Secret visit of Notre-Dame roof and frame (English) - Toute L'Histoire

Discover one last time the hidden wonders of Notre-Dame de Paris and the lives of the people who worked there.
Extract from the movie "At the Heart of Notre-Dame" : One of the most famous icons of one of the most famous cities in the world, the Cathedral of Notre Dame now welcomes more than 13 million visitors a year. This film, with unprecedented access to the inner workings of this most sacred of monuments, tells the story of the building and of those who work in it who are part of a tradition dating back to more than 8 centuries!
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[@litogor]

This frame was almost 900 years old but the oaks that were used to make it were obviously older! When they were cut, the trees were 300-400 years old, so the wood that burned was about 1200-1300 years old. This frame was unique ....

[@sanapadsense1999]

If they rebuild a wooden frame (which would surprise me) they would need more than 1300 oaks at least 150 years old

[@GrnArrow092]

@@sanapadsense1999 That's going to be a big challenge. It's been said that France has no trees that would be the required length and age to restore the roof as it was. It's truly going to take an international effort in order to restore Notre Dame to its former condition.

[@sanapadsense1999]

Good thinking GrnArrow092 but the trees are not the problem, moreover the foresters and even a French insurance company "Groupama" provides several hundreds of oaks over 150 years. There are still some beautiful forests in France and they have trees. The problem is that rebuilding wood would take much longer, so a metal or concrete frame might be easier and more efficient to set up.

[@leknu146]

@@GrnArrow092 la France a abattu 200 chênes France cut 200 oaks to rebuild the frame.

[@IVORY123100]

I am an older master carpenter ., Timber framer . I would joyfully work the rest of my life in helping to restore Notre Dame . I understand the love of wood and being A Catholic as well .. Know how much this means to a Faith that is seemingly in decline .. I want to do this .. Glory be to God

[@maxwellfan55]

What's a master carpenter?

[@kathchristian6781]

@@maxwellfan55 ~ A Master at their trade. I'm marrried to one of these geniuses and they are becoming a dying breed thanks to short cuts in this noble industry. If you don't have a roof over your head. ...well....x

[@maxwellfan55]

@@kathchristian6781 Thanks for replying. What concerns me is that the term 'Master Carpenter' is a self appointed, subjective title with semi-romantic overtones that doesn't actually exist, except at events like the Antiques Roadshow, usually by gushing descendants of former cabinet makers and carpenters (or 'chippies'). It's made up by someone obviously admiring and flattering of someone's work, that's all, and the problem is that it's misleading. Your husband might be a good carpenter, so you say, but how is he a Master Carpenter, and why? Speaking as a qualified carpenter with over 25 years hard, often dangerous, time served experience in the building trade, and having worked alongside some amazing tradesmen, hearing someone call themselves a Master Carpenter would be just laughed off a building site. As for the guy who introduced himself as an "older master carpenter" timber framer and Catholic with 'a love of wood', well I don't believe him. Carpenters just don't talk like that.

[@gracecollins8415]

+@maxwellfan55 Not true, from sweeper, apprentice to journeyman, it is a slow progression to acquire the skills and experience to produce work of a sufficient standard be considered a master of any trade or craft from glassblower, stone mason, cabinet maker etc.,. It is no different to earning an academic Masters degree. The planning and construction of rooves and gutter drainage were always the particular province of Master carpenters when major buildings were constructed using the simplest of tools and knotted string. It is simply ignorant to dismiss the level of intelligence and skill that these men possessed to be able to build such endurable and complex structures.

[@maxwellfan55]

@@gracecollins8415 Thanks for replying. You make a number of assertions and refer to me as 'ignorant'. I can take the ignorant but I'll question the assertions. To begin, I assume by your name you're a woman, apologies if you're a man called 'Grace'. What practical experience do have of the building industry? Probably none because most woman won't do it for their own reasons too numerous to explain here, but I'll name two I've come across. It ruins their hair and finger nails. It's not sexist, just the plain truth. So perhaps you're talking as a history academic using flowery, romantic titles such as apprentice to journeyman etc. From my perspective I trained, qualified and spent most of my working life in the building industry, including joinery manufacture and fitting, inside buildings, outside buildings, even roofs, (not rooves BTW). During those 25 years of unbroken, often dangerous and uncomfortable labour, frequently getting ripped off and cheated out of earnings, I trained and worked alongside many highly skilled carpenters, joiners and other trades you would have never met. I saw their work, recognised their skills, their abilities in undertaking tasks of the the most challenging complexity you would not have a clue about. So I will know much more than an academic about the practical world of carpentry. Agreed? Never ONCE did I hear any of these fine men refer to themselves or others as "Master Carpenters". That was my point. The people who do almost certainly have nothing to do with the building industry or construction. So please don't think me, or the tradesmen I'm referring to as ignorant. I have always had the ultimate respect for those carpenters who's practical, mathematical, and geometrical skills allows them to set out, plan, and execute complex carpentry such as vaulted roofs, or winding staircases for example. And I know the history too, and seen it from a keen, tradesman's eye because I've also repaired and shored up mistakes such as overloaded roofs, so never assume old skills=good. I have huge respect for the men who built great structures of the past, like the English cathedrals for example. You have tried insulting hard won practical skills and intelligence and it has left you looking a fool. It doesn't bother me particularly because I have done it, whereas, love, you have not. Other than possibly read a few books. So time to apologise, if you have the humility to do it. Just a couple of other things you should also know. Architects (who have little or no practical skills) generally plan structures, not carpenters. Like Wren for example. St Paul's was not designed by a carpenter. And traditionally, plumbers generally take care of water flow and drainage. Historically they would be highly skilled in lead systems. Not the job of carpenters.

[@monsieurm6975]

The choir stalls and the Rose windows are absolute, spectacular examples of Gothic Western architecture; the building is one of the pinnacles of Western civilization.

[@weilheimer78]

The choir stalls are Barock.

[@alexandervanwyk7669]

"fortunately escaped fire since 1240..." barely a day later and its gone. Murphy's law. Hope it can be reinstated again.

[@shithappenedwhatnow3028]

Documentary comes out showing weaknesses and those weaknesses are targeted. Murphys law? Nope.

[@Anubis81]

WOW this video is the definition of irony!

[@RonPaulyGirl]

INSIDE JOB. Watch "I, Pet Goat" on youtube, and you'll see Notre Dame coming down at 6:11

[@ingriddubbel8468]

Unfortunately.

[@Neznisgip]

@please subscribe ~ now they can turn it into a postmodern art piece to appease the church burners. It's called White Genocide, and the destruction of Christianity.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@Neznisgip white genocide? Don't you have opioid overdoses to worry about? Or China overtaking your batshit country in 10 years? The number one killer of white people, are other white people. Talk to your pharma companies, insurance companies, food companies, gmo farmers, energy companies, and manufacturers about it.

[@Cybercom_]

@@Neznisgip don't forget how these cathedrals were built on top of our forefathers' pagan temples

[@impressionQ]

The Irony if this video is skyrocketing!

[@JumpyThrone]

As a Muslim I am deeply saddened about the tragedy that happened, I am very sorry for all my Christian brothers and sisters may God bless us all with his glory

[@JumpyThrone]

@Youri van Steeg if you are Christian then you know your religion teaches you to not be racist and not to discriminate other religions. I love everyone and so should you if you're Christian. And btw I'm half Europen

[@thatonecheeze2090]

Youri van Steeg and thats not what there book says i think you need to read deeper and stop being so fuckin ignorant

[@goldnerdavid7191]

@Youri van Steeg Our kind does bombings and killing too..

[@goldnerdavid7191]

@Youri van Steeg we do, or shoot them up (christchurch) and shoot in crowds (las vegas shooting)

[@markc1234golf]

Inshallah my friend ignore the bad comments some of us know who is playing this game with us all . I very much appreciate your feelings and esp you articulating those. And on behalf of all of us who KNOW THE TRUTH i thank you. Unfortunately many people are still under the veil that the media and also the alternative media has put on them ... God is working hard he is finding his true flock i know this ...

[@Rusty_Gold85]

My Jaw had dropped to see what the Forest of beams and pinnacles and interior all looked liked before the fire . Then I fell over to see this was released shortly after the fire and workman had been on setup work platforms

[@pearltears8039]

At 4:24 she says.... This is where fire detections systems are soon to be fitted ..... Isn't this where they say the fire started ????

[@josephastier7421]

They actually had the fire detection system installed at the time of the fire (or it could have been even worse). The fire is thought to have started near the base of the spire. It spread from there up into the attic "forest" (where the video was made), at which point it became unstoppable.

[@namelessking8905]

An electrical surge in a place that has no electricity.

[@seananon4893]

@@josephastier7421 - I was told by a fire marshall, how wooden beams, that old and that huge, are extremely hard to burn, much less just spontaneously catch fire. Old, dense, hard wood, try and burn a log like that.

[@josephastier7421]

@@seananon4893 Those were oak beams, cured to perfection over hundreds of years. They would indeed be hard to ignite, because of their great mass. You will need a hot fire to get them going. The spire, constructed of smaller boards, filled that role of "log starter" perfectly.

[@josephastier7421]

@@namelessking8905 The fire is believed to have started below the spire - where there was electricity. It spread first up into the spire, and then horizontally into the attic.

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

@4:14 - "There's no electricity... and there won't be any" How come the roof fire (as per the official explanation) was caused by an electrical short circuit???

[@TheWilferch]

Don't understand your comment. It's been widely reported from many sources....that the renovation work currently underway before the fire did NOT allow ANY electrical work in the area of the roof or the spire, specifically for the risk of fire. In addition, I find it highly suspicious that the press sees this ( with some certainty) as an "accident", and not a purposeful act, saying this while the church is still burning without any forensic or arson investigation having been done. I'm not saying it was purposeful act, but one would assign at least a 50/50 chance of this, in absence of a follow-up study.

[@RedKnight-fn6jr]

@@TheWilferch - I left my comment a little ambiguous I have to admit. What I'm really saying is that the official explanation is very questionable given that there's no electricity allowed in the roof space where the fire started. I would in no way be trusting mainstream media.

[@TheWilferch]

@@RedKnight-fn6jr Agree....and certainly don't follow the Globalist and Left-leaning worldwide Main-Stream-Media. One must dig into details from various sources.

[@ОльгаМ-й4ш]

@Red Knight Exactly!

[@jeannecamara6039]

Red Knight 2014 you my right

[@RayMak]

Very sad

[@canadiankewldude]

Now they have a bit more to clean up besides dust. Such a shame, what a beautiful building. A sprinkler system might have helped, hopefully they will install fire suppression systems in old buildings like this now.

[@dreamstate8002]

yes, Satans house should be protected above all others

[@Aeternuss]

So she is explaining there is no Electricity in the roof because it is the most vulnerable part of the building. Remember this one when they will say it is accidental.

[@canadiankewldude]

No doubt.

[@sheilaghbrosky]

The work was being done on the outside. New lead sheets were being laid down. Molten lead is used to seal the seams. It woudn't take much to set the 900 year old timbers smoldering. It takes a long time for fire investigators to determine the exact cause of a fire. I have been following this closely and no official cause has been determined yet! Quit believing all these bull shit conspiracies dreamed up by ignorant racist twats!.

[@canadiankewldude]

Where are you getting "racist" from? You seem angry for some reason.

[@Aeternuss]

@@sheilaghbrosky The company in charge of renovation have stated in the french media there was no welding or any work using fire at that time.

[@joeltunnah]

SheilaghmBrosky Brosky, what do you mean there’s been no official cause?!? The french government announced that it was an “accident” before the fire was even put out.

[@earlysda]

According to official sources, there were 2 fires at the same time. What are the odds of that being an accident?

[@horstreiter2661]

Ich möchte mich sehr herzlich bedanken bei euch allen wir wünschen euch morgen alle eine sehr schönes Wetter und Klima und einen sehr schönen oster Feiertag

[@AlextheHistorian]

Guys there was no electricity installed in the roof structure....but just because there was no permanent electricity doesn't mean construction workers didn't bring electricity up there for their power tools during the renovation...the renovation which led to the fire.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

Don't engage the forcefully ignorant. This was an excerpt of an old video. Normal people know there was some sort of electrical installation from the temporary renovations.

[@sofiagallegos9038]

4:26 oof

[@tobiTaylorsVersion]

#taylorswiftapril26 refrence?

[@RaymondHng]

Doh!

[@nsr5961]

Sofia Gallegos I don’t get it I don’t know What that time frame is for?

[@FUNKINETIK]

@@nsr5961@4:20 this is where the fire detection systems are soon to be fitted

[@goatman7362]

Sad to watch this knowing now it’s all gone. But there’s always hope to rebuild.

[@fintan3563]

That was my biggest memory of briefly visiting ND some 30 years ago. So-o-o dusty and dirty! Now it is sparkling clean and beautiful. Might I say this clean beauty is the silver lining of the very dark, horrific cloud ☁️☁️☁️? 💙🤍❤️. 🇫🇷🇫🇷🇫🇷.

[@shaunmulkey1990]

Jet fuel cant melt wood beams.... wait.. wrong conspiracy.

[@bingo1232]

Shaun -- Do you know about this? www.lawyerscommitteefor9-11inquiry.org/

[@josephastier7421]

4:26 Every single wooden beam in this video is gone now.

[@v.dargain1678]

Every single one . Sad to think about . It was the most enchanted part of the building .

[@konrad8369]

There's no soot on the walls and columns! But for people with a task, that's unimportant, right? Just like when the poodle was photographed with 2 of his male black prostitutes, but you didn't see them engaging in any activity but talking, so there was nothing, right? Just because you didn't see he wasn't wearing any pants. The comment sections are overrun by cheap propaganda shills, as was to be expected when a psyop is started. Gay Macron had to steal all the collectibles to pay off his beautician, AND to remove all money from the economy to finance further fear porn. Sowing conflict between the virtual factions - religious subgroups that have all been created by the same perpetrators - is their modus operandi. As the scum calling themselves ''government'' must move the loot, there are more psyops in waiting for Ziopaedo-France. They have lots of gay jewish crisis actors to give a show that will have to be BELIEVED by the taxpaying cattle, or else. Pathetic inbred moron scum calling themselves ''nobility'' and ''elite'' when killing unarmed women and children. This won't take long, one way or another. Look forward to being enlightened.

[@josephastier7421]

@@konrad8369 Your meds have worn off again.

[@MM-Iconoclast]

@**Born From Above** Why is it good?

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@konrad8369 next time you take your opiods, please make sure that you don't wake up.

[@wendycunningham2479]

This video makes me livid. And the cover up on top of it. #notredamewasaninsidejob

[@giraffe_113]

Well, i bet there isnt much dust left to be cleaned now.

[@almeggs3247]

God knows and has said that he brings more souls to HIMSELF IN tragedies than complacency!

[@jerryg3524]

I would love to hear the opinion of Madame Dominique, Managing Agent in charge of everyday restoration, about the probable cause of the fire. OMG I'd hate to be in her shoes

[@dreamstate8002]

same as the one that burned the grand master templar perhaps

[@KossolaxtheForesworn]

if I were, I would scream it from the rooftops how it was an act of terrorism.

[@gtaylor178]

If there was not ( nor "will be") electricity in the roof space. What really caused the fire?

[@cnccarving]

there was electricity a worker forget to turn off his flashlight, then the two AA batteries had short circuit

[@pingpongpung]

Directed energy weapons.

[@Baritone45]

Power equipment, dullard.

[@Lockbar]

I wonder now how much less expensive it would have been to have had a 500 gallon water tank with high pressure hose installed in the attic and a 24hr./365 human fire guard standing watch.

[@zuluzero4659]

Roughly 80k a year compared to a 2 billion to repair the roof

[@gracecollins8415]

+Lockbar I don't believe that they didn't have security, the place was akin to a museum . There must have been enough people still on site to remove so many of the artefacts.

[@scotthopkins7711]

So sad to know now that it has been devastated by fire. It needed a lot of work before the fire also. Hope it can be restored back to its former glory.

[@ottovombaum2993]

Notre Dame was certainly fire-proofed! What should then the donation call? If my house burns down the fire insurance and that is duty in Germany. I do not know exactly in France. But with such a church that is certainly a must!

[@SoCalFreelance]

Wow, this is the first video where I've seen the wood structure "forrest of Notre-Dame". Easy to see how all that wood could create an uncontrollable inferno. Best to rebuild the roof structure with a beautiful steel lattice.

[@seananon4893]

You think 900 year old (maybe even older), solid dense logs, are easy to catch fire?

[@nanabusterd]

SoCalFreelance Ugh!

[@abyssmanur3965]

Beams that size need some sort of kindling to get the heat up first.

[@SoCalFreelance]

@@seananon4893 Yes?

[@grabemiermeier6249]

Ignorant fools here who don't seem to have much of a science education offering idiotic opinions/alternative facts on what wood is/what it isn't, so rich. Meanwhile, expert restorers in the UK are not surprised because similar events happened in restorations e.g. the Windsor Castle fire in the 90s.

[@erivera4928]

This video came out 2 days after the fire...no coincidence there.

[@Ominous89]

Call me crazy but to me, this looks like a real challenge and absolute fun to rebuild. J'apprendre Français pour le reconstruction de Notre Dame. Elle besoins grande passion! Elle clocher doit être un chef d'oeuvre! Identique comme elle êtait, mais avec tous les pinacles et la croix peint avec l'or! C'est mon rêve travailler la Notre Dame. Je prépare...

[@andrenewcomb3708]

Dust is also atoms & molecules. There are many substances that can bond simply by contact. Those various temperatures of liquification and gas-point (fire) occur naturally in all atoms & molecules at their surfaces. Water (vapor) is also doing the same thing. Keeping things as clean as possible is very wise. And aesthetically pleasing AND complimentary to architects & workers.

[@carolweaver3269]

True. It just takes one spark.

[@Pfsif]

You don't need "Fire Detection" if it take the Fire Department 2 hours to get there and there are no sprinklers. Brilliant France !!!!

[@seananon4893]

They could have dropped thousands of gallong of water on it from helicopters, avoiding the traffic, either really stupid people, or was another elite insurance scam..

[@kesterbathgate4531]

Not stupid. A fire expert said that would have caused more damage, the reason being that water is heavy. Imagine 'thousands' of gallons of water hitting an unsupported wall (the roof beams having gone), the whole lot would have toppled. The French fire brigade said as much in response to Trump's ridiculous comment! Water bombing is ok on the ground, not several hundred feet up in the air! @@seananon4893

[@joeltunnah]

Pfsif, you can’t put out thermite with water, just ask the 9/11 firefighters.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

Fake info, it took them 45 minutes at most. I actually did well in school and know that vaulted ceilings will have pockets where water can collect and bring the entire ceiling down, they even have pointed lead roofing because even heavy rainfall is enough to destroy the structure. If you looked at the post-fire pictures the holes may have actually saved the stone ceiling because the water had an exit instead of just collecting in the stone vaults. And gothic ceilings also project the force horizontally outward, hence the flying buttresses to exert an inward force and keep the building stable. Increasing the load by suddenly dumping water from helicopters will not only destroy the ceiling but also cause the side walls to crumble, along with the towers. So stop being an ignorant fool.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@joeltunnah and yet they were able to declare fire out with just sprinkles of water. So it's not thermite, you ignorant boob.

[@SrimanArcharyaJBC]

It is my sister Bina Bhagwanji Chitroda (before marriage) that is mentioned in a book ( Le Secret des Cathares ) along with myself and family and old Bhagwan RamdevPir Chitroda (Bhagwan KetuDev Chitroda history) Consolidation of India Gujarat Kathiawar Kingdom from around the 12th century not any other Bina or person that sounds similar as it’s a personal Royal Imperial Kingdom. My mother Bhagwati Pushpaben Chitroda is also predicted as the classical mother |P| function as also noted on Egyptian Hieroglyphics. It is my sister Bina Bhagwanji Chitroda (before marriage) that is mentioned in a book ( Le Secret des Cathares ) along with myself and family and old Bhagwan RamdevPir Chitroda (Bhagwan KetuDev Chitroda history) Consolidation of India Gujarat Kathiawar Kingdom from around the 12th century not any other Bina or person that sounds similar as it’s a personal Royal Imperial Kingdom. My mother Bhagwati Pushpaben Chitroda is also predicted as the classical mother |P| function as also noted on Egyptian Hieroglyphics. Please note that this has nothing to do with Indian Christians or Catholics or other non Indian Hindu Khumbars as they are not part of the Indian Hindu Khumbar Kathiawar Kingdom that created the Church system in Europe and North/ East Africa 🤴🏽🕉🔺➕

[@rebelwalzt]

This may sound like I'm "Reaching" but I recently played an old game called The Bourne CONSPIRACY (not any of the names for the movies and/or novels BUT CONSPIRACY!!!) At the very end of the game , you win the game by blowing up construction supplies on the roof of Notre Dame Cathedral and burning down the Cathedral. Of course you have all your nice Masonic B&W checker board floors when there is a death scene. Lots of satanic graffiti. Meanwhile! I'm glad I happened upon your Chanel!

[@dereklonewolf9011]

If you guys buy this as accident, I have a bridge to sell you. Wakeup and get an independent investigation 🇫🇷

[@eolden7749]

800 years and no fires. Yeah think???

[@dereklonewolf9011]

@@eolden7749 the western civilization is under siege and Nero is playing the violin 🇫🇷

[@odaydrums]

Everything that happens can be spun into a conspiracy to fit your needs. Its interesting to ask people like you what YOUR motivations are to believe what you believe.Start with fear and go from there I imagine.From there find facts ,semi-facts and outright lies to make you feel your right. Argue with people who oppose your view and make friends with people who agree with you.Maybe you are right or maybe not but please keep an open mind and use your intellect do not be one of the sheeple.I will try and do the same.

[@dereklonewolf9011]

@@odaydrums well Mark you have your opinion & I have mine last time I looked that's called open discussion. But there dos'nt seem to be one from Macron BUT that's my Opinion 🇫🇷

[@odaydrums]

@@dereklonewolf9011 I will at least respect your opinion. I frankly do not know enough of past church incidents to even have an opinion. My point was for people to have an open mind and understand we all have our biased 1st reactions. I am not trying to change yours or anyone's mind.Rather I just want people to be aware of why they are what they are.

[@JamesMilliganJr]

So beautiful, but now so sad.

[@bobstevenson3130]

Wooden roof that stood for 800 years lost in a single day...

[@stewart335]

Does anyone know the name of the music the choir is singing?

[@jrdeckard3317]

Go with lightning. Much more believable.

[@ArtbyKatina]

Now the fire that went through the cathedral will see her restored to the brilliance she deserves

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

That was my first thought. Its incredible that part of the building fell through the roof, and iy was covered with tarps for a few years, awaiting funds to repair.

[@josephastier7421]

Yes, in a twist of fate the restoration will now be spectacular and at the end of it all the cathedral will be better off. Still scared the holy bejesus out of everyone though.

[@nyxieestrella7354]

The problem is our "president" wants to do something "modern"

[@josephastier7421]

@@nyxieestrella7354 Macron is smart enough to listen to his advisors. Notre Dame will survive.

[@nyxieestrella7354]

@@josephastier7421 lol "smart"

[@mrk1075]

Looks like a scary looking place.

[@susanamuhlmann8233]

Where was located the lead that melted, burned and polluted tha air of the surroundings so much? What was it used for? Was it part of the wooden structure? There is no mention in the video.

[@lewisstennett7519]

The roof itself is made out of lead, it’s perhaps the best roofing material known to man. I myself have stripped lead roofs that are 300+ years old. It’s just a shame this happened, giving lead roofing a bad name. ( you can see the lead roof at 3:12 all that grey stuff is lead)

[@susanamuhlmann8233]

@@lewisstennett7519 Thanks very much!

[@killbill9203]

So was the fire system ever put in before last week?

[@grabemiermeier6249]

Yes, if you watched the news you would know that two alarms were noted.

[@kingofcomments4832]

This is an extract from the movie "At the Heart of Notre-Dame" - I'm sure it's from this, that the arsons chose the ceiling

[@Almansur8]

I'm so pissed. These beams were so old.

[@Engineer9736]

Everything on the planet is as old as the planet itself.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

True, but when you think about it, it’s amazing the roof survived as long as it did.

[@j-mobi9209]

Fire code is for every building irregardless of their age, especially your nation’s most treasured. Not sure why the French doesn’t know this basic fact.

[@aldousjove]

a fire detection system being installed?

[@roisinmangan455]

She said no one ever went up there and there was no electric up there. So why would they put fire detectors up there?? Surely a sprinkler system would have been the right system. How ironic it caught fire next day. Accidental...I dont buy that

[@gilessteve]

This video really brings into focus just what was lost in the fire. It's irreplaceable, but I hope they don't concede defeat and put a steel and glass monstrosity up there.

[@johnbarneswood]

The forest of Notre-Dame... How sad

[@scottsimmons7897]

Heartbreaking. I can't even watch this. Bottomline. France through negligence allowed an 800 year old work of art and national treasure burn. Outrageous. This should never have happened in the 21st century, especially when it survived two world wars and the French Revolution.

[@22fordfx49]

Now they are saying it could've been started by either electrical short or a burning cigarette lol. Seems like a wide range of possibilities. My theory is a christian hating muslim migrant with some gas and match.

[@kozmoz3308]

The maintenance on Eiffel Towel is every 7 years and it takes 3 years or so to finish. It costs a lot to maintain big facilities like Notre Dame de Paris.

[@just_in_key]

4:16 wow that's odd, okay france

[@elboyd5809]

I'm gobsmacked - if she is representative of the people who were the caretakers of the world's most famous catherdral - it was a disaster waiting to happen. There was clearly a lack of safety and security systems - all should be documented. NO FIRE DETECTION SYSTEM?? Negligence - what the Catholic church couldn't afford it? We were fortunate people did not die - and that was NOT because systems were in place. Shame on them.

[@nyxieestrella7354]

In France, all churches are in a very bad condition because they don't have budget for them. In my church, it's raining on the electric panel, and it's raining a lot ! But our government doesn't care. They take years to give a few euros and the "Patrimoine" is the first to suffer budget restrictions. They hate churches and don't respect our history anyway so it won't improve within the years...

[@MM-Iconoclast]

That is an old video. There was a fire-detection system. It worked, but they could not find the fire. The second time it went off they found the fire.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@nyxieestrella7354 fake, they don't hate the church. They just don't have enough money, nor enough reverence for the catholic church. Why would they, this is not the ancien regime? You reactionary dumbos should pay tithes to the parish if you want your church to be fully funded. But I'm guessing not enough people would be so generous. The modern world cannot sustain all these churches if there aren't enough faithful/fools left. Go to banana republics like the Philippines if you want to have pristine churches, but be miserable in every other aspect of life.

[@jonsmitt9769]

Notre Dame was a cultural landmark, visited by millions of people. It’s safety systems should be at minimum at the level of a sports stadium. Neither arson nor accident should have been able to happen. 870+ French churches desecrated last year, 1000+ the year before. Excuse me if I call bs on the accident narrative.

[@PhilippusFerrarius]

Extremely sad.

[@ingriddubbel8468]

This is very sad. The firefighters were amazing saving the cathedral. We now know how fast the roof structures would burn.

[@joeltunnah]

Ingrid Dubbel you don’t know anything. Numerous fire experts have said that 900 year old oak is very difficult to burn. This was no accident.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@joeltunnah fake, actual experts have said that old wood would burn easily. Even the friction from sawing or hammering can set the wood alight. Fake fake fake, idiot deplorable who didn't take the time to listen to experts or study science.

[@joeltunnah]

Grabemier Meier, nice job shilling for the islamist French government. Back in reality, numerous experts, including the guy who oversaw the 2013 renovation, have said the opposite as you. “Even the friction from sawing or hammering can set the wood alight.” LOL, you’re hilarious.

[@abyssmanur3965]

@@grabemiermeier6249 Actual experts is not a qualification and hammering can not set wood alight.

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@abyssmanur3965 and where do you get that information from? Or is that another baseless declaration from the great ignoramuses of modern society?

[@samirayis5830]

4:20 fire detection systems are soon to be fitted? And the church was burned? Its almost like most of the recent videos knew what's coming someone is hiding something.

[@TheRazvy1990]

This is inside job to get a lot of funding from around the world.....

[@whatyoumakeofit6635]

It seems so. Its going to by a massive task to source all theose massive oak beams in the roof.

[@bigpardner]

Due to open, straight and secluded nature of the roof support it looks like it would have been simple to install a sprinkler system there, even if it is a crude system with manually opened valves. Wouldn't smoke detectors that transmitted a signal be a simply and inexpensive? I guess when they reger to "the frame" it is the roof frame. www.notredamedeparis.fr/en/la-cathedrale/architecture/la-charpente/?fbclid=IwAR0k9RCyXGMZutn6NhcEa8z5d47UqsW-W75cTbB1hTyb4bKj9o-8cSszCQo

[@Skogbox]

@Robert Jerome No ... that would not fit in the historical building. It need to be original!

[@moow950]

50 Schilling There are no trees growing anymore like those 900+ yo trees that were used

[@ChristopherLeMans]

👍🏼

[@Pfsif]

30 million people visit every year, it was 15 Euro to go to the roof, 5 to the little museum inside, and 2 or 5 to light a candle. Hum, where's the money going?

[@grabemiermeier6249]

13 million, not everyone of those pay up because it's a place of worship and the general area of the nave, transept, choir and apse are free.

[@rendezvouswithpablo]

Church is a rip off . It is designed to take peoples money.

[@monsterjesse]

that's hard to watch

[@flubby18]

Two or three years to release the funds? WHAT?

[@GEliteG]

I speak french. Why do i read the subtitles.

[@GrnArrow092]

"The thirteenth century wooden roof structure has miraculously escaped fire damage." How ironic. It all went up in flames on April 15, 2019. I sure hope the cathedral will be rebuilt to its former splendor.

[@theovanstaden5766]

yes now its gone, all gone!

[@bennyboiart7781]

4:26 Not anymore : (

[@horstreiter2661]

Hallo sehr liebe Leute wir wünschen euch heute einen schönen ganz besonderen Ostern einen schönen ganz besonderen Gruß von uns denn Möge der sehr liebe Gott immer in eure Nähe sein und seine schützende Hand über euch allen halten denn wir wünschen euch von Herzen Gott sei mit euch allen an den ganz großen besonderen sonnigen Tag von Wert grüße silvia Horst

[@rtmtv892]

Uwe na ako

[@VgPaassen]

can you upload the whole thing or do you know where to find it??

[@gracecollins8415]

Mayham Is this what you are looking for? kzbin.info/www/bejne/o5yqe4B7rdF1r80

[@pavelavietor1]

Hello if there is not electricity wy I burned to the ground. Saludos

[@grabemiermeier6249]

This was an old video circa 2013, the renovations would have introduced some temporary wiring especially around the scaffolding.

[@1inAtrillion]

how on earth can the French Govt say it was not arson and an electrical fault when the fire was still burning yet there was no wiring up there ?

[@norman_sage2528]

They said there is no electricity in the roof. So, how can a fire start there? I smell something rotten in Denmark.

[@Baritone45]

Yeah, it's your crotch. They had power equipment on the scaffolding doing repairs, genius.

[@erivera4928]

@@Baritone45 lol

[@bigpardner]

When was this video made?

[@lechiapolska5069]

cyprianpolakwiara.blogspot.com/2019/04/17-iv-2019-katedra-notre-dame-zostaa.html

[@bigpardner]

Thanks, but I can not find the answer to my question there.

[@tonygould1524]

That's what I would like to know as well.

[@helenepoulin3615]

2016 www.programme-tv.net/programme/culture-infos/10078746-au-coeur-de-notre-dame/

[@luiseduardo586]

Merci beaucoup! @@helenepoulin3615

[@hgsert2733]

Fire detectors soon but not sprinklers ! LOL

[@danielhanukaev3967]

I dont beleve this is an accident

[@grabemiermeier6249]

As long as you don't do anything with that stupid belief.

[@antoniochiappetta4833]

Architect? She never thought of a fire suppression system up there? Dope!

[@d.t.2331]

how about muslim detectors ??? the very next day security at NYC church stopped a guy with 2 gas tanks and lighter fluid from entering...

[@bhavikajogi9210]

Maybe she had thought of it but they didn't have the funds remember she said it took them 2-3 years to raise funds for the roof maybe they finally were close to the amount and the tragedy happen. who knows? All I know is it's done now and it's the saddest thing but I hope atleast now they take necessary precautions they also have all the fund now.

[@whatafreakinusername]

@@d.t.2331 That guy wasn't even a Muslim.

[@d.t.2331]

@@whatafreakinusername 800 year old oak would not burn like that UNLESS it had gas on it

[@d.t.2331]

@@whatafreakinusername kzbin.info/www/bejne/f4ubo4FmpMSfi9k

[@brooksiefan]

4:20 ... that shows they knew that "la forêt" was an over sensitive spot in the cathedral. Hope all that structural wood to be replaced by light metal work

[@usernamenotavalible9032]

If they want to rebuild the outer roof In lead (its original design) then metal beams wouldn't be rigid enough to withstand the weight, in this scenario, they would likely use red oak (treated this time around) as per the original design

[@grabemiermeier6249]

They will surely debate between a traditional restoration with wood, or newer materials. But honestly, traditional materials would work better with the entire structure. In the 19th century they used concrete for repairs, and while advanced materials like portland cement are durable, they wrecked havoc on the existing limestone. Even stainless steel almost destroyed reims, they had to go back to using plain old iron bars to reinforce the cathedral.

[@gracecollins8415]

+@@usernamenotavalible9032 Oh for some Sheoak.

[@horstreiter2661]

Und habe wirklich sehr vielen Dank für euren ganz besonderen Gruß für uns beide denn wir haben uns wirklich sehr gefreut darüber ganz herzlichen Dank an alle

[@simoncooper6752]

'The 13th century wooden roof structure has miraculously escaped fire damage.' Er...You were saying?!? 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@KarateDo81]

de-am cunoaste viitorul...

[@Agusnico-yq5wv]

4:29 This didnt age well...

[@RoseSharon7777]

33 meters up. Huuummm.

[@johnnywhite58]

OK - tell me where I'm going wrong here? really? During the original restoration BEFORE the fire - how much would it have cost to have an after hours watchperson in a portacabin on the roof who would have patrolled the roof every half hour or whatever?

[@RonPaulyGirl]

INSIDE JOB. Watch "I, Pet Goat" on youtube, and you'll see Notre Dame coming down at @

[@mimipeace6796]

I visited Paris during Easter holiday and I noticed that the french don’t give importance to health and safety comparing to the British( I live in London) one night before the fire I told my husband that one day French people will wake up on a disaster. I was right.

[@litogor]

It should be known that the old monuments are more numerous in France than in England .... and generally older too. Nevertheless, it does not excuse that such an inestimable cathedral catches fire in 2019 while for almost 900 years several generations of French had always saved ....

[@mimipeace6796]

litogor I totally agree with you. I loved the architecture of Paris. Every building is a piece of Art for me. I was really amazed.

[@MartinOcando]

Maybe I'm wrong, but I can't take from my head the idea that the fire was caused by someone smoking in the scaffolding of the roof. Not some electric issue, that we now see from the video that there was no electricity there. We went to Notre Dame a week before the fire. In fact, we attended mass on Thursday, April 12th. And one thing that really amazed me about Paris is how much people smoke there. We were so fortunate to have enjoyed Notre Dame since it will be at least 5 or 6 years since the public will be able to walk inside again.

[@kamuykaz01]

De quand date ce reportage ?

[@helenepoulin3615]

2016 www.programme-tv.net/programme/culture-infos/10078746-au-coeur-de-notre-dame/

[@kamuykaz01]

@@helenepoulin3615 merci c'est contradictoire avec la vidéo de l'ingénieur de notre dame qui dit qu'il y avait des sécurités dernier cri.

[@curlyanneb1973]

The French. Have the most beautiful language.

[@gramps2matt]

For all the comments alluding to arson because the roof didn't have electricity helloooo the contactors rigged extension cords and generators for the electrical equipment they were using. The electrical short was in their equipment.

[@butteer22]

4:26 well shit

[@rendezvouswithpablo]

Inside ( job) Notre Dame 😂😂😂

[@RunJVHRun]

4:26 ...oof!

[@denni_isl1894]

No electricity at the roof.

[@gringologie9302]

Around 2010 electric system and fire detection system were fully review. The wood cathedral was in old "chêne" wood, like rock. Very very difficult to burn. In every work on this kind of building, the process, control and inspection are like anywhere else. The chief in charge of the last restoration said that he is very very very very sceptics about this fire. Plus our gov saying thats an incident, when the cathedral was still burning... paris vaut une messe. Macron vaut une cathédrale.

[@danielhanukaev3967]

Must be invistigations in tnis case

[@grabemiermeier6249]

Either you live under a rock or you refuse to acknowledge the ongoing investigation.

[@danielhanukaev3967]

Meier, listen you better open your mind and seek for the true and justise... or you afreid for something?...

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@danielhanukaev3967 my mind is open and i am not afraid, the only people who say that to me are the ones who actually need to heed their own advice. I am not an idiot, I have advanced degrees in science and know whom to believe. And I don't believe someone of obviously lesser intellect.

[@danielhanukaev3967]

...even you so smart Meier, but God knows the true and your knowlege is not working

[@grabemiermeier6249]

@@danielhanukaev3967 im so smart, i even know there is no god. So what now?

[@Marcpapi]

“Fire detection systems are soon to be added”

[@kerigpope]

Anyone know when this documentary was filmed? A reference would be helpful. 👍

[@grabemiermeier6249]

2013

[@Baritone45]

The water damage doesn't matter now.