Remaining Life of a Building under Fire - The Towering Inferno (1974)

A Clip from a movie "The Towering Inferno" (1974)
The story revolves around a fire disaster (due to poor wiring) during the premier party in the world's tallest skyscraper catches fire . A determined fire chief and an honourable architect fight the fire from the outside and the inside, respectively. The fire perpetuates and creates a serious threat to lives of people inside building while the owner struggles to find ways for rescuing the trapped guests.
This particular scene shows a Structural Engineer working on his calculations to determine how much time the building structure can sustain before complete failure. The solution comes out to be around 15 - 20 minutes, which by no means was enough to rescue all guests. He proposes a possible solution by exploding the building's water tanks on the roof, as they hold one million gallons of water, which is enough to extinguish the fire. He worked out the remaining structural capacity and concluded that underlying assembly can withstand with the impact caused by exploding the tanks. As it seem that blowing the tanks is the last hope, this option, however, may kill the remaining partiers trapped on the Tower.
... and the suspense continues.

[@geoffshaw346]

They kept the acting real during the whole movie,which made the disaster right next door to the audience.McQueen's reaction is priceless.

[@Americanpatriot-zo2tk]

RIP Dabney Coleman! I do wanna say I really enjoyed his acting.

[@alexajessop7541]

I have to say this was one of my favourite movies of all time.

[@actioncom2748]

Best "Oh, Shit" in history!

[@johnpaul8310]

The Best screen actor of all time. The King of Cool. Steve McQueen.

[@KPMW92]

R.I.P. to Dabney Coleman(SFFD Deputy Chief #1) at 0:08-1:55.

[@jennajobasiaz5559]

When I heard Dabney Coleman passed away, I thought of this part. He was excellent. Steve McQueen too of course. Weight & seriousness you just dont see in movies anymore.

[@Solitude47152]

50th Anniversary in 2024. Timeless movie.

[@stephenpowell5912]

Love Steve McQueen's Reaction to ask how he is going to get back down in front of Dabney Coleman 🤣Oh Shit indeed 🤣Total legend 🙏 R I P 43 years on ❤️

[@darthflyer]

RIP Dabney Coleman

[@Mitch-z1t]

Dabney Coleman’s facial expression after Mcqueen said how do I get down is priceless

[@davidsmith1162]

Irwin Allen's Classic. Saw It, When It First Came Out. Loved It.

[@MMCUSN]

Played in the same theater as Earthquake advertised as "Shake and Bake" on the marque.

[@SnakePliskin762]

McQueen is the complete alpha male in this movie,takes control in every scene. Unreal acting ability.

[@nowitsabadtime]

One of my favorite parts of the whole film; 1:54 -2:05. Brilliant!

[@MdAlamin--qr5tl]

Where i found this movie

[@Solitude47152]

“Mike look, we have already made the decision”

[@mrbronson5333]

Someone has to go up there, rig the charges and blow em.

[@christianbaler1166]

Don't worry!" They had find a dumb SOFB to bring the Explosives up to you !! ..😎🫴

[@Solitude47152]

@@christianbaler1166 Which makes no sense, since the helicopter could take 12 people off of the roof when they drop “Mike” onto the roof.

[@graemewatson2840]

RIP Dabney Coleman

[@strikerdelta]

​Watch the scene again where he gets dropped off, this time with your eyes open. Why do you think O'Halloran is wearing an asbestos exposure suit??? Because THE ROOF IS FULLY INVOLVED WITH FIRE FROM THE HELICOPTER EXPLODING EARLIER! No chopper is landing to get people off! You can even see the chopper is hovering above and away from the flames, hence why he's lowered down on the rescue hoist.

[@Bondek1996]

"It's out of control and it's heading your way."

[@lardy70s]

RIP Dabney Colman x

[@johnkennethwiseman5460]

RIP SFFD Deputy Chief 1

[@stuartellner3172]

I remember seeing this in the theaters in 1974. Back when there were no multiplexes. Just one auditorium with a giant screen. Predated Star Wars by 3 years. It was so thrilling. Steve McQueen was one cool cat.

[@andrewb9790]

Steve McQueen. The epitome of what a man should be. If only Hollywood had more like this now.

[@jimvinespresents...8463]

Great scene from a classic movie!

[@agustinlerto4315]

Dios mío q manera de crear tensión en un film, el cine norteamericano era y es (aunque ha perdido fuelle)sensacionalmente increíble a la hora de crear estás atmósferas de tensión y acción Único el cine norteamericano en esta cuestion

[@docdave15]

"Those people are gonna d!e up there if something's not done. I blame TJ Dettwiler for this!"

[@ForceMaximus84]

Dabney Coleman, ladies and gentlemen.

[@captchaos83]

Johnson, the structural engineer, is Olan Soule. Among other credits, he was the long-time voice of Batman on Superfriends!

[@Simpleburger1968]

Their plan actually DID work ! (and what alternative was there at this point ?)

[@mrbronson5333]

Burn to death. The fire was out of control. The roof was on fire after a helicopter crashed. All the elevators were on fire or broken and the stairwells were inaccessible

[@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020]

There was no alternative. Fire was out of hand, building would’ve collapsed eventually.

[@nabilbudiman271]

@@itslikethesamebutdifferent8020 it was amazing how the building didn't collapsed quickly, with all the explosions happened throughout the movie

[@Solitude47152]

Could have taken them off the roof by helicopter 🚁. That’s how they took McQueen up their with explosives 🧨. Makes no sense.

[@Simpleburger1968]

@@Solitude47152 the roof was burning and had chopper wreckage strewn across it .

[@happyjack880]

I had completely forgotten that Dabney Coleman was in this movie.

[@michaellack5139]

Where’s international rescue when you need them……F.A.B

[@FN_FAL_4_ever]

Is that Dabney Coleman?

[@nickleization]

Yes, one of his first movie roles

[@johnkennethwiseman682]

yes from Beverly Hillbillies fame

[@nucflashevent]

Five people didn't see how it is.

[@worldofyoutubeshorts8508]

Well that is totally crazy sir..!😅

[@juanmonge8]

This clip should be titled: Oh Shit!

[@leafyutube]

Time for the nuclear option. No more half measures.

[@highstepperARF]

Million gallons of water = about 8 million pounds…in a high rise building.

[@jamsid33]

"but what is even worse...OJ is on that floor!!!""

[@leafyutube]

Even rescuing little pussycats.

[@map3384]

OJ killed his part.

[@KarlSturmgewher]

Michael O'Halloran's superior in this is Principal Prickley. Prickley's counting on O'Halloran to save the day!

[@gretchennelson7056]

Ohhhhhhh shit!”😂😂😂

[@anthonybarber3872]

"What explosion?"

[@mrbronson5333]

We can blow the tanks 2 floors above the Promonade room. They hold a million gallons of water. That’s more than enough to ground the fire.

[@RobSlenderman77]

You're crazy!

[@damanyocum149]

Oh shit

[@mikeowen7526]

......... Oh shit 😂😂😂

[@gretchennelson7056]

God, Steve is THE MAN. He was SO hot(no pun intended!)

[@tutorforyou2]

Movie Name ?

[@bbmcrae]

The Poseiden Adventure.

[@RobSlenderman77]

The Towering Inferno (1974)

[@kevphillips02]

Will giddens was the best

[@williedaniel6194]

The Towering inferno World 🌎 Trade Center

[@marianocarlinivisintainer8024]

As it seemS not as it seeM! Mistake in the above written introduction!

[@Solitude47152]

Why are they wearing their dress uniforms. Is their a parade?

[@agustinlerto4315]

Ven para q sirve todo un ingeniero de estructuras? Casi nada

[@lardy70s]

How did the survivors of the explosion actually get back down?. The stairwell was inaccessible and the roof was a no go due to high winds!. Brilliant film bad continuity.

[@stephenpowell5912]

Oh S##t, Too Right, I Wonder how many lives could be saved if Building Had huge water Instellations built at the top of them, Then Countless lives could be saved

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

** Both stairwells were inaccessible - the one Roberts, Meuller, and the kids tried to go down, with the gas leak, and the other stairwell that they blasted open the Promenade Room door open to, which had an explosion around the 130st-131st floors as Simmons tried to escape down it.

[@zackcross7190]

There was the stairway that wasn’t blocked with cement. Duncan and Senator Parker suggested going down in, until the opened the door and saw the smoke.

[@DanknDerpyGamer]

@@zackcross7190 Don't forget, both stairwells saw explosions due to gas leaks, if I recall correctly. (Maybe I am mis-remembering, and it was 2 explosions in one stairwell, I gotta re-watch the movie to figure it out again heh)

[@juanmonge8]

These questions were answered in the sequel.

[@annamaedevlin1713]

TRUMP, LACKS KNOWLEDGE!

[@helicoptersrkool]

Biden can't even walk up a flight of stairs without falling over, not once. Not twice. But three times.

[@sosidecop64]

RIP Dabney Coleman

[@user-ve5ln5le9y]

RIP Dabney Coleman