In the 1950's, there was no Made in China, there was Made in America. The USA produced 50% of all consumer products at the time, seriously.
@erg0centric
5 жыл бұрын
How did that get screwed up? I mean, you had girl welders!
@joepalooka2145
2 жыл бұрын
Up the 1970s and 80s, there was virtually no Made In China either. China was still a totally isolated country where everyone wore pyjamas and waved Mao's Little Red Book. Made In America was still the symbol of the highest excellence in manufacturing, innovation and production. But then the Communist Chinese and greedy Western corporations got together to exploit China's vast pool of hundreds of millions of cheap slave laborers. Why pay American workers in $$ when you can pay Chinese workers in pennies, and make a much bigger profit? That's why China is so powerful today. We gave it to them.
@joea1433
5 жыл бұрын
Visiting naval officers: McCale and Captain Binghamton.
@thetigerstripes
5 жыл бұрын
Nobody knows who they are. I remember though.....but I’m and old man.
@denniswhite166
5 жыл бұрын
This made me LOL.
@packingten
5 жыл бұрын
@@thetigerstripes yeah me toooo,forgot Chuck Parker&Fuji....lol Gruber...Tinker.. Willie and did not use google just memory of my Fathers favorite show,Dad was on DDS USS MERTZ 691... RIP MC HALE gang and my Daddy...
@dr.dickie1418
5 жыл бұрын
And Ernest Borgnine WAS in the Navy, and served in WWII, not on a PT boat unfortunately.
@calvinking8586
4 жыл бұрын
Their boat wasn’t an Elco it was a Higgins boat if I’m not mistaken.
@stephenandersen4625
5 жыл бұрын
hard to imagine that only 2 men made all 326 keels , wow
@db-zc9xv
4 жыл бұрын
I swing a double jack the same way the man at 2:50 does. Other surveyors have called that "goofy handed" but I get better control driving a pipe vertically and straight that way.
@mrfester42
4 жыл бұрын
"A girl welder is doing what used to be a mans job!" Imagine that. A girl welder!
@cgustafson240
4 жыл бұрын
During ww2 that was common place. Most of the men were in some sort of military service. My grandmother was a welder in a shipyard in Baltimore MD at that time.
@MrMisanthrope1RBjr
4 жыл бұрын
a helpless beagle
@shawnstam
14 жыл бұрын
What happend to america. We produce nothing.
@wilburfinnigan2142
5 жыл бұрын
shawnstam the Damn bean counters sold us out !!!
@packingten
5 жыл бұрын
SOLD OUT!. CARTER CLINTON BATH HOUSE barry...
@randygreen8916
5 жыл бұрын
Ask Hillary's Husband...he signed NATFA.
@garymckee8857
5 жыл бұрын
I wonder what happened to these manufacturing facilities?
@robg9236
4 жыл бұрын
A couple of the buildings still exist, with "ELCO" on the walls. Abandoned and empty on Newark Bay.
@garymckee8857
4 жыл бұрын
@@robg9236 Thanks
@networkbike543
5 жыл бұрын
Why is it everybody can work together during war.
@lordgarion514
5 жыл бұрын
Probably for about the same reason why not much would hold your undivided attention quite like a gun pointed right in your face.
@joeyjamison5772
5 жыл бұрын
Most people didn't want to learn to speak German or Japanese.
@viewingut
15 жыл бұрын
Only in an American factory!
@albertbryan7132
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to see one made of carbon fiber.
@shanerobbins6733
5 жыл бұрын
That girl welder was pretty hot!
@guineapigzed
4 жыл бұрын
A girl welder LMAO
@Profabdesigns
5 жыл бұрын
Funny how no injuries and no safety glasses, or OSHA either....Common Sense and talented hands!!
@Alvan81
5 жыл бұрын
Dont be stupid. Of course there were injuries. Why would they put that in the newsreel? What do you think happened to that guys joints after swing that axe repetitively for years? It was War; so sacrifices have to be made, but don't live in fantasy land.
@mrfester42
4 жыл бұрын
How do you know there were no injuries? And talented hands? Certainly, but no safety glasses and no independent oversight is NOT common sense.
@shuggy1110
15 жыл бұрын
Thank you...I am very fond of PT's and I thouroughly enjoyed the series... what a beauty these boats were. They must have smelled great below deck, when they were brand-spankin' new. I have spoken to a few guy who served on PT's and they said the sound of the engines at full throttle was one of the most beautiful sounds they ever heard. Peace.
@wilburfinnigan2142
5 жыл бұрын
Those Packard M2500 purpose designed and built Supercharged V12 Did sing their song !!!
@TravB1988
4 жыл бұрын
@@wilburfinnigan2142 1800 HP per engine, x3 per boat, 5400 American HP!!!
@dtmspam
15 жыл бұрын
It would have been very fun to work on one of these!
@andreamiller7873
5 жыл бұрын
Dam,you see them in the water but you have no idea how big they are, when I saw them turn it over that really made me look again,,love the videos, thxs,gb
@d.cypher2920
4 жыл бұрын
I lived on a boat, 9 1/2 years. Anchored out about 3/4-1 mile out in boca chica bay, key west, Florida. One guy had a PT boat, converted obviously for live-aboard configuration. Whenever bad weather or a fellow boat dweller needed help, or towing... the PT boat guy was always the best answer. It's high gunnell and well placed chines made in well suited for inter bay maneuvering. Another fellow, Cuban American who came over during '80 Mariel boat lift' bought another PT boat, it was converted to serve as his fishing boat,and living quarters. I don't believe either still had their original engines? If i remember correctly...they had been swapped out for more modern Detroit diesels. *i can certainly see why they used them during the war.* Watching this, lends my mind more understanding of what it took to produce these craft.
@rockywiley9547
4 жыл бұрын
I lived on Stock Island overlooking Broken Chicken as we called it...think I remember seeing that PT....
@d.cypher2920
4 жыл бұрын
@@rockywiley9547 that's awesome. Fellow conch!
@d.cypher2920
4 жыл бұрын
@@rockywiley9547 broken chicken? The dirt spit that jutted out? Or the boat? Lol
@rockywiley9547
4 жыл бұрын
@@d.cypher2920 I could walk down to the seawall in the little trailer park we lived in and look across the Bay to Boca Chica NAS...saw a lot of F-4s come screamin in kick in the AB and shoot straight up at the end of that runway...
@d.cypher2920
4 жыл бұрын
@@rockywiley9547 I KNOW RIGHT!!! 😁 from our boat, you could actually see the top of the tail, of the C5 galaxy. Also, they would practice flying I'm guessing 500 feet above our boat. *it was awesome* I know that trailer park, it was between Boyd's campground, and Ming's no 1 boatyard, and marina. Dude, it's a pleasure to be re-introduced to these memories. *ty brother* 💥😎💥
@Elodea
11 жыл бұрын
I've heard stories from old PT guys that of all the PT's produced (and ELCO made the majority) you hoped to get assigned to one built by Huckins. Huckins built yachts before and after the war and they equipped their PT boats with hot water showers even though Navy specs called only for cold water. Huckins just tried to build everything to "yacht standards."
@ShelleyVideo
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure you talking about the PT boats built by Higgins Industries of New Orleans, LA.
@ridermak4111
5 жыл бұрын
Pretty sure the Higgins was the D-day landing craft. Pretty sure John Hacker (I could be wrong on this one) designed the PT boat hull. His beautiful mahogany speedboats of the 20’s were very fast. Huckins Yacht built 18 PT boats, none of which saw combat. They were kept for domestic defense and training.
@scottmcintosh4397
5 жыл бұрын
@@ridermak4111 "Higgins boats" were landing craft built by Higgins who also built P.T.'s.
@wilburfinnigan2142
5 жыл бұрын
@@scottmcintosh4397 Bingo !!! Somebody knows !!!!
@rogerk2049
5 жыл бұрын
A Fantastic process brought to life in this Video, men and women of America, thank you!
@kwasg3
5 жыл бұрын
@1:43 the one guy said to the other, "See Mack, I like my misses like a good chine....."
@6milesup
4 жыл бұрын
Moist and limber.... ah yes.
@scottacton173
4 жыл бұрын
My Mom and Dad’s generation, that worked and fought in that war. Then built the nation for my generation.
@billkilbourne6409
8 жыл бұрын
I know there are 3 late war survivors, all Higgins. To bad no Elmo's survived
@billkilbourne6409
8 жыл бұрын
Elcos
@davidcraig9779
5 жыл бұрын
HOW MANY MAN HOURS TO MAKE ONE?
@denisetrine3066
5 жыл бұрын
What the "girl" at the end is doing isn't welding. It's brazing.
@denniswhite166
5 жыл бұрын
She could be oxy-acetylene welding.
@eddgong
5 жыл бұрын
Brazing is welding but not correcting you just saying , just a different of many types but actually the oldest and most difficult to master I think ,if you can braze good looks and strength you can pretty much do all the others , Tig especially
@denniswhite166
5 жыл бұрын
@@eddgong My Dad made me learn oxy-acetylene welding first then brazing before arc welding and tig. Then mig and arc welding.
@eddgong
5 жыл бұрын
@@denniswhite166 dENNIS MY dAD DIS AS WELL , IT SEMS i BELIEVE IT WAS A CONSTRUCTIVE END TO A VERY BAD AND DANGEROUS HABIT iVE HAD SINCE OLD ENOUGH TO STRIKE a kitchen match to a flame ...I burned our outhouse down ,well almost down there was styill some uncharred wood , (funny when things get flamed up you try and put distance between you and it )system of survival I guess ,but after that severe butt whoopin , I decided to move my business to the sawmill down under the hill in our back pasture ,caught that outhous on fire ,Momma saw smoke from the kitchen and I was nopwhere to be found ,she drew up a 2 gal . bucket of water from the cistern and I met her cum,ing down the hill waddlin with that 2 gal . bucket ,as I was coming up the hill she made me go home and grab another bucket , we/she put out the fires , fires meaning the fire had jumped from the out house to the slab pile , when done instead of the short route back home she wanted to go the long way around ,as she got to the pear tree by the gap in the fence shereached up to get what i thought to be a couple of pewars instead sher sstarted twisting on a branch , and came down with a switch , she had me by one arm as we started for home and every other step was a swish of that switch coming accross my rear end , Id guess a good 1/4 mile , it finally got numb or she got tired as we passed a mudhole wehere my lost big blue plastic battleship was floating ,as I tried to break away from her to run get it ,Momma found her 2nd wind and nope my butt was not numb ........where was i going with all that ,my dad being a pretty smart fella figured he'd teach me something constructive to do with my love of sparks and fire and with all that broken down log trailers and stuff he'd break in the woods ,taught me to do the same and to have that stuff ready for the next morning 12 years old then and by 15-16 I was doing it for my run around money , I was lucky Daddy did a lot for me , we bought two welding treucks with pipeliner rigs and a nice large shop and while I may have had some nice stuff to work with I'll put emphasis on WORK every day sat.and Sun. too ,after school I was under some pulpwood truck or tractor or a broken pair of grabs or a lawn mower earning my run around money and in his on way saving m,e from the llittle crtiminal I could have been (Thanks Ed )and I didnt burn our house dowwn .BTW Im 63 now and I still love a good flame .....
@eddgong
5 жыл бұрын
@@denniswhite166 Dennis we werent spoiled kids in fact we were just poor folks hauling wood for a living or Daddy trying to do what he could to keep the lights on , we bought a grocery store (bank loans then other business followed , Id workl the store the welding shop and every night at 730 my butt was at that store cleaning meat saws ,I hated that nasty job . Every thursday it was mandatory all hands on deck including my little brothers who seemed to get away with everything ,but stocking them shelves when the wholesale truck dropped off the groceries , toting sacks of feed fopr folks ,I was so proud when I was able to thropow that 1st 100lb sack of all grain or chops across my shoulder and out the door to plop it down accross a car hood ..... Stuck at trhe welding until long after hiigh school ,welding out in the gulf for a very short while ,whgile passing my pipe tests I was still to immature to take the job as serious as it needed , worked for a few other municipalities and gravel piuts etc ,until I realized I could play this guitar and chase fat girls all night ,drink and carouse until daylight and not get filthy and greasy ..then that job lasted 37 years ....too bad no benefits or retirement plans ,never thought Id live this long anyway ...LOL all the best to you and yours
@MitzvosGolem1
2 жыл бұрын
As a marine mechanic boat yard guy i loved this. Thanks
@sharkfin2009
5 жыл бұрын
I love America
@duggiesmith4043
5 жыл бұрын
Nice
@6milesup
4 жыл бұрын
One heck of a lot of work for something that seems could be sunk by a few well placed rounds.
@rogueart7706
4 жыл бұрын
Wow! Did I just see a woman swinging a hammer?
@zoesdada8923
5 жыл бұрын
Building this way would be impossible today
@jasonrhodes9683
5 жыл бұрын
A girl welder? Even I think that is a little sexist.
@erniebonacum2379
5 жыл бұрын
Look at all the women on the assembly line!
@usn83001
5 жыл бұрын
The history is fantastic. Not lost.
@cristinafultz2378
5 жыл бұрын
I want to work there
@solstar4778
5 жыл бұрын
I would like one for today’s market the public would love them!
@andreamiller7873
5 жыл бұрын
I would like to have one on lake cumberland dearing poker run,ha
@RSBSTEADICAM
12 жыл бұрын
Cost
@vstar7196
5 жыл бұрын
Very enjoyable video. But I wonder how many cases of carpel tunnel came as a result of all of that hand fastening.
@davidupton9354
5 жыл бұрын
Can you just imagine what it would take to get this boat built now? Between the unions and the environment people, it would take a hundred times LONGER!!! If it could be built at all. But, I love these old films. I used to get up at around 5am on Saturday mornings, just to watch, Industry On Parade. One week it might show how to can beans, and the next, how to build a John Deere tractor. I guess that is where I learned to work with my hands. Don't even ask me the many different things that I can do. Let's just say that I have built and destroyed a couple of different companies! 😁 But, it's rare for me to have to get someone to do something for me. But, since I'm getting older, it's probably going to be more often.😉
@lordgarion514
5 жыл бұрын
This was during war. Government had a lot more power to get shit done. I'm sure a few prison threats were made as needed to speed things up.
@davidupton9354
5 жыл бұрын
@@lordgarion514 Prison threats? Where does that come into getting something built? Can't figure out where you got that from.
@lordgarion514
5 жыл бұрын
@@davidupton9354 If you were the owner of a company during WW2 and you held things up, the military could very much arrest you.....
@dnomyarnostaw
5 жыл бұрын
What a pitiful point of view. You want to condemn hundreds of workers to slow agonizing death from carcinogenic wood dust and formaldehyde-based wood glues that have poisoned workers for 50 years. This "old school" ignorance and uncaring attitude disappears when you have to use an oxygen tank to get around.
@davidupton9354
5 жыл бұрын
@@lordgarion514 You are about as full of shit as a Christmas turkey. The government can't force anyone to do anything. Hell, were that true, the government would just be able to go into any company and tell them to build something for the government, weither they wanted to or had the time to or the friggin money to. Government doesn't do anything except regulate what the people can do, when they can do it and how much they can charge for it. If what you are saying were true, the government wouldn't have to pay for anything, just tell the people what, when and where to do anything. I guess that is a thing that you would love, it's called Communism!!! Is that what you want, comrade?
@foofooblenda734
5 жыл бұрын
the audacious attitude toward employee enjoyment of their job was wiped out by unions sad we worked happier then
@stephenandersen4625
5 жыл бұрын
we had unions then. more workers were in unions than there are now. company provided coveralls and a canteen sound like union benefits, I imagine there were few if any non unionised shops in New Jersey at the time.
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