGalloway3 жыл бұрын
Dad pretending to through his child from CN tower. hahah. oh Dads...
@sadielascar86873 жыл бұрын
POV:you are doing a school project
@diannebdee5 жыл бұрын
What kind of idiot gene does one need to be an iron worker on a skyscraper/tower? I was at the CN Tower twice last year and visited the Skypod both times and I gotta say I almost puked.... Twice! I just don't get what is in their metal that makes them able to do this. I think they must be part Spiderman or something. Hat's off to you guys.
@ts-je3yt5 жыл бұрын
They are far from idiots. What a strange thing to call my brothers. The are just men with big balls. Say thank you then stfu.😔
@pcressma2 жыл бұрын
Great video...crap music.
@ADDuplications2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. Suggest turning down the audio and playing something more to your taste. Hard to please everyone!