I am a Professional Engineer and I've done the tunnel under the Thames, the museum, the GWR, the Clifton suspension bridge, the SS Great Britain, Paddington Station and all I can say is that I am in awe of this man's sheer ability and depth in such a wide range of engineering disciplines, few if any engineers have ever shown such mastery in so many areas.

This is why he is my favorite historical figure. They done a test once for his propeller design and it was only 5% less efficient than a modern propeller designed on a computer

Nowadays people take great delight in identifying some of the things he got wrong. Most could not achieve a fraction of his huge achievements. An incredible full but sadly short life.

Many thanks, a fitting tribute to one of the world's greatest engineers.

He died in a stroke at 53 years old what a genius man and also thank you for amazing content.

His drive is humbling, his imagination and refusal to accept limitation is laudable. Realize the tremendous engineering behind something like that propeller, there are many forces and calculations involved. Thanks for posting.

Thank you for a clear and concise history of a truly GREAT BRITON.

The man was an absolute GENIUS!!!

One of the most influential figures in British history. Eclipsing "Famous" Statesmen" "Literary figures" Military and Naval figures, and Stars. Someone who actually made a difference to every man woman and child across the UK. God bless the Brunel family.

If ever there was someone due a major studio bio-pic, Isambard Kingdom Brunel must be near (if not at) the top of the list. The list of his accomplishments is amazing, and deserves the big-screen treatment. I think that Daniel Radcliffe would have the acting skills to pull off this role.

I grew up in Bristol and still remember the first time I was driven in a car over the Clifton Suspension Bridge. I could not believe as a child it was 150 years old and still regularly in use.

I K B ... Enjoyed that. Thank you. My all time engineering hero far above my others Soichiro Honda and Colin Chapman and Mitchell who designed those magnificent Supermarine Aeroplanes. Following a family split in late 1951, little nine year old me and six year old younger brother ended up living with three aged aunts and an uncle. We lived in a three storey flat above a Haberdashery shop. They were kind to us all things considered but, did not want two lively little boys all over the shop all the time. They gave us each a penny for a Platform Ticket at the nearby main line railway station. Most kids were penniless in still war impoverished UK had past times and hobbies like Bird Nesting and Train Spotting. So off to the station to watch the Railway Train action. Many heavy steam freight trains one after another up from South Wales a hub of UK heavy industry and still is to a lesser extent. Supplying all manner of materials for the Nation's wide Industrial base. Then I saw something remarkable some months later at the railway station. By that time I was a keen railway enthusiast and made many friends on the Stations as a result of that common interest. That something remarkable was the sight of a Great Western Castle Class Express Steam Locomotive on "running in" shake down duties from Swindon Railway Works having been recently refurbished there and so looking like a new machine. Then as it got nearer to the Station, I saw it had a massive nameplate, much larger than those other castle class nameplates. As it passed me closeby, I read that locomotive's new nameplate :~ Isambard Kingdom Brunel ..... Number 5069 What the .. who he? I soon found out. IKB my engineering Hero ever since. Mr Great Western.

9:55 Which was a terrible decision which is hindering the rail service today, the Broadgauge should have been chosen as the standard.

Some say that is the most Important Man in English History. The Impact and Heritage of His work on this Nation is like no other,since or after. Honestly i agree 100.

Wonderful upload; thank you very much for a fitting tribute to a great man.

For me is Mr.Brunel one of the genius Person ever☝🏻

Wow, nice detail on behalf of how the hull of the SS Great Britain was restored with the glass and dehumidifiers.

thank you for this most entertaining upload. i appreciate all the work involved.

Thank you, Mr. Brunel.

Thank you I will visit the museum

He also created the SS Great Eastern! This man might be the most Genius man in the world.

This is by miles away the best Brunel resume I have ever seen.

Brilliant piece of symphony at the end,

great video, thanks, when u watch what IKB did in just 53 years. like this, changing the course of transportation, while we moan in our comfort zones, about our broadband strength, just so Way ahead of his time.

What a Fascinating History - My own 3rd Great Uncle was employed on his " SS Great Eastern " . He later went on to have a very Successful Shipbuilding company of his own in Cajun Country USA , that served the Gulf & Atlantic Ocean .

Thank you for a great video. I went to 'his' university in the 1970s, and never regret that decision for one moment. For most of the time I was there, we had the original photo of him and the chains of the Great Western (I think) in the library foyer.

Great Stuff! After watching this documentary, I wondered how much Isambard’s Father, Marc, was credited to his Son’s achievements....

The greatest engineer where would the world be with out him

Excellent video once again. Thanks.

He was a great engineer who used to live down here.

Genius!

Magnificent content!

Great man, lovely little film.

Very well done and enjoyable video.

A wonderful video - thanks so much for creating and sharing 😁

Must have been a great man to know!

Brunel was a genius, but don't forget the people that did the building, there must have been some good problem solvers there.

One of hospital cabins still exist at Fambridge Yacht Station in Fambridge Essex it is a clubhouse and looks much as it did it was designed by brunel in consultation with florence nightingale and was in what we would IKEA Mode knock down for shipping...

Fabulous!!!

An amazing man and an amazing life.

Im amazed that most of his creations are still standing.......but he built things to last, obviously.....

What a great man!

I'm shocked I've seen 2 of these buildings yet never realised it was by Brunel!

Another interesting video.. Many thanks.

The comments include a sentence about the Box Tunnel. This tunnel is aligned roughly east west with a gradient of ( Maybe) 1 in 100 this its high end facing east. I read that on April 9th ( Brunel's birthday) the sunrise shines directly down the Tunnel so he arrainged a predawn party at the west end to see a blast of sunlight at sunrise. One year in the 1960s April 9th fell on a Sunday. I was living in Bristol then so I and a friend rose before dawn to see this. Unfortunately that morning was completely overcast. So no sunshine

Love the presentation of this video of Isambard Kingdom Brunel

Great video thank you 😊

For the time he was so far a head of time 👍

It's a strong name!

9:06 Standard gague is 4 ft 8 1/2 inches, not 4 ft 7

One of The "Smartest", man to ever lived.

Excellent video.

Love it ❤

A good documentary - but incomplete. An extension of the railway to Falmouth was shown on the map but nothing more was said after the Tamar was bridged by the Royal Albert. For nearly three centuries, Falmouth had been the "packet port", where packets of mail for the New World and other destinations had been dispatched (and received). The railway was intended to speed the packets over land from London to Falmouth. The number of bridges that Brunel had to build between Plymouth and Falmouth, to get over the streams and ravines which ran perpendicular to the route of the track, was huge. Some of those bridges, viaducts and suspension bridges are still in use today. The terminus at Falmouth was considered the end of the project and an elegant station suitable for its place was built, modelled on Bristol Temple Meads. The station still stands, somewhat worse for wear and in need of maintenance. But the age of sail was dying. Steam boats regularly crossed the Atlantic but did not need Falmouth's natural harbour (second in the world after Sydney). Southampton took over as the principal port and before long the Packet Ships had disappeared. The main line was split at Truro and the rail pushed through to Penzance. Falmouth became a mere branch line although in the 1950s, holiday specials took holiday makers from London to Falmouth with no change. Destined for closure under Beeching, it survived after one of its double lines was torn up. It has experienced a significant revival over the last 20+ years as passengers use it for shopping and work in Truro; the road between the two is almost permanently jammed. The 30 minute train journey can take 90+ minutes by car. It's 10.5 miles! The old Falmouth station, the four viaducts and four long tunnels are well worth the short journey. The Prince of Wales (the future Edward VII) made it in May 1880 to lay the foundation stone of Truro Cathedral.

Lovely video

Bravo from France!

BRUNEL was a genius who is not by far appreciated as he deserves Jules VERNE was writing fantasy, Brunel was making fantasy come true

Where are the engineers of his caliber today?

he used the materials available at the time and made a fantastic job , lets hope we can manage without plastics and chemicals

Good documentary. I wonder why Brunel wasn't given a knighthood, like his father.

Surprised they didnt mention the SS Great Eastern

In my school we ware learning about the Victorians we learned about Brunel

I wonder how many engineers there is today can work out the calcs, do the drawings free hand, none, they all rely on computers. now I may watch, stephenson, parson, armstrong

The more I hear about IK Brunel, the more he seems like the Elon Musk of his time to me.

I seen everything Brunel built

Very interesting

Excellent................but....................standard gauge is 4' 8.5".

The man is a total genius and a legend. I just don't know how Churhill beat Brunel in the nations vote of who is the greatest ever person that Britain ever produced. With all due respect to Churchjill, he is nowhere near as great as Brunel was. It is not even close either.

have no idols before me. galatians 6:For if a man think himself to be something, when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.

I did enjoy this presentation, video was crisp with well sharp jump cuts. Narration (no offense intended) was well read but not interpreted, no personality in highlighting just measured. I have one question, only two names in credits? Who composed and played the music throughout? No identifying where you gained pictures and archive material from?

If IKB were alive today he'd be building colonies on the moon and Mars and ways to get people to them.

I go to the school in year 4

And he got the great Western railway built in 5 years London to Bristol,at a cost of 6 million with steam shovels and men with picks and shovels, and a bit of gunpowder, and this government hasn't manged to build more than 45 miles of the HS2 in 30 years at a cost of 70 + billion with all the modern technology and equipment, how low this country has fallen 🤔🧐

Named my only son Brunel.

Brunel had been born nothing was before its time

Brunel bronze statue sat tarnished, dust covered in an abandoned corner of Paddington Station when I visited, shame on the SWJ zombies who minimizes real achievement

What a clever gentleman. No girlie tunneling machines, earthmovers, electricity, or health & safety to help him. (Actually, none of his work would have probably been completed if there was "health and safety!")

He died with a stroke from smoking aged 53

It's the INSTITUTION of Civil Engineers, not Institute. (even the BBC get it wrong too!)

Génius toje pravda

As usual no details of Brunel’s railway in Wales and his plans for Fishguard. Typical ignorance of Wales.

plop

Brunel was French, his father was French.

How like a presenter with not the first or foggiest idea of what 'engineering' means. Or for that matter ANYTHING built by ANY engineer. All she can do is intone disparaging remarks about the first sub aquatic tunnel IN THE WORLD underneath the river Thames and say; "the tunneling shield was untried and had many problems." But then all SHE can do is read a script. She -- and the person that wrote it-- wouldn't know a tunnel shield from a splash shield in a urinal -- just the same as once a few 'arty farty' brain fornicators saw a film of the first Severn Bridge between Aust and Monmouth. Who made sneering disparaging comments till someone who was in engineering let them know it was the longest suspension bridge of its type in the world in 1966. And could have added it was the lightest -- by far -- of its type anywhere in the world also. Because of its revolutionary box construction used to carry the road traffic lanes. Which was also aerodynamically the best and safest design anywhere in the world then.Yet another first that nose-picking brain fornicators who never made anything except a cock up knew nine times the cube root of bugger all about.