We revisit Nostalgia Corner with this look back at the demolition of the Festival of Britain site. The Festival of Britain was a national exhibition held in the summer of 1951. It was organised by the government to give the British a feeling of recovery in the aftermath of war and to promote the British…Read moreRead more
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Video – Festival of Britain demolition…
Video – Demolition, Yorkshire-karate style…
Vintage film captures demolition by hand…and feet. Health and safety folk, look away now – We’re about to ruin your day. We have just stumbled across this Movietone film of a demolition contract being carried out by a team of Yorkshire karate experts. Eschewing hard hats for hard heads, safety boots for bare feet and…Read moreRead more
Video – Bonaventure expressway demolition begins…
Work starts to remove Montreal overpass. The demolition of Montreal’s Bonaventure expressway has begun as crews started taking down part of the eastern-most section on Monday. The roadway will eventually be turned into an urban boulevard. The Bonaventure coming into Montreal will be lowered to ground level with a green area between the traffic heading…Read moreRead more
Video – Last call for Brazilian silos…
Implosion fells 19 silos simultaneously. It is a sight that will bring a tear to the eye of any devoted beer drinker – particularly those in South America – as 19 silos owned by brewing conglomerate InBev fall to a controlled blast. The impressive implosion was carried out by our Brazilian blasting buddy Fabio Bruno…Read moreRead more
Video – Excavator falls in bridge collapse…
Operator lucky as bridge collapses beneath him. An amateur video captures the moment a bridge collapsed, sending an excavator plummeting onto the road below. Thankfully, press reports suggest that the operator was unhurt and there were no injuries reported at the scene in Ashland County, Ohio.
Video – Another Berlin landmark falls…
RIAS transmitter tower falls to mini blast. The RIAS transmitter tower once served the most powerful medium wave transmitter in the world. Weighing 55 tonnes and standing 160 metres tall, the tower was also one of the tallest structures in Berlin. But it is no more. A barely audible blast felled the structure this weekend,…Read moreRead more
Video – Kodak building gone in a flash…
Dykon carries out yet another successful blast. A former Kodak factory has been demolished in Rochester, New York. Building 53, which was previously used for the manufacture of negatives, came down in a controlled implosion on Saturday. The demolition is part of an ongoing regeneration of Kodak’s Eastern Business Park.
Video – Meet the Processorsaurus…
Up close with a mechanical monster. With the Jurassic World movie doing great business at the box office, we thought we’d bring you our own version featuring the “Processorsaurus”. We spotted this particular beast in the wild recently and just couldn’t resist the opportunity to film it in its natural habitat.
Video – Carmenita bridge demolition underway…
Santa Fe Springs residents face week of overnight closures as bridge is removed. Caltrans has begun the demolition of the old Carmenita Road Bridge above the Santa Ana Freeway in Santa Fe Springs. Officials expect the project to take three weeks.
Video – City block gone in a minute…
Time-lapse video condenses eight month contract into 60 seconds of demolition action. Watch the 12-storey Cathedral Hill Hotel occupying an entire city block in San Francisco as it is demolished over 8 months, compressed into a one-minute time-lapse.
