Granite Man - Reuben Long

[@maxdisbrow977]

I enjoyed this very much. It's a shame that everything has become so much more complicated. Thank you so much for sharing this.

[@williamjmansfield8768]

Old Timer from Maine, USA. Many of my forbesrs worked granite quarries and transported by sloop to growing cities along Eastern seaboard.

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

You're dreaming.

[@michaelkinsey4649]

What a gem! This chap's stoic joy in his world is a lesson to be taken note of.

[@andygrayson7485]

What an honest man.....legend by todays standard

[@ShinyAnvil]

Straight, hard working men, tough as the rock they were working with. If anyone was wondering, the De Lank Quarry, is still in business today.

[@Dave.w-ev9qn1962]

Thanks for sharing this old film. I grew up in the parish of mabe so quarrymen working like this is what I seen when I was young.👍

[@rafaeldouglas2065]

Dedication, pride, and purpose. A man/men of the land. A pace of life and skills that are sadly now belong to a bygone age. We live in a throwaway era now that knows nothing of apprenticeship and skilled trades.

[@Greg-xu2bs]

Great documentary of a simple lifestyle that we have lost in Britain. It can be said though, it still is very quiet deep in the Cornwall countryside of a night time.

[@andersestes]

Not an earmufler in sight. I recon their ears were ringing good. And their wives developet a strong voice. Great documentary of a time gone by. Simpler times. Perhaps better times.

[@daviecrocket9160]

Love how they put the bird sounds in there to make it look appealing... The birds would have been long gone with all that noise

[@DiHandley]

FYI - The Quarrymen was the Beatles first band name before they became The Beatles.

[@johnzeiger910]

Back when Paul McCartney was still around way before Billy Shears. RIP Paul

[@stuartroyle1402]

what a gent,skilled in many ways and content with life,,,,,,,,top man.

[@matter9]

Fantastic piece. Thanks for sharing

[@amesadamson]

so good. thank you!

[@abundantYOUniverse]

Fantastic old movie thanks!

[@hiliberate]

Thanks for posting, I really enjoyed that. Todays documentary film makers could learn a lot from this.

[@HermannCortez]

Good lord, I know this place having lived just around the corner! 🤯

[@kernow..exp.]

Very interesting video I will head up there and have a look myself

[@GrantHuddle]

I love the jazz........compliments the soul of the scenes

[@majorphoto]

fantastic documentary, I love to see the work being done so many years ago. Hard work still counts in this world just as in years past. thanks for sharing

[@chriswalford4161]

Beautifully shot!

[@martinusvanbrederode4080]

When men were made of steel and boats were made of wood.

[@edwardhovitz1753]

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[@ThomasMitchell-kr8yy]

Hard working men I tip my hat to them may they rest in peace

[@OfficeLinebacker-FJB]

Thank you for sharing this video! Watching this is 10x better than trying to stomach the CRAP coming out of Hollywood.

[@danielleekirkpatrick8579]

Lovely film. Thank you for sharing it

[@johncourtneidge]

Including fine jazz of its time.

[@ttuathal4509]

Those nubs when lifting the block with the chain and hook Remind me of those found on Egytian quaries and some on the walls built by incas.

[@waynesargent3385]

Yes! My thoughts exactly, glad someone else noticed that!!

[@SchwarzeBananen]

I am most impressed by the lack of work safety measures. 😮

[@mattharvey8712]

Bravo......stone people ......hard work.......those guy look like they drink and work......then drink more........only one bottle wine at lunch....cheers

[@bobhemphut4011]

Gentlemen reminds me of my grandfather (farm mechanic) and great grandfathers (machinist/miner). Cornish disposition seem to be very similar to theirs.

[@kevinhall7518]

The quarry is still open

[@DaysOfDarknessUK]

Wonderful. Been in the quarry a few times - quarry men are friendly and helpful there.

[@blacklisted4885]

So the stream creates air pressure that is tapped for the breakers? Wow that's clever

[@4570Govt]

Water pressure from the vertical drop from the collection point higher up, went into a turbine that either ran an electric generator or a turbine air compressor. Looked as if there were multiple systems being driven off of shared belts

[@theessexhunter1305]

a better time of life.

[@majordendrocopos]

@@theessexhunter1305 only through rose tinted glasses. That was a hard way to make a living.

[@theessexhunter1305]

@@majordendrocopos My Mum and Dad got by and kept us with a warm house and plenty of food thank you.

[@majordendrocopos]

@@theessexhunter1305I am glad to hear that about you and your family but many others weren’t nearly so lucky. I have met many old working men from those days whose bodies were wrecked by the time they were 65. A guy I got to know on one of the building sites I worked on in the 1980’s couldn’t open his hands anywhere near flat because he had spent some years on road crews using a power jackhammer like the one in this film. He could hardly hold a mug of tea.

[@MrNeilcornwall]

Low wages, dangerous work. We think we’ve got it bad now…nothing to then.

[@johnattwood8467]

Yes mate. But we better not dare say why?

[@smithwilliam6837]

Stone nothing easy about it true art all aspects of

[@allffl3793]

Ora tutti figettimi!

[@veritaslegionis777]

i live here

[@kevinchamberlain7928]

I nearly saw him without a cigarette in his mouth!

[@seanmcardle]

I dont know what's more of a hot mess, that boiler room, or the jazz track.

[@RinoaL]

It's a shame there was some AI video filter used on this, because it kinda ruins some aspects. The audio being mucked with is a shame as well.

[@peterrichard3706]

Let's consider those stone workers who did the Greek stuff! !!!

[@ГравинаДужева]

Вот так вот.....

[@jonnymoka]

All that cable noise is creepy

[@WallaceLivingFree]

Riveting ,a lifestyle gone now

[@ryanbeard1119]

B4 men were replaced w machines

[@leemday5731]

Dangerous work not helped by the ever present risk of silicosis

[@majordendrocopos]

5.30 These men are ruining their hands. Those vibrating drills are illegal now, fortunately.

[@chriswild2458]

And their hearing

[@majordendrocopos]

@ Quite right, also no dust protection for their lungs. A hard life and an uncomfortable and probably short retirement. It might look idyllic to somebody today who is stuck in a boring office job…

[@chriswalford4161]

They’re all smoking, too…….

[@TheDeebarr]

Jack hammers are still used.

[@kin_foke]

@ 22:54 wtf

[@rupert5390]

they ruin these films with really shit jazz rather than really smooth jazz

[@BenjaminRowe-hc7uo]

😂

[@Sajuuk]

The music from that era is awful. Deafening blaring trumpets and other assorted brass, totally inappropriate and unnecessary. 🤮

[@k.compton8995]

Geez, I didn’t know someone could be so dense when it came to music.