BlowDown: Impossible Demolitons | Complete Series | Free Documentary

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0:00:00 World Record Tower Demolition An engineering marvel gone horribly wrong deals CDI their strangest challenge yet: demolishing a brand new hurricane-proof tower. It’s a shot at a world record - the tallest concrete reinforced building ever to be imploded. 00:46:51 Unsinkable Ship Demolition An experienced demo team must use a novel explosives system to scuttle their first ship - the Hoyt S. Vandenberg. In this unprecedented demo job, Controlled Demolition Incorporated teams up with a marine salvage crew to turn a 17,000-ton former spy ship into the second-largest artificial reef in the world. 01:33:36 Super Stadium Demolition A skillful demolition team must take down a massive sports stadium in the heart of Indianapolis and keep its destruction from spreading. 02:20:21 World Cup Stadium Demolition This groundbreaking episode follows Controlled Demolition Inc. as they head south to Brazil to take on one of the largest sports facilities in the world - the Fonte Nova Stadium.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

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[@ahmaaaaad27]

nice

[@enjeliluches2707]

Lg😊😊 Aàß

[@donharris9720]

If to j

[@justiceBustamante]

How about some United States measurements here. We don't understand any metric measurements . The narrator is clearly American theyre an American company taking down an American building so what's with all the metric and the bizarre terms.for Bobcats( skid steer) too ridiculous for me I am not even finishing the show excetera

[@reallyfurious]

The footage of the Ocean Tower demolition was really, very impressive. Congratulations to Sean white the camera technician because I've never seen footage like that before, incredible.

[@RussellD11]

On 911 you did... watch the videos

[@NickMirro]

Truly!!!

[@_perspicax_]

I’m surprised they didn’t include the twins towers that’s the most spectacular controlled demolition ever??? Weird

[@bradcondon6632]

Yea, go figure

[@NewLife-qj9mx]

Right!!

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

One situation has politics the other not.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Don't be surprised. Be gay (= happy)

[@NoNORADon911]

I'm here for the WTC7 comments since no plane hit it.

[@steveskouson9620]

"They don't call me the Martha Stewart of demolition for nothing." Amazing, Stacey. steve

[@davidmc62]

It takes real men, with real balls to undertake a project like this 👍 I salute you with all due respect!

[@dukx3986]

And real women with baskets.

[@JerryLujan]

But they have to KNOW THE MATERIALS they are dealing with @@dukx3986

[@macknumber9]

I have fake balls

[@RobAbdul]

Working for CDI would be a "blast" 😉

[@Complexityofmatter]

👌

[@ebk304]

Man congrats to CDI and everyone involved in this. That was a tough job and they sunk it beautifully. Very impressive 👏🏻

[@FloozieOne]

Must be nice to be able to play with so many things that go BOOM.

[@angelachouinard4581]

I've been watching CDI drop buildings for years. They are an amazing crew. I have to agree with reallyfurious this footage is impressive.

[@harrylouis531]

Great episode , show the one about the twin towers and bldg #7

[@toddvc9642]

Thanks!

[@leticiawashington]

I Love these free Documentaries,l,learn a,lot from them 😊😊

[@chicochicoshukor7184]

They are pro. Good job

[@ludgatecircus15]

"A little bit of pee comes out every time I am the edge like this." THANK YOU for keeping it comment in the video. It really brings the job to life.

[@ShadowWalker-sj9zu]

I love it. "The Martha Stewart of. Demolition"

[@RR98guy]

You left out the demolition of the 3 High rise buildings in NYC back in 2001. THAT was the largest ever demolition of a set of objects ever known to man.

[@TJJackson77]

Yep. Was going to say how about the trade center buildings. There is a plethora of great video footage and eye witness accounts which can be found on many KZbin channels along with commentaries by building architects, demo experts, and building engineers who know how the buildings were constructed and what it would take to bring them down.

[@alistairhazell9877]

​@@TJJackson77yep. .but the patriotic sheep's rather drink all the lies their political God's shove down their throat

[@simonpearch2240]

So you really mean to say after watching these demolitions and all the work that goes into it. Extensive planning. That the twin towers and wt7 was a controlled demolition 🙈 I mean you really think that a demolition team went in there and did all that then just kept quiet when the job was done! Like someone has to push that button that sets off all them detonations and the we’re ok with just killing all those people. Never mind that’s when all the explosions detonate no camera saw the explosions that would have had to go off simultaneously over the whole buildings blowing out all the windows. Let alone the sound it would have made!! Even the architecture who designed it is on a documentary explaining why they collapsed and that they wasn’t designed for a plane so big with so much fuel

[@Average-Joe]

@@simonpearch2240 Have you checked the temperature that jet fuel burn and what it takes to melt steel that has fireproofing on it? And it jet fuel would melt steel as the less informed answer with a knee jerk, why doesn't it melt the exhaust stage or outlet of a jet engine which burn far hotter than that? Hmmmm? Here's some actual facts for you... The melting point of iron alloys and the melting point of steel, occur at higher temperatures, around 2,200-2,500 Fahrenheit (°F) / 1,205-1,370 Celsius (°C). Pure aluminum melts at about 1,218 °F / 659 °C, but alloying with other elements can raise this. The open-air burn temperature for Jet A and Jet A-1 fuel types is 1,030 °C (1,890 °F). 1.030degrees is far from 2000-2500 degrees needed to melt steel! This also explains why it doesn't melt aluminum!

[@iamthebroker]

@@Average-Joeso answer simonpearchs other questions. I note you are silent on the rest of it. I’m no expert but it wasn’t purely jet fuel burning. Jet fuel just started the fire and acted as initial accelerant. Your “facts” are assuming there are no other contributors to the fire.

[@dannycreech4177]

1:34 I'm an Indiana boy born and raised, the dome was known as the Hoosier Dome before they renamed it the RCA Dome. It was a very cool place the roof was held up by air so when you go through the rotating doors it would suck you into the building or blow you out it was super cool i was just a young kid my grandpa used to take us boys to watch monster trucks , motocross, tractor pulls everything!!!! It was awesome! No bad seats in the stadium it was great.

[@StayPositive-sd8op]

Same here. Are you in Indy

[@denniscrane9753]

I saw the monster trucks at the dome too!

[@butchjohnson40]

Amazing work by all, CDI, you all are amazing, very interesting to watch.

[@killfacet.baggins]

I'm pretty sure the Twin Towers were a little bit bigger than that

[@lukechildress1206]

They where not a demolishin

[@MphoGift-iv1zr]

CDI are legendary

[@maheshthapa4765]

I am from land locked country and i didnot understand why we sink the ship instead doing scraping . We can reuse the material and ocean will be clean as well as environment .

[@11304800]

I hate it when these programs use unnecessary drama.

[@orchidorio]

The ship sinking story was the BEST !!! Congratulations to CDI and associates.

[@shallawnmarshall320]

RIP To All Surveillance Cameras! They Never Stood A Chance. Their Efforts Will Never Be Forgotten

[@baymot7ui8]

Bạn đã tạo ra một trải nghiệm hình ảnh tuyệt vời.

[@iliketowatch.]

Regarding the Ocean Tower on South Padre Island: it seems kind of strange that it was such a mystery how a building that was only 3 years old was constructed.

[@kevinshillenn7552]

This company is from Maryland and have blown up buildings,stadiums, pretty much everything. If anyone can do it ,they can!

[@exibuchay1695]

I wonder why they don't just start using jet fuel at the top of the building with one small crate of TNT. Worked wonders in New York City a few decades ago. Maybe it's like the moon mission. Where NASA said we just don't have the technology anymore to go to the Moon. I've gotten used to Bizarro world. It's my home now. And it's yours too

[@littlered7820]

Brilliant comment !!!!

[@jeffer0987]

Well that’s what they did, many small tnt in multiple sequences, interesting insight on New York City, the building management change 6 months before that

[@1800imawake]

Yeah, they should have just called Construction Implosion Architects. They hold the current world record for building demolition.

[@RX-8GT]

They had a better chance just buying a 707 at least

[@matthewreed3963]

I don't understand why we need demolition Crews and dynamite to bring down a building Cleanly and professionally Why don't they use a retired Jumbo jet? I've seen them use one be for and I work really well.

[@peterfarrow5808]

😂😂😂

[@-simon.]

My thoughts exactly. I used to have a lot of respect and admiration for these engineers and demolition teams until I saw how quickly, cleanly and easily those three towers went down. This doc is making it look much harder than it really is.

[@robbiet8583]

Now this is some reality.

[@thatjakeshow]

lol is that the same guy that narrates Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares?

[@EASYTIGER10]

Some good animation/simulation in this documentary

[@davidsmith3rd]

_"A concrete reinforced structure this high has never been imploded"_ Oh yes........I can think of a few !!

[@robertpalmer3166]

If you are blabbering about The World Trade Center, you are wrong on all counts. They were not imploded, and they were not concrete reinforced. They were steel reinforced. Try again big boy.

[@NoKhaKha]

And Oswald shot JFK; right little man@@robertpalmer3166

[@roypatterson9910]

And my comment was supposed to have said what kind of job do you do, not done you do! I can't edit it for some reason.

[@TXHemi99]

Sorry for the unlike. The viewer and the video was shot in Texas, we don’t use the metric system.

[@VDOAlleypro.24]

I like how the camera crew filmed their part of the job too 👍

[@litchar]

A little building like that shouldn't need more than a Cessna, a computer chair, a Brother photocopier and a old copy of Popular Mechanics to pull it in 3 or 4 seconds into the parking garage.

[@ebk304]

Awesome docs on here

[@dentontxflatearthguy2903]

Why dont they just fly a couple of planes into it?

[@bluesky6985]

They like doing it the hard way

[@rahulraman6004]

Awesome & helpfull video...

[@wideawake2462]

Just ask the US government how they done the trade centre.. they nailed it..

[@kinginfamousz]

To quote Lord Beerus - Before Creation Comes Destruction. lol

[@noname2490]

In the 90s the US government dropped Abraham tanks into the ocean to make reefs. Instead of saving money and doing upgrades we just built more

[@monroesiloy2726]

Amazing excellent very good job

[@daifoursheds]

Try high pressure water jetting, explosive covered in water bads, quitter and less sounds or dust, just a thought amongst others

[@firefly5247]

0:56:46 I love how his high-tech solution to making sure the ship was perfectly level is a nut tied to a piece of string

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Don't worry. Be happy.

[@nunyabizness9216]

Anything and a string is a plum bob.

[@firefly5247]

@@nunyabizness9216 Sure, I just expected them to have a fancy tool for it

[@steveskouson9620]

@@firefly5247, If simple works, and works well, no need to complicate things. steve

[@two-face1041]

@@firefly5247 a lot of times the most simplest answer is the best answer

[@GeorgeRuffner-iy7bm]

🤯 It doesn't take much to blow my mind anymore. Amazing stuff! 👏 Thanks 👍

[@brianbauer7560]

That one machine looked like a giant metal dinosaur eating the building. It's crazy the power of some of these machines mankind can create. It's amazing to me

[@thefinalgrind]

You'd imagine you could rebuild a foundation to save the building as for what's still available. But hey, I'm just a pea in this pod.

[@jinhenzen3194]

First :)

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

But who does care about this imbecility or bleekeness?

[@jasonmorris4eva]

Looks familiar? This is how the world trade center implode and crumbled on 9/11. Could 2 passenger airlines could have done that to such massive well built structures?

[@jackbeane9708]

I got a question . Didn't they have the plans to the building ? All plans are filed with county ,state and the builder has copies of the plans .

[@itsroseactually]

​@@kananimiranda3376No idea what you're talking about but I'm pretty sure they said they building he's talking about was the first one that was built recently?

[@itsroseactually]

The plans being in hand do not guarantee they've ever been followed, but even if they had, the amount of rebar in those cores was ridiculous and their orientation almost random? Plus I'm pretty sure they don't have counties in Mexico, but I could be wrong.

[@jackbeane9708]

​@@itsroseactuallyah. That condo is in Florida . Not Mexico. Seen it many a time . Not much left after hurricane on that beach . Idiots build on , pay the price.

[@tomperkins5657]

Probably the first building that cost more to tear down than build up.

[@HG_Budde]

Well, that's a way to power wash your boat too, I guess. 🤔

[@CalebRota-fe7gn]

man those anchors were a good watch

[@Floydian4everr]

In India or SE Asia, a bribe would have ensured this thing gets built AND kills hundreds in just a cpl of years

[@michaelhurley5093]

Man, that reminds me of something that hapened in 2001, maybe I'm just crazy.

[@RR98guy]

You are not at all crazy. You hit the nail right on the head.

[@two-face1041]

Yep, you’re crazy

[@ginmar8134]

​@@RR98guyYou're both crazy.

[@mariano7699]

The "background" music is actually the front sound foundal.

[@brianswelding]

Unsinkable ship!!! Funny, seems like that's what they call every ship... right before it sinks.

[@simbangomasango7763]

I will put him 95% coz he is was speaking the truth. U can see in Somalia people are fighting everyday but u hear them talking about war in Russia an Israel. But they never spoke about to help Somalia or DRC.

[@melissajohnson2935]

A moment of silence for all the cameras they sacrificed 🫗🫗

[@69Emoji]

Is there a video of the ship sinking that isnt edited to look like a fever dream

[@yashveersingh1795]

Too good! Absolutely loved it. Thanks for incredible content! Thanks x 1000000000 = ❤. infinity

[@4500tonpress]

The 3 World trade building

[@butchjohnson40]

I forgot all about the Monroe effect, which I learned about in 1980, CDI turns demolition into an art form. I couldn't stop watching, it was beautiful work by all . I'm sitting here watching to see if the bat cave survived, you all rock.

[@dphotos007]

Watching the first tower the guy walking in the scene first with all the concrete dust he is not wearing any filtered breathing protection. I think that will cause him health problems further down the road. Getting that dust in your lungs is nasty and your lungs are an organ that cannot repair itself. Not too bright if you ask me.

[@ThatFlyinRyan]

you can tell these guys dropping the building NOT FROM FLORIDA LOL when they keep asking why there is so much concrete and rebar

[@morvaina]

For main interstates odd numbers tend to run north and south for instance I 75 and I 85. Even numbers and those ending in zero tend to be east to west

[@chryls]

Twin Towers should be included in this video no??

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

You are totally wrong, my unkown dear.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

No.

[@ryanquintana3739]

No it shouldn't

[@SlyCave]

yes. damn thing fell at max velocity

[@UnitSe7en]

No. Why should they? No matter your opinion on what happened, none of it has anything to do with the purpose of this show or any of the people involved. And it was 20 years ago - Doubtful you were even born yet, so what do you even know. There are already plenty of post-demolition investigation videos on the specific building. Go watch one of those. - While you're at it, if you want to watch something actually good, watch Fred Dibnah demoing some chimneys.

[@williamking632]

Since when did we turn to the metric system?? I must have missed the memo..

[@HaroldFerguson-e4m]

I'm 83 and i remember my grandmother on my Dads side could cook up a meal of catfish and okra , cornbread, garden tomatoes blackeye peas,and cherry pie,,, those were the days in my memory i 'll nrver forget.......you my lady are a damn good cook!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@raycrerar3227]

thanks

[@averteddisasterbarely2339]

The king dome was a very big challenge to bring down by the same company in these videos ( cdi) ! It would be awesome to see it here !

[@johnpaulndisokilonzo7914]

With that army of excavators do you need explosives really? They are chewing concrete slabs like popcorn, i bet they can easily take down the Dome, or is there another reason i don't know?

[@heruwahyudi6060]

Slamat pagi saudara tuk bangun bangsa sendiri diatas dunia aman damai slamat pagi 🌟❤🌟

[@Buckenuptyrants]

It is kinda weird how the towers fell perfectly during 911

[@brucek.evans-historian7028]

Not really when you think about where they were hit and what they were made to do. They were made to withstand shaking or winds. The aircraft hit high up and the subsequent damage from impact and fire caused the floors to collapse. First one floor, which then became too heavy and fell to the next below it. Now you have one floor holding up the weight of two so it collapsed, and so began a chain reaction that picked up speed as the crushing weight fell downwards. The buildings, like most, were not designed for the weight of multiple floors to sit upon one--something had to give, and it did.

[@practicalman45]

The world record still has to be the World Trade Center Towers 1,2, and 7. back in September, 2001.

[@scottbarnes9910]

La is next !!!! Good job over there for cdi

[@robertpickett6741]

That’s a lot of metal that could make new war machines. ❗️

[@LOONEY8581]

And that's how you bring down the twin towers.😅

[@vincentsouchaud6717]

And Tower 7.

[@mbmadden77]

You misspelled the title, again, genius.

[@cashtalks6253]

How much longer till there’s a documentary on millennium tower?

[@pedenmk]

Ahh good old Indiana. Yeah I remember the football team getting a new stadium. COLTS = Count On Loosing This Sunday. I moved to Carolina. Great episode. Thanks for sharing.

[@johnoldfield2390]

That's quite a big building financial insurance claim for defective foundations, 78 musd, jeepers

[@keepithd2010]

Serious question. You say you have been doing this for 18 years have you ever known Jose building to go straight down from a fire or does a building started by a fire seem to go out or bend over and fall down and a building that is under demolition especially a high-rise building will go straight down from high explosives because it needs to be detonated in a confined area because of all the Fallout and the Carnage it would take with it if it were to collapse instead of falling straight down please tell the truth Thank you

[@richie9841]

These demolition and detentions of these buildings look and sounds very familiar 🤔.

[@Bugatti-rh1ds]

it remember me , 11 september

[@ToomasVane]

Same

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Two very different situations but i accept your mind. 🇺🇸🌎👍❤

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Or it is rememberS? I don't know but GOOGLE knows. Certainly.

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Which year?

[@michaeltarasenkoop2389]

In case the ship doesn’t sit level on the ocean floor ! Bring in a few heavy lift cranes and lift the side that is low ! Lift it to a level position when they built the in nyack N Yourk bridge the Crain could lift large sections of bridge sections up ! Hope it isn’t needed !

[@CSltz]

I bet that the people who designed and built this building. Were pretty darn proud of there work . When they watched this documentary.

[@Sion_Revan]

The Vandeberg was used in the movie Virus from 1998 as the fictional Russian vessel called the Vladislav Volkov

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

🇺🇸🌎👍❤

[@davidmc62]

That's the same thing they did on the North Tower, months before we got hit! I remember asking what they were doing when they tried to keep us out of certain areas. They said they had to remove some weak areas of reinforcement members, but they were😅 cutting them just like you are explaining.

[@RyanHeinzman1985]

You talking about the world trade center towers? There were definitely some modifications to the towers over the years from what I've read

[@ginmar8134]

Yeah, that's not what happened.

[@nagoogle8542]

I knew it looked familiar, the Vandenberg was the ship from virus 1999

[@seadog915]

A little pee comes out every time I do this ! LOL He's probably telling the honest truth too.

[@robertirwin8907]

No, the highest building ever imploded what is the world trade center towers 911 2001

[@gouravmisra2317]

BEAUTIFULL ALL EVERYTHING 🎉🎉 AMEEN

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

🙏

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Amen.

[@Oregontrailblazin]

I think my Uncle , who was a Master Electrician was on this ship. I remember the dishes on the top .

[@abcdef-qk6jf]

Mythbusters were right. When in doubt - use C4. Explosives are an amazing tool. How you direct a blast, the materials having an effect on the explosives. Cutting metal using cupper to make a very effective torch... It's all very impressive. A good demolition could be taking a very long time planning. Success must be just as satisfying as it were for the builders to the completion of the building. You "just" don't blow a building down. It could be thousands of manhours of hard work and planning - a few seconds will determine success. You can't change or undo it. The stressfactors are bound to be high. Literally one shot at it. Those men and women have my respect. Having a bad day is a luxury they can't afford. It doesn't have to be picture perfect. Just perfect.... every time...

[@Complexityofmatter]

BB-118

[@DiCarloJr]

I woke up late off my schedule on the day of the Greatest Controlled Demolition Implosion Ever. Being that my destination was to be exactly onsite on September 11/2001, I consider myself, a very lucky guy. Maybe I woke up on time?

[@tbeller80]

Watching the stadium get picked apart reminded me of an underground parking garage I worked next to get ripped apart to make room for a new garage and building across from my office. After a few weeks there was a nice clean hole in the ground with all the old rebar stacked up with the concrete somehow stripped off.

[@sharonposs6903]

Michelle I am moving to Ft Walton and Would love to meet you . I have lived in Georgia but I live in McMinnville, Tennessee. Destin seems like a nice place. I need help learning wow to be a you tuber. I have a daughter who is getting her Dr degree. I really love you and your husband's show. You are both too funny. Sharon Poss.

[@bradcondon6632]

What about twin towers 9/11

[@NoNORADon911]

WTC7 no plane hit it

[@RLeezyDeezy]

I was gonna comment about them. But they don't have info on them because it never happened lol

[@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536]

Which year?

[@noslack1964]

What about them?

[@NoNORADon911]

@@noslack1964 No plane hit #7

[@rad1ist]

Tower 7 next to trade center wasn’t in these