This is the best three minutes you will spend all day. With regard to short films we’re going on record as saying this is one of the best we have ever watched because in the amount of time for a horrid pop song to play you get history, awe inspiring visuals, heart warming human interest, and a sense of both history and scope few other feature films have ever delivered to us. To call this a film about an insanely massive steam engine would be foolish because it isn’t. To call it a profile of the old guys who keep it up and running each day in an English museum would be wrong as well. This is a look at the things that draw us together, a look at how we find purpose and meaning in what we do each day, and a testament to the value of passion and commitment in your life. The simple quotes from the retirees who service the engine and keep her massive components happy are the best parts of the whole thing. The smiles, the gentle ribbing, the respect for the massive iron beast that they tend to each day. Man this is GOOD.
Out of respect for the filmmaker who did such a fine job of tying his visual story up in such a neat little package, I’ll do my best at the same and simply direct you to watch the video below and tell us in the comments what you think. You know what we think. Agree or did we miss it?
A HUGE thanks to II Much Fabrication’s John Ulaszek for the tip on this amazing short film.
In this age of robotics, autocad and cnc its hard for some to understand that these machines were designed by engineers with sliderules, translated to paper by draftsmen and produced by craftsmen in hot sweaty factories. There wasn’t anything they couldn’t build. Great video of even greater men.
My father was initially a machinist and he did his apprenticeship in Boston working on steam locomotives. When he related his experiences, I could see his love for the trade and those machines.
The magic and wonder of machines like this one is incredible. I could sit for hours just watching something like this. Makes me feel awestruck and my imagination goes wild wondering what it would be like to maintain and make one. People today easily forget what makes things work and how they work mechanically. I wonder if God looks at his creations and feels the same awe I feel when I look at a machine. To see the imagination at work coupled with the beauty of creation.
JUST WONDERFULL… EXCELLENT….Was a Boiler Tech. in the U.S. Navy