Behind The Scenes In A Chicago Skyscraper In 1980s
Behind The Scenes In A Chicago Skyscraper In 1980s
I have got to say, this was a fun job. Just going into the Chicago Sears classic skyscraper ad knocking on people’s doors and asking them if we could film what they were doing at that moment was surprisingly interesting. Most people’s jobs were interesting and people seemed involved. The jobs were probably more interesting then than they are today if I had the same responsibility to knock on people’s doors in any skyscraper in America.
Goddamit Bob wake the frick up 😀
2:51 He sounds like Beavis
A lot of these folks are being rather, ahem, _performative_ ($100 a week guy). Of course, nobody’s used to have a camera in their face, or at least not back then.
The claustrophobic era of interior building design.
Where’s the hot girl in the photo, ie. the reason I clicked on this??
4:19 I’ll bet you a billion dollars he’s talking to an empty line and just wants to look badass😃
It’s really not that long ago. Even so, the picture looks so dated.
The women were so pretty and dressed so feminine…men were men and they knew that women wanted it that way.
Thank god I worked my whole entire working life not Being in a high rise.
I LOVED this. Thanks so much for posting.
And back in the 60s, the Prudential Building was one of Chicago’s tallest buildings. Then came the John Hancock Building and the Sears aka Wilson Tower.
I’m watching this in February 2022. 46 years later! Surely you would think that all of the people in this film are retired. Even young Bill the maintenance guy changing the light bulb while the older experienced guy, Bob, gives careful instructions only to drop and break the bulb at the end! That was too funny! Great film! Loved it!
Reminds me of the films we use to watch in school. My Aunt work at the McCormick building in Chicago back in the 80s.
9:07 Napoleon Dynamite
Loved it!!
I have always been curious about the goings on in these monstrous skyscrapers
wow that lightbulb thing was absolutely HILARIOUS. best comedy is unscripted. those 2 should not be allowed near lightbulbs. just saying.
Lady in the thumbnail is hot
you did a great jop there , who was the Documentary announcer ?
My mom was around 22 somewhere in South Florida being Fly AF & never knew my dad exsited When this was filmed lol thats so crazy. i love this channel! tthanks for all the Gems 😘😘
2:00 I’m watching this in March 2022 and wondering why these people aren’t wearing masks. 😷 Good grief. 😓
Bob dropped the light bulb.
1976 is when my parents met, they used to go to bar/club called mothers. i was born a few years later in the next decade.
It’s impressive to see a filmmaker capture the spirit of an era in only ten minutes.
"Wake up, man!" (smash) 😄
It is so fascinating to me to watch this old footage from the 70s and 80s, and to be reminded how different sensibilities used to be, as compared with today. I wouldn’t say that people were naïve, back then, but they were not seemingly as encumbered by societal baggage. There was a sense of decorum and respect for everyone’s role in what was happening.
You filmed a lot of interesting things David. I’m glad video streaming sites were invented so you can share it for years to come.
"I got a philly cheese steak on a Manhattan sidewinder!"
I 100% blame that rude ass lady with the dumb questions for the glass breaking @3:45
*SMASH*
Come on, Bob. Wake up.
For a brief moment, I felt like I was there watching this.
3:47 kaboom.
Also very good video 👍🏻
This reminds me of the movie “Return from Witch Mountain” (1978) which features inside and outside footage of an industrial nuclear power plant of the time. (At least, that’s what it was in the story. I actually don’t know for certain if they used an actual nuclear power plant.)
all that being careful talk and they still dropped and busted the light bulb lol
Smart phones have ruined our lives & we don’t even realize it yet.
You can tell this is legit historical footage because everyone is slim
Is this film available in its entirety? I’d LOVE to see this. Please let me know how I can view/buy a copy. Thank you!
That was fantastic! Im 29 and i feel as though i should’ve been 29 back then.
Should have been a 3 hour doc!
It would seem Bob has some attention issues.
I grew up in a suburb of Chicago and this footage is depressing to me because Chicago is cold and miserable during the winter, hot and humid during the summer, with buildings that are industrial, clinical and devoid of humanity.
Click bait the Charlie’s Angel n the thumbnail is about 70 years old now 😩 I thoroughly enjoyed the video nonetheless 💯
@5:10 i’m curious how CB Radio works inside a building with so many concrete walls
So, was this in the 1980s, like the video title says, or 1976, like the introduction says? Going by the computers shown, and that the narrator mentions “by 1990” about the computers, I’m more inclined to estimate this was the 1980s.
What camera was used at the time of making this
nope…cant do it. 8 years ago I quit my desk job and became an electrician. Never again will I sit behind a desk or be glued to a computer. fuck that.
Love these time capsules of yours David
People were no BS back then it just different their mannerisms.
Hey David, you mention the Sears tower in the description. Is some of the footage here from the Sears tower (currently named the Willis tower?) It seems that the Prudential building is a different tower than the Sears one, which is much larger.
A small part of me is wishing I was still that young guy making the trip to Michigan ave. We worked hard, but played equally as hard. Many late night trips on metra. We were all trying to “move the needle”!
Wonderful. People today can’t imagine what life was like before everyone had a cellphone and computer with the internet. How was life possible?🤣