Sounding the Sumburgh Foghorn

The Sumburgh foghorn was used as part of the foghorn sound for Robert Eggers "The Lighthouse". Read more here - www.imdb.com/t...
A foghorn or fog signal is a device that uses sound to warn vehicles of navigational hazards like rocky coastlines, or boats of the presence of other vessels, in foggy conditions.
Out of use since 1987, the foghorn was painstakingly restored by Brian Johnson. Shown in the video is the annual Foghorn sounding at Sumburgh Lighthouse, Shetland, Scotland.
Brian starts up the 1951Kelvin K-Series Diesel 44hp Engines. The engines power the Alley and MacLellan compressors, which in turn, power the foghorn.
Just so you know, the horn was originally much louder at the end, but KZbin's audio algorithm turned the volume down. I tried several versions but it wasn't having it.

[@JerryRigEverything]

Awesome editing!

[@lazypanda4921]

Get back to breaking smart phones buddy.

[@samveg5412]

Now I wonder why I got this into my recommendation.

[@peterdallen2004]

JerryRigEverything cool to see you here

[@chrisjar2926]

Thought you would get more likes

[@2loco]

Nice seeing you here man. 😀

[@rgfdtg4969]

Who ever made this video I like your style. Short to the point, and showed how it works and how it sounds.

[@DanielRolirad]

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[@dickJohnsonpeter]

Poop in your own pants for a change

[@AshikJonathan]

@@dickJohnsonpeter y

[@donovanholm]

@@AshikJonathan looks like someone doesn't have their own pants

[@AshikJonathan]

@@donovanholm eeeeeeeeeeee

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

I don’t know why I find this so cool. I love the way it was filmed. Someone has a knack for cinematography. Aces man.

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thanks Bob, I appreciate it!

[@thebobloblawshow8832]

JJ Jamieson : you did a great job. 👍👍🇨🇦

[@dirtbikedude1325]

I find it really cool to lol 😂

[@das3930]

bruuh the suspense gived me anxiety

[@n8dagr881]

I personally never seen a fog horn so I love the way it was filmed and it helps me know how they work, really cool

[@ozone-xv7hk]

The sound of that horn with the misty, empty road is sobering and mournful.

[@OnlyGrafting]

Anywhere North of the cairngorms is like that at least once in the summer.

[@__L_S_B__]

Light stations are the coolest!!

[@maxmdmc7435]

ozone8714 it’s weird to think I live here and there is 4mil views on this, idk, it just surprises me

[@AwesomeDream12]

how poetic

[@benjohnson7148]

Did you watch the lighthouse?

[@space_1073]

Unintentionally the best example of building ambience and tension with editing on youtube.

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thanks Space 107, that's much appreciated!

[@Carnivore__]

It was very intentional

[@halberderdier8073]

Steampunk atmosphere!

[@jlanderno]

Now THIS is how all videos should be made. No music, no begging for likes or subscribers, and no endless blabbing before getting to the damn point. Well done!

[@nightmareinaction629]

Joey Landerno ikr

[@hellsonion514]

owh mai gawd gaiz i have this merch (which is just a shirt with my shitty logo on it) if yoo wike and subskwibe so i dont have to get a jawb thatd be sho great this is so cool its like a foghorn and stuff wow its so louad how kewl!!!

[@omkr0122]

Joey Landerno well said

[@waynemetevia7983]

Amen brother! Amen!

[@treadtyred9742]

Music all of its own. In fact all of it would make a great start to a song.

[@wowaddict878]

Man this thing takes a while to set up! "Oi Dave, fogs here mate" "Yeah alright let me set up the Foghorn" "Fogs gone Dave"

[@AnDiHaZeKaYe]

Poor dave 🤣

[@SoapMcCallister]

Dave be like: bruh

[@chucke_chez2873]

no why they exist there purpose is to help sailors find dock

[@Hirsutechin]

But they would run as long as there was fuel in the tank: weeks, if necessary.

[@honkifrog8458]

Idk why but i read this in scottish accent

[@mischa8752]

The enemy is being reinforced by a Dreadnought

[@beepbop9676]

LMAO Bf1

[@MsXGladiator]

Spanish Inquisition 😂😂😂😂😂😂👌🏼

[@renzarrubio1839]

This got me 😂😂😂

[@ethanblevins1116]

Nice

[@nickster5207]

Foul heretics!

[@doug8525]

I saw the title and figured this will be boring. A guy will flip a switch, the compressor will start, and when there’s enough pressure, pull a rope and the horn blows, simple. I had no idea it was a cool setup like this. I’m glad I watched. Very cool!

[@jjjamieson4740]

I'm glad you watched it too, thanks!!

[@cameroff]

"Foghorn Technician" is the greatest job title I've ever heard

[@bradenpotato9814]

Foghorn Technicians Apprentice

[@louiskirollos7583]

Thank you ;)

[@lucastucker63]

Ikr

[@the_original_Bilb_Ono]

Being a technician of anything is pretty cool. If you love your work then you don't work a day in your life.

[@W0ND3RB0Y1]

Can't imagine this is something that would catch on tho.. Everything is becoming simpler, and look at this stuff? It's quite complicated..

[@Sultan_Kash]

0:20 He is lubricating the high pressure air compressor to prevent overheating. While also adjusting some of its equipment. 0:41 Turns on the high pressure air compressor. (Equipment used to compress air to a higher psi, so when the foghorn is sounded the air is trying to escape the horn faster than low psi air) 1:08 Opens the air bank valve (the high pressure air compressor stores high pressure air here for later use. By opening this valve he is most likely opening 2 pathways: 1 from the compressor to the bank, 2 from the bank to the foghorn) 1:33 Most likely a crude timer for the foghorn. Most countries use a time base for how frequent they sound their foghorns. U.S. is roughly every 2 minutes.

[@Sultan_Kash]

@Mathew Ross You would think right?

[@michaelkhoo5846]

Thank you.

[@mikecorleone6797]

The port of LA sounds the angels gate twice every 60 seconds when it’s foggy due to the high traffic in and out of the port of la.. sadly it’s more of an electronic beep than a horn.. lot’s of fish around the rocks below the little light house building though

[@joebloggs9719]

Great explanation 👌

[@kfl611]

Thank you so much for the explanation on what I watched, I was beyond clueless.

[@RobinK]

"The horn of Helm Hammerhand shall sound in the deep... one last time."

[@cardboardguy1444]

Robin you deserve more likes

[@jibbsmckenze7555]

And horn sound from rohan

[@nabilbeg9906]

Now to wrath, now to ruin.

[@MrCraftboy29]

If I heard that I would think that was a Tripod out at sea and I would be GTFO.

[@pacampara123]

LOOL that was literally the first quote that came to my head! Then right as I scrolled your comment was the first to come up lmfao! Fell deeds awake....

[@ykitskanyenorth847]

This video is shot and cut so beautifully I haven’t even heard the horn and I’m still enthralled

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thankyou, that's really kind of you to say so!

[@SpicyRaiderAnimations]

I can imagine that sound would be freaking terrifying in a dark night...

[@dundonrl]

Yes it would be, if you can't see the shore. Best thing to do drop your anchor and wait till daylight to enter the harbor.

[@Gribbo9999]

But very comforting on a vessel out in fog before electronic aids made knowing your position at sea a trivial matter!

[@roddydykes7053]

SpicyRaider not as terrifying as the sound of the hull splitting open on some rocks you’ve just smashed into

[@imbhulu]

But in the 1800s, you could call batman with it.

[@daymondsawyer9605]

@@imbhulu you're thinking of a lighthouse

[@factstudioofficial93]

I feel like everything in this video is so clean and peaceful.

[@hmcredfed1836]

Tröööööööööööööö Trööööööööööööööö

[@robotkabot7541]

Exactly. It's like mechanics asmr

[@adrianthoroughgood1191]

Quiet, peaceful, serene. That is, until Bert Racoon wakes up!

[@brendenpischke6060]

@@adrianthoroughgood1191 Oh. My. God. I forgot about that show! Thank you for that.

[@TheBryce98]

Along with the vintage charm of the old machinery in the engine room, and the pendulum clock timer. Just 😌👌

[@4dshow]

That’s the sound a dad makes blowing his nose into a hankie.

[@teamistro5270]

4dshow thank you I had a good laugh

[@larrythecat5743]

4dshow can confirm

[@johngoyer]

😂

[@andrewmilito2634]

Disturbingly accurate

[@BIGNOIDS]

Ok zoomer.

[@ringandpinion3064]

I'm a retired compressor mechanic and have worked on a variety of other industrial machines, that would now be considered antiques. There is a great sense of satisfaction in watching the old mechanism work, even if it is for nothing more than nostalgia.

[@santiagogiuntoli6726]

Can relate... theres something uniquely soothing and captivating you only find on those old machines running slow and healthy. Almost trascendental, or probably indeed so.

[@Thomas-xm5ym]

What powers it?

[@deuswilktm7341]

Can't explain why, but this video is so satisfying. Shots are great, sound is perfect... It just make me feel warm inside. Great job!

[@TheCryptKeeper8]

Probably because there's no stupid, so-called, atmospheric music. It is what it is and nothing more; super stuff.

[@matteod7317]

It's called ASMR

[@salmiano2094]

I get chills every time. I couldnt agree more

[@ZilogBob]

You must be an engineer or at least one of us who loves engineering.

[@deuswilktm7341]

@@ZilogBob Well, yeah. On road to become one :)

[@beef633]

"Quick Bob sound the horn that ship is gonna crash!" **45mins later, still carefully squirting oil** Dammit Bob

[@captain_noo]

You had one job Bob!

[@MushVPeets]

@@captain_noo You had one Bob job!

[@GM_-]

😅😅😅

[@thecommenter578]

Bro, lubrication is always important. *ALWAYS*

[@charlesmitchell3009]

His name is Brian

[@fortitudevalance8424]

My great uncle was a merchant navy man from Hartlepool. He remembers the foghorn from the Heugh lighthouse and can tell the difference between the sounds from different foghorns up and down the coast from Sunderland to Hull and beyond.

[@cortanaai5083]

I feel like i can conquer the world with that horn on my side

[@Crazylom]

All we have to do is find a huge bro who has enouth lungs to use this shit. Just imagine how it will blew away towwns...

[@cortanaai5083]

@@Crazylom Yess😂😂😂

[@rjles_]

Cortana AI first you need to learn to conquer your spelling tests before you conquer the world

[@cortanaai5083]

@@rjles_ 😂😂true true

[@jatinsingh8217]

Me:* has exam next day My brain: Wonder how a Sumburgh Foghorn sounds like

[@corrick4339]

KZbin recommendation: "You wonder what this foghorn sounds like"

[@felimraftery4141]

CP facts

[@WantedbyDev]

Are you live in Indonesia?

[@mokshitkumar3048]

Been there

[@jatinsingh8217]

@@WantedbyDev nope bro

[@ayrtoncoetzee1546]

Imagine hearing that at night all alone in the fog.

[@ac06god1]

Ayrton Coetzee imagine hearing the chicago tornado siren alone in the fog that is the end of the world siren

[@roundish7796]

Imagine that is my truck horn to get mother fuckers out of my way

[@blitzkrieg7353]

Siren Head? Holy fucking shit

[@AleLGB]

@@blitzkrieg7353 I guess I couldn't describe how much I would shit myself if that would ever happen

[@capnskiddies]

Hard a starboard

[@geckosean1995]

I just wanted to say I periodically revisit this video because I love it so much. The simplicity, the sounds, the masterful editing. It always gives me goosebumps.

[@jjjamieson4740]

That's made my day Thankyou!

[@McHeisenburger]

How to _really_ piss off your neighbors in 319 easy steps.

[@XNos2018]

Well that's alot of steps

[@wkslicex2508]

@@XNos2018 but they're easy

[@theexchipmunk]

Nah, this is professional level. You can just build a air raid siren from a bench grinder and some scrap wood.

[@aidanokeeffe7928]

Perfect number of likes

[@XNos2018]

The communit say 319 steps well you 319 likes So good

[@Matteus733]

Interesting video didn’t realise so much went into it.. also was waiting for a Viking longship to come out of the mist at the end

[@dboy4ever]

SHIELD WALL!!

[@NJPurling]

Those Vikings were probably wondering if they had been welcomed to Valhalla by Odin himself blowing his horn. Nope... You lads just got lost.

[@brentbowman4498]

VIKING SHIPS COME OUT OF THE MIST OMINOUS SIGHT!!!!

[@StanVanGundy1]

the horn isnt real, theres actually a massive cow that lives on the island

[@Sanglierification]

Is that a "your mom" joke?

[@StanVanGundy1]

Sanglierification shutup

[@Sanglierification]

Ok sorry

[@aneezbhutia5190]

The your mom joke was pretty funny

[@mysteriousfigure2683]

It’s Cowzilla

[@jsra09]

Imagine his job description: "I tend to toot my horn a lot"

[@arjunpancholy2921]

So interesting!

[@assu4lt]

I was expecting to be dissapointed and hearing an MLG horn Instead I was not ready for this beauty

[@Corvid]

AHA yeah, I was expecting ear rape Smashmouth or Big Smoke going "AwwwWWWWW!, and the seagulls to drop dead out of the sky.

[@27julio]

Meanwhile people in a country nearby recording noises that they can't explain 🤣🤣🤣

[@23Paddy32]

Hahaha :D Mystery solved

[@whogavehimafork]

People in Belfast: HORNS IN THE SKY THE LORD RETURNS, REPENT YOU HEATHENS!

[@lynxb8576]

This is the best comment 😂😂

[@anillusion4046]

Hahahaha I thought of the same thing.

[@OnlyGrafting]

Norwegians pure shitting themselves like

[@BigMuff75]

This is proably the most reassuring sound when you live in a place like this after a heavy storm.

[@vbsing4469]

KZbin: *recommended* “fog horn sound” Me at 2am: 😳

[@mendesdecarvalho385]

5am 😂

[@lithium7590]

The accuracy at reading this comment. Exactly at 2:00 am

[@lemongrandad9964]

Bruh it's actually exactly 2 am now 😂

[@ajeemmddany8430]

3am 😂

[@screamingcat142]

3am

[@nimmen]

I don't know why this was recommended to me, but it was beautiful

[@KeshiaFowler]

koenigscat same but I love getting there’s

[@tonythetiger9839]

same

[@pantstime4529]

I feel like i’m watching a wes anderson film

[@corbin101]

Gleppy Gloop yes!

[@thrax6388]

Gleppy Gloop I was thinking that exact same thing

[@syedkahar4679]

Lol true though

[@Yourlibrarian]

I appreciate this comment.

[@GouthamRanonymous13]

Yessss

[@Elephantine999]

Love the old and beautifully maintained mechanical equipment.

[@kingOfTheStreets100]

“Sir sound the alarm!!!!” *15 minutes later, and halfway through the start-up process* “Sir the ship has smashed into the rocks and everyone is dead...”

[@thanos4959]

Josh King sounds about right

[@fluffypuffyboy586]

engineers: how complicated should the horn be? everyone in the discussion: "Yes"

[@exoticl0197]

@@WillyJunior me

[@andrew1898]

Lol its pretty simple actually. You should of seen the bombing alert horns the brits used. They were powered by v8 American motors lol. That horn uses the best tech avail at the time.

[@qwertyuiop-rg4mj]

@@andrew1898 Not sure how common the Chrysler V8 were in Britain, the more common sirens were rotary, for example the Gents' Syren, Castle Castings Siren and the Carter Siren

[@uwu_commrade1682]

It's a pretty basic design actually basically looks like some compressors like on a ship hooked up to a mechanical timer

[@bodychoke]

Not funny. Be quiet.

[@notgaryoldman1178]

The cinematography in this video is just excellent. Great editing and direction as well. Thank you for uploading to this site a video that actually makes good use of proper filmic conventions. I find that I keep coming back to this video just to...well, _watch_ it!

[@mohammadamir4486]

Wow is that you gary oldman?

[@thebusterdog921]

You're easy to please obviously. 2:23 of my life I'll never get back.

[@louismethe8464]

This is truly a masterpiece. To us contemporary navigators, fog signals are obsolete as electronic nav instruments give us a continuous and accurate position in almost every circumstances. However, even today they remain spooky and hit our imagination as by definition they indicate dangers: Hearing this in the distance without knowing where you are must have felt like wolves howling to a moose.

[@shinobuoshino5066]

What kind of shitty navigator can't tell where the sound is coming from?

[@twanzwart]

Why does this keep getting recommended EVERY year or so? This is the third time I'm watching this satisfying video lmao

[@kg4boj]

Google doesn't always take you where you want to go, sometimes it takes you to where you need to be.

[@cosmicdraconian6712]

@@kg4boj deep

[@thewaterdude]

The description says it's an annual thing, maybe this is recommended every time it's played

[@etymos6644]

Every time it's seriously foggy.

[@ralanham76]

Lucky you, I've just seen it once now

[@johnwood551]

All that could be replaced with smaller more efficient devices today . So glad they kept that wonderful piece of machinery that still works so well. I love old technology like that ,especially when so well maintained.

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

When engines were made to last centuries...

[@ShainAndrews]

That is the only true way to measure quality. Low hours, low power output. consistent operating environment... yup that is quality.

[@accountname9506]

I mean what's the point in that? Even if it's static, you'll be getting it replaced in 2-3 decades at the most because things just get better.

[@lowlightevangelist9431]

@@accountname9506We have planes from the 50s and trains over 100 and automobiles and some old sewing machines too, America.

[@accountname9506]

@@lowlightevangelist9431 All the planes from the 50s are typically owned by private citizens, they aren't used by anyone doing serious things for the most part. What are you talking about 'automobiles'. And 'old sewing machines' used by some hobbyist doesn't count and you know it.

[@DevSolar]

@@accountname9506 We have a groundwater pump in our basement. Roundabout 80 years old. We had an O-ring replaced when I was a kid, and that is about it. What is there "better" to replace it with?

[@Knappist]

What a haunting sound, love it just a shame we have lost them in general use around the UK coast 🙁

[@noelwallace5257]

I agree, living in south west Cornwall on the coast in Mounts Bay….. don’t hear them, wish I did!

[@soupisgoodfood923]

I live in Guernsey and we get foghorns but not as cool sounding as this one

[@cianmoriarty7345]

Really?! Weird 😬

[@dominos6576]

Yeah, satellite and computing technology have done that.

[@thesierrastandard7281]

foghorns in the San Francisco Bay Area still sound like these lucky for us!

[@bluesrocker91]

The loneliest sound in the world.

[@mrbubbav674]

The Paranoid Blues Man and the most depressed sound of the world

[@troypulcifer7140]

The Paranoid Blues Man More sounds like a Godzilla fart

[@paulchappell9606]

So true

[@mcnagynorbi]

LOL Currently there is 404 likes on this comment.

[@misunderstoodswami8272]

Gunna hate me for this but 667

[@bouchee2007]

i love the simplicity of the video and how it covers everything. no crappy music, no voice overs.... just a great video

[@aishamarquez4984]

No demonic people speaking through it and ruining it with their dumb words

[@scrungobeepis5443]

Plus we get to see the cool machinery

[@guts1859]

@@aishamarquez4984 Demonic people?

[@EnergyOfQi]

Imagine just hearing that in the distance bruh like that kinda intimidating, very cool video tho

[@bruh_cringe06]

Bruh

[@robertallen6710]

Intimidating?...nahhh

[@chickennuggetsonastick2388]

Alec’s Stuff I’d be fucking terrified

[@ridered7262]

Oh no way, It's so cool I love that sound. Hell I live in Az and look forward to going to the ocean and hearing that.

[@Engelbird]

i'd shit the bed.

[@colbyandbrennen3543]

Something about this is so majestic yet haunting

[@bedtundy4793]

"The Horn of Helm Hammerhand, will sound in the deep. One last time!"

[@UNC030]

"Forth all Eorlingas ! Charge !!"

[@sebastianlazer8570]

@@UNC030 epic music follows

[@thiagofeltrin9841]

I can se a movie on my mind, maybe I've watched this too much kkk

[@danielhenderson762]

Shall*

[@busterbeagle2167]

.........SPEACH!!!

[@dalva91]

“Why's it bad luck to kill a gull? “ - “In 'ems the souls of sailors what met their maker.”

[@larrybaken595]

I literally finished watching that 2 hours ago, what a masterpiece! Randomly saw this and clicked because that sounds was fresh in my mind and was interested

[@OEGOD]

Fantastic movie. Seen it twice since it's release.

[@Goobie-]

@@OEGOD can i get your opinion on why is it a fantastic movie? I watched it and I felt like i wasted 2 hours, staring at a wall would be more entertaining, i just didn't get it.

[@1jackct]

@@larrybaken595 what movie?

[@yaku1203]

what movie

[@AntonyShannon]

The sound could be heard up to 20 miles away in poor visibility. It was last used in 1987

[@eddherring4972]

And how far away can it be heard in good visibility? 😆

[@awsomesauce03]

what are you on about. they just used it there now.

[@analphabet1996]

@@eddherring4972 In all conditions 23 nautical miles (43 km; 26 mi)

[@awsomesauce03]

@WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. this was clearly filmed recently your logic doesn't hold up.

[@kevins971]

WE WUZ VIKANGS!!! n shiet. That makes no sense

[@ryanhennessy]

Now sure how I ended up here for the second time in a year watching a foghorn video. Still incredible.

[@jjjamieson4740]

Cheers Ryan, hopefully see you again next year!

[@kleropunt277]

2:00 you can hear Chewbacca stepping on a Lego

[@2inTurboo]

The fucking "lol" ruined it

[@kleropunt277]

@@2inTurboo I will edit it

[@etzerdlasgaudistuben5300]

topkek m8s

[@reygomez8917]

Lmao

[@pike796]

😂

[@krashd]

Radar and GPS spelled the end of the foghorn, no need for them now that vessels can see in zero visibility. It's a shame because they have such an amazing sound, I still get chills during the intro of the Hunt for Red October when you see the Red October leaving the Polyarny inlet with foghorns sounding in the background.

[@phoenixrising4073]

It was cold and hard that day.

[@Kosh_Naranek.]

Ships actually do still use fog horns regularly. Radar and GPS are extremely useful, but they go out far more often than you might think. Especially in high traffic areas near ports, even if all instruments are working right, many captains will still instruct that the foghorn be sounded regularly. You never know when a ship around you is going to have an instrument failure.

[@SportSoulLife]

What Kosh Naranek said. The radar and the gps in particular are very useful tools for the officer on watch, but they should not become the navigators of the ship. Electronic devices can malfunction or display faulty information, foghorns and navigtional lights never lie.

[@nomadben]

I recommend watching The Lighthouse. It's an incredible movie, and has an intense, recurring foghorn in it.

[@SportSoulLife]

SchoolTerrorist Ive rarely seen/heard fog horns from lighthouses, but the lights are still in use. Also lighthouses have a radar beacon that shows up as a morse letter on the radar screen which can be compred to the letter on the chart, so its impossible to miss it. We still use the lights from lighthouses though, along with large structures on land that when lined up show that you are in the middle of the fairway. Buoys are more like guidlines that should not be relied on as these can move due to ice, low tide + current or break free completely.

[@michak3729]

When Christopher Nolan makes a movie. And at the beginning there is such a sound you know that the movie will be good.

[@WarningSirensOfUpstateNY]

It’s amazing to see how much goes into sounding one of those foghorns!

[@WakeDaDead]

Legolas -“That Is no orc horn” men yells - “Open the gates!”

[@purplealice]

The diesel-powered compressor is *SO* steampunk! ;-) But the horn's voice... reminds me of the old story about a prehistoric creatures coming up from the depths of the ocean, because it thinks it hears the mating call of one of its kind... and destroys the lighthouse building in its ardor...

[@matimil1000]

The giant dragonite?

[@purplealice]

Actually, it was a dinosaur, which had been awakened by nuclea weapons testing in the Arctic - the original story was written by Ray Bradbury en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fog_Horn

[@cranklabexplosion-labcentr8245]

It was Sunn O)))

[@chicohaze787]

What are you smoking

[@purplealice]

It was a short story by science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, with the title "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms" (eventually re-titled "The Lighthouse").

[@EtzEchad]

I grew up in Duluth MN, I always loved to hear the fog horn on days like this.

[@scopex2749]

Superb engineering i love these old stationary engines slow but reliable like Swiss clocks!! I always wanted the job as a keeper sadly now all automatic :(((

[@Shannmeister]

Loco Krazy Yep me too. A perfect job for me an introvert. :(

[@doriangohdes5047]

Swiss clocks are slow? 😄

[@michael7324]

Loco Krazy old Victoria era machinery. I have no proof it's Victorian but it sure looks old.

[@davecrupel2817]

A job you might like, fellow introvert, is a freight train conductor. Days traveling in nature.

[@IanLConnors]

One of a good few videos I will always rewatch.

[@durhamskywriter]

That was superb-the tension-building was very well done!

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thanks, I appreciate that

[@cooldog2116]

I hope this comes up on my exam tomorrow!

[@edenfeledrum1540]

Cool Dog did it come up in your exam?

[@cooldog2116]

Kevin Frank Unfortunately the oligopoly market structure came up this year on the economics exam instead of fog horns.

[@chef9524]

Cool Dog I have exams tomorrow rip

[@BeTRoNiCz]

underrated comment

[@dddf27]

I have an exams soon

[@olddieselguy1]

Mad respect for the editing skills. I was on the top deck of a cruise ship a few years ago, horn went off as were ready to depart. Unreal how loud it was. I swear it rattled me so hard that even my ankle bones were buzzing

[@OHFORPEATSAKES]

I used to work in a ship yard. One day some wise-guys stayed late and hooked up a ships horn underneath our table... Compressor air feed lines through the wall to the other room and all. At 06:30 we came in for our shift and sat down for coffee. It was like the room exploded!! Best prank they ever pulled on us.

[@geraldhall7463]

That's very cool. I didn't know it took all that work to sound a foghorn.

[@Vares65]

All the stuff down below is the air compressor to pressurize the two large, red tanks outside. The clockwork in the top is the timer for when the horn sounds, which is VERY important because the time interval between blasts is how mariners can tell which horn is sounding and use that to navigate safely.

[@HyouMix]

What the hell is this horn supposed to be?

[@NarenMariappan]

@@HyouMix To warn navigators of a presence of a vessel or obstacle or shore. It best works during fogs or poor visibility.

[@Vares65]

@@HyouMix It's a fog horn. It was used in the days before GPS to warn ships that there were rocks here that would sink them. They also used it to navigate in the fog. These days it's more of a backup to GPS.

[@LuxioV2]

Gerald Hall same, kinda gutted there isn’t some red faced guy on the verge of passing out on the inside 😂

[@うにゃあうん]

Tention builds up, while satisfyingly spiffy machinery ticking, and it culminates with cinematic and magnificent foghorn. a masterpiece.

[@seabarstwo1589]

Silent hill veterans : *Ahhh shit. Here we go again*

[@evilsharkey8954]

Stalkuru, I thought Silent Hill had an air raid siren.

[@VadimKudim]

@@evilsharkey8954 Yeah. We have one of those damn things in the neighborhood several times a day, followed by the announcement to stay at homes because of COVID-19. Pretty startling sometimes.

[@FNAFNicky]

[Big Smoke] ALL HAVE TO DO WAS BLOW THE HORN, CJ!!!!!

[@PyrozPlayground]

The video, the sounds, the editing, the build-up, everything is incredibly done! Beautiful!

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thankyou!

[@vnth2186]

Still not louder than dads sneezing ¯\_ಠ_ಠ_/¯

[@yottaforce]

The fillings in my teeth keep falling out.

[@subscribeorsus6862]

@@yottaforce hi Dad!

[@Pacific0_]

🐉✔

[@vnth2186]

@@Pacific0_ ✌🏼 bro give me a mention in the post on Instagram. Its alpha_hunter21

[@ammo1296.]

Translesbian Helicopter hi dad, I’m dad

[@nicholasgoldsborough1563]

That played like good short film! Absolutely beautiful.

[@TheArgento2012]

Whoever made this video has the soul of a filmmaker, there are very good shots there!

[@thatguitarist9340]

This gives me Half-Life 2 Coast vibes. That fog and the scenery with the sound of the seagulls creates that source engine, half life 2 feel irl

[@Rew69]

that's what i was thinking

[@Патриарх-В]

Это где?

[@threeamigos4725]

True...

[@L.L.2045]

Wow good point! What this shows is how well valve caught the atmosphere of places in hl2. You know a game archieved immersive greatness when the real place reminds you of the place in the game which was built after that real place.

[@themechbuilder6171]

@@L.L.2045 the word immersive couldn't describe it better

[@Wheezy1]

Honestly one of the best pieces of media I've seen in a while

[@TheWizardYeof]

This is the coolest damn thing ever. That one shot where it was zooming in on a bit of the clock/timer looked like it was in a movie, and it should be.

[@matthewholcombe5996]

Just imagine taking this to medieval times for war. Scare the shit out of the enemy

[@Dakblasta]

Lol foghorns aren’t for war tho

[@hotgamesex182]

Dakota Williams that’s not the point he’s getting at

[@Drelam]

They'd think its judgement day

[@steamyninja8881]

quantomlink456 • It’s extremely foggy, you’re about to run into battle alongside your hundreds and hundreds of allies. You all prep yourselves to run through the fog blind, knowing that your enemy lay on the other side, waiting to hear your war cries to ensue in a bloody battle to the death. That’s when through the blindness of the mist, far on the other side you hear the horn. You all freeze in place and you hear the captain say “By my by.. they have the gods themselves on their side..” You look up in complete fear, the blaring horn piercing your very sanity as this time it was the opposing side who’s war cries filled the air while your allies quiver in place, a solid portion of them dropping their arms and backing up before the fight had even started. This was the beginning of the end and you knew it.. then you poop inside your armor.

[@blvd6653]

@@steamyninja8881 That was dopee

[@jurgen5122]

1:47 I was expecting a giant serpent like from the god of war or giant kraken to appear after that massive horn.

[@azh3383]

Adrian the second shot with the empty road and like Cthulhu rising up

[@mohammedsabbagh3041]

Lmaoo

[@thewindgamer2607]

That would be so cool in a movie

[@tuckercrawford220]

Such an intense build up to that moment I was totally waiting for the same thing 😂

[@driverz991]

Go look up HollywoodScotty theres a video with this sound in and serpent

[@stuartwilsdon9683]

I could listen to that all day. Magnificent.

[@swagphxswagphx]

They take that Fog Horn very serious I see very clean machinery room well maintained makes me wanna clean my shop now......

[@moshadoe]

And the sound. It is well oiled, so it just sounds perfect. No squeaks, grinding, or any unpleasant noise. Just the click and clack of the well tuned machine.

[@TERRYBIGGENDEN]

Absolutely fantastic micro-documentary. What a find here! :-)

[@dat_squirrell_bish]

1:25 when it’s a minute left before summer break starts

[@lewiq]

You’re a fucking comedic genius

[@dylanbarnes6111]

Summer summer summer summer

[@hypercake9360]

Wow

[@ZA-mb5di]

I resonated with that

[@nunosousa8162]

*High School Musical wants to know your location*

[@the-unwoke]

What a simple yet beautifully put together video. Thank you for sharing this!

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thankyou, I'm glad you enjoyed it! JJ

[@ThePsiclone]

some nice engineering went into that set up. Surprised to see riveted air receivers still in use. must have been well made indeed.

[@MrStabby19812]

ThePsiclone when stuff was over engineered back when that was made. Modern stuff is designed to break and your lucky if there's spare parts.

[@volvo245]

They're about twice the thickness that's necessary and probably often re-painted and dried of any condensation.

[@mattthomas4026]

+robuk1981 if there's spare parts. You got it!

[@alanwatts8239]

This thing sounds amazing. It's like terror morphed into sound.

[@Zechariah340]

My grandfather would say: "Beautiful, just like a well oiled machine."

[@MrKarli120]

Someone after "The Lighthouse" movie?

[@shravanshetty19]

Same horn was used in the movie

[@MrKarli120]

@@shravanshetty19 Yeah

[@MrNinjaTube]

why'd ye spill yer beans

[@cheyenne2197]

@@shravanshetty19 Nash point foghorn, not this one.

[@pneumati8537]

@@cheyenne2197 Was this one according to Sound Designer and Re-recording Mixer Damian Volpe on Soundworks podcast

[@SnowyIceCream]

This comment is a meeting point. See you two years later when this vid will be in our recommendations again. May the youtube algorythm be with you.

[@justadood5483]

I think it has been 2 years since the last time it was in my recommendations

[@mike-vg6hl]

It’s in my recommendations now. I will meet you in two years from now. You take the champagne.

[@georgesturdy7040]

Remember the fog horns growing up in Dublin they were so loud but yet beautiful to listen to

[@nmd1120]

As a fellow editor and videographer, I'll say that the editing in this video is phenomenal. Perfect documenting.

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thanks Nick, I truly appreciate that!

[@nmd1120]

@@jjjamieson4740 of course!

[@Otaner142]

Release the kraken .....

[@Zeckmon3]

renato muu Lol

[@MoonDQueso]

Best comment sir💪🏼🤣

[@migilha]

lmao 😂

[@lostboynotfound]

*zip*

[@shutupzach5759]

We’re being invaded! Sound the alarm! Three hours later

[@zerge83]

:DDDD

[@kingramass443]

Shut Up Zach

[@marcelojuarez3344]

aawww shit made me spit my coffee hahahaha

[@Goproarchive7678]

LOL

[@haraldpettersen3649]

Zach - About 2 min if you know what to do.

[@zellafitzpatrick8077]

i was rivetted watching this short video. Beautiful mechanics. The foghorn sound is incredibly soulful like the sound of crickets at night

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thanks Zella, glad you enjoyed it!

[@michaelkealoha976]

this might be the Trumpet that everybody is hearing across the world

[@sethjames9984]

Michael Kealoha 😂😂😂

[@ConspicousFaux]

Michael Kealoha Omg nice one lol

[@ConspicousFaux]

Dick Guzinya He isn't

[@balderlevonhard9547]

Is just a Supersonic Spy jet airplane

[@adambussert6298]

Space whales

[@p.f.886]

I want this thing as my car horn

[@meowmeowmeow594]

PAF 3474 even better, the tripod horn thing from War of the Worlds

[@help3102]

Oh shit the drivers gonna be scared af

[@DemonioSfatto]

solo sgarbi può averlo

[@brewbearbrewer9510]

Me too. Not sure if it's possible tho, these things need a lot of air and air pressure... and big (like car size) horns

[@rocksane6667]

Good luck with that

[@shustyrackleford_710]

Many people have already said it here but its worth repeating: Both the shots and editing in this video were perfect. Nothing life changing but you absolutely hit the nail on the head as far as providing a quick thorough satisfying piece of content. Everything you want to see and not a hair extra I love the internet!

[@pamgeddes5346]

Wow! I've never seen anything like this! The steps and machinery involved! I hear these as I live on Canada's east coast, so I have a new appreciation for the haunting yet beautiful sounds and how they are made!

[@snicketysnickets]

What on Earth is this and why am I watching and enjoying this?

[@mickleblade]

Because

[@mikaeluhl]

It's

[@arloc357]

Because it’s YES

[@mergrew0110]

There are not many sounds so evocative and emotionally primeval. I suspect the tone is chosen as the deep note carries the furthest.

[@wazzuptrey]

This video is a genuine piece of art. I was NOT expecting to see such a beautiful edit this morning. Very cinematic!

[@jjjamieson4740]

Thankyou @wazzuptrey , that's really nice of you to say! Have a great New Year!

[@TheExiledTexan]

Shit's so damn loud they can probably hear it over on Orkney.

[@erlend6338]

We do

[@lyricalpinnacle1525]

1:38 *Starting to feel like EDM and waiting for drop*

[@fj_lowkey1728]

Raghav Edms trash

[@fj_lowkey1728]

All opinions are unsolicited, who asked you to comment? 😂

[@amason94]

I feel like this is man's ingenuity screaming out loud over the land and sea saying "I AM HERE AND I AM ALIVE". Just voicing out into the ether. A cry of life. Ominous isn't the right word, just present and commanding, calling, announcing.