Chinese Fuse and Firecracker Manufacturing (English Full Documentary / November 2003)
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"This documentary is about fireworks manufacturing in China.
Visit a Chinese firecracker, cracker and cake factory. You can see how the firecrackers are made from scratch. You see, different techniques and machines. Watch the fascinating steps as "hexagons" are bunched together, then cleverly cut down the middle. Then see how the tubes are loaded, crimped, fused, lined up and packed. Filmed, edited and narrated by a western expert. Factories near Liyuang City, Hunan Province, China"
"Diese Doku behandelt das Thema Feuerwerks-Herstellung in China.
Besuch einer chinesischen Knallfrosch, Cracker und Cake-Fabrik. Sie können sehen, wie die Feuerwerkskörper von Grund auf hergestellt werden. Sehen Sie, unterschiedliche Techniken und Maschinen. Beobachten Sie die faszinierenden Arbeitsschritte wie "Sechsecke" gebündelt werden, dann geschickt in der Mitte geschnitten werden. Dann sehen Sie, wie die Rohre geladen, zum Crimpen, verschmolzen, aufgereiht und verpackt sind. Gefilmt, bearbeitet und erzählt von einem westlichen Experten. Fabriken in der Nähe von Liyuang City, Hunan Province, China" _____________________________________________________________________________
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Every time I open one of those little red packs of firecrackers I’ll think of this video. Amazing stuff. Now I understand why the world needs 1.5 billion Chinese.
I think I'd go crazy working at any of those stations all day...all week.
Your ears will learn to ignore the clanking sound. But you will grow deaf.
not to mention the fact that the poor woman needs to wear a business suit and jewelry.
@@artie9403 She's probably the shift manager.... got promoted after the other blew themselves up while on smoke break.
I doubt you would last a day.
Being a pyro at 8 years old , now 75, I really enjoyed your Documentary...thanks....zoom zoom zoom an' a boom boom....
My compliments to the editor for not yielding to the pressure for an MTV-like montage of jump cuts, and for allowing the hypnotic oscillations of the machines to rhythmically fill the video canvas uninterrupted.
I was struck by the amazing precision of the assembly process that far exceeds current and future customer expectations. ISO9001 and Six Sigma are not empty slogans in this company!
End of the video says it was filmed in November of 2003
No smoking!
I concur-allowing each segment to flow naturally without a cacophony of harsh, discordant mixed sounds is to be applauded. One can comfortably state that You Tube's viewers did not need another documentary replete with that which can heard, by simply turning on a radio. Clearly, the desire to see and hear the raw sounds of the manufacturing process, is reflected by the number of views. And not only that: thems fellers did a rite fine job i reckon cuz thems gonna be looudns! 😁
did you know most of the people in this video appear to be Mongolian slave labor forced to work for Chinese company..
The astonishing thing to me is the huge number of hand operations done on EACH individual firecracker - maybe 15 or 20? - and then people set them off in batches of thousands. Think of how many hand operations there were in that rippling bang - whoosh, gone in a few seconds. A minute might gobble up a million individual hand motions.
When full employment is the priority for government, jobs continue to be done by humans.
You’d think they would cost more huh. 😅
When life is cheap…
I'm impressed at the amount of hand work that goes into these.
I enjoy firecrackers beginning when I was an adolescent up to today. The paper wrapping and brightly colored labels still amaze me. A sincere thanks to the makers of these fireworks and to the editor for presenting this video with only the actual sounds at the facilities and not stupid music.
I loved the day when the Fire Works Tents appeared back in the 1950s just before the 4th...a string of Black Cats was like a precious jewel
@harrykuheim6107 I remember growing up as a kid from 1960's....1970's Black Cat Firecrackers had as much as 120 milligrams of aluminum flashpowder! They were loud! Since the 1980's the CPSC wouldn't allow them in the USA unless they have no more than 50 milligrams of aluminum flashpowder and therefore not that loud! Black Cat Firecrackers are NOT " the best you can get" anymore! Nowadays they have very little flashpowder and half of them are duds! 😢😢😢
@@robertszymanski717you got to go to mainland China 🇨🇳 to get the same stuff from the 1950’s/60’s. You can still get hand made cottage industry firecrackers 🧨 That really can blow a finger off! Obviously these crackers aren’t meant for export but local consumption.
Unchanged art from 200 plus years or more . Incredible
Changed* the machines aren’t 200+ years old
Excellent narration-informative, clear and slow enough to understand easily.
Great video. Very interesting and pleasant to watch...except for the squeaky wheel grinder at 19:00 lol. I like the editing and the lack of some crappy background music.
Considering how cheap firecrackers are compared to the labor that goes into making them, I guess I won't curse the next time that I find a firecracker with a missing fuse. It's amazing how much work goes into something that is gone in a blink of an eye.
and so little work to create a human that fks sht up for a century
yeah and they probably only make $5 a day too.
@@nomaschalupas2453 A true gentleman would never talk about his mother in a manner you have. Shame!
Now I got even more respect for chinese fireworks! 💪💪💪💥💫💥👏👏
Dat is lang werk voor een korte knal!? Wel veel respect voor al deze mensen !!!!
Zeker
u can say all that work and effort goes up in a bang, yeah..
I have to say this is an incredible up close look at a rare and ancient craft where cameras are probably not normally permitted.Thank You
did you know most of the people in this video appear to be Mongolian slave labor forced to work for Chinese company..
This is a very, very old video.
Well that was great. So much could be said about the processes shown in this presentation.
as a kid, i'd see "made in Hunan province China" or something on the fireworks i bought. I always appreciated the chinese workers who made fireworks for me to celebrate. For whatever reason, even as a young kid I imagined a work environment almost just like this. It's an art form.. I hope everyone in the video is doing well today
O que comemoram?
did you know most of the people in this video appear to be Mongolian slave labor forced to work for Chinese company..
It is amazing in this day of automation how much of fireworks production is still done by hand. It would seem that the production of this video also took many hours to complete and edit. WELL DONE !!
Millions of uneducated, low skilled workers will always be cheaper than automation.
Look at the cloth they wear, this video is from decads ago.
Well, when it's essentially slave labor, it's very cheap.
did you know most of the people in this video appear to be Mongolian slave labor forced to work for Chinese company..
This video is very old - it is NOT like this today.
Hypnotized by all the skilled and repetitive hand work; watched to the end and only a little disappointed we didn't get to light any fireworks!
Well done. Thank you for your efforts.
Great production, giving time to see the process before being rushed along to the next one. I do wonder how the many drying processes cope with a rainy day?
Fantastic video. Excellent production.
I am so glad to see them wearing mask during the powder portion.
Great video. If I was 10 years old again I might incorporate some of the techniques they were using, especially the paper fuse making.
Watching these women reminds me of every factory line I've worked on and how the bosses want human robots. It's not normal /natural to work like that and it's all the result of one or just a few peoples greed !! Period. I revile the entire system that supports or encourages it !!
Fascinating. I had no idea that these were so labor intensive. So much work and it all goes up in smoke in a few moments.
Along with your hard-earned money.
How much you think that labor costs?
"I'll just watch this for 15-20 seconds while my laptop updates and I can resume working."
(40 minutes later)
"Okay that was amazing. Welp, might as well call it a night!"
Simply ingenius techniques! I thought that Chinese fireworks were largely machine made, but this is not the case!-John in Texas
Why invest in machines when you have millions of unskilled and uneducated workers? - Haywood In YourAnus
Those are all machines. Every step uses a machine to do the work.
This video is 20-30 years old - these kinds of factories don’t exist anymore.
These are some skilled laborers. I'd like to see a politician attempt this just so we could all laugh at their incompetence.
This is a cool documentary. !
Super Intressant danke das du Auch sowas hochlädst
taking some time on each process makes a good video. It would have been really nice to see a demo of how each product is used (differences between the fuses , etc)
I cant imagine doing that all day. Would be depressing as hell.
A very interesting and informative video.
Thanks for the fascinating video. It goes to show the ingenuity that goes into making of products that the world takes for granted. I would have no idea the amount of labor needed to make a firework fuse. Prior to this, I thought the process was automated with heavy machinery. In reality its more labor intensive. The truth is that someone has to do it in this world.
It all deals with highly explosive products, making safe, heavy machinery is not easy, like the mill is made of wood and brass wheels because it does not make sparks, and the electric motor is kept away from the black powder.
Quick fuse is burning in an explosive speed once t has been wrapped with paper.
did you know most of the people in this video appear to be Mongolian slave labor forced to work for Chinese company..
I really enjoyed this whole video. Such a cool process from start to finish. Thanks for taking the time to film, edit, and post this!
did you know most of the people in this video appear to be Mongolian slave labor forced to work for Chinese company..
Very good. Thanks
The clothing, worker's demeaner and working conditions are very informative.
Watching this explains a lot of my questions about these. It was fun to watch the process.
Thank you very much for sharing, actually waited for demonstrations to each kind...like the final result
Thanks for this video, very informative and each scene was the perfect length
I would like to see how they make the tiny bad of crustal rouck explode when you throw it. Kid love this pop rock. I should have brought it at Walmart few week ago I seen it and it was cheap.
From appearances, not as many fires and explosions as one might expect. However, I'd guess it took a few before the electric drive motors were placed remotely.
Motor shouldn't be a problem, but whatever switches it on might be.
@@bills6093 I’m sure these aren’t fully sealed hazardous location motors… and I’m sure they aren’t brushless lol… I’d bet most of em are repurposed out of a damm washing machine or something lolll
@@tjlovesrachel what's a washing machine lol.
@@rcdogmanduh4440 lollll
How dressed up some of the workers are!
Can't imagine the level of professionalism when workers are (voluntary/mandatory) dressed in business attire at a fireworks manufacturing facility. Blows my little mind. LOL
This answered a lot of burning questions. Questions I've wondered about for 60 years!
a process perfected over millennia
Half of those people were walking bombs. That's the most Chinese persons I've ever seen without anyone smoking.
wow. as a kid there was something magical about seeing that shiny red paper.
Very interesting documentation. 👍
Omg! I would go absolutely insane with that job ALL DAY LONG. Ugh! I SINCERELY RESPECT THOSE PEOPLE and their HARD WORK. Wow!
Some departments in this factory look like a single spark is all that needed to have a new space station.
Why do you think they keep the electric motors in a different room?
Yep! Particularly "Powder-man".
He'd go up in the ultimate flash! Never know what hit him...
Every 2..3 years each of these small fireworks factories goes >| BOOOOMMMM ! ! ! |
As seen in the background: exploded parts of buildings
i love firework, cant get enough, also the how it smells after 🤩
Very interesting thankyou.
Top Video!
Very interesting to see how the Chinese methods differ from the Indian methods of making fireworks. Thanks for sharing.
Nice and clean
A skilled person is needed in EVERY PART OF MANUFACTURE, These people are all artisans.👍 The ingenuity of the machinery is just mind blowing given that it all could have been used for centuries powered by hand or by horse shaft power.
Splitting bamboo?
@@fredwild190 How were the bamboo sticks used??
@@ThePianoMan1953 Bottle Rockets
@@fredwild190 oh yeah highly skilled. At something, maybe...
Very Big fire crackers
Imagine you sitting there 8h a day, doing the same precess your whole life long.
imagine not having work and cant feed the kids?
@@Hades035
No pension in China.
Cheap cigarettes though...
and as you are being supported by your family....
have as many as you like comrade now that you have reached retirement...
8hrs? And the rest!
This is good stuff folks!
Even dropping a bundle of sticks onto the ground takes skill and technique. Incredible documentary.
Bless these hands.
You made a nice video. Thank you for uploading.
They all dressed in their suits to goto work in the fireworks factory !
When the western camera team is coming, like using the dust mask.
@@videos5923 also take note of how much random background laugher there is. even with a vague idea of what goes on when the cameras aren't around makes this kinda chilling.
Makes you wonder how many of them wind up deaf!
We have OSHA in China they have NOSHA!
I wonder if the guy wearing the TIE had a any idea if his tie could be a static stick and detonate the powder .
Fascinating video!
I'll never look at fireworks the same way again.
That last step, dropping the bundles of strips, looked so fun. Gotta wonder if any of the process has changed in 11 years.
Sad... yet so impressive!!!
The facial expression on some of the workers says it all.
Some had nice suits though - even though PPE was almost non-existent.
A few were happy and chatty, but many looked worried. 'Am I doing it right, Boss? Will I get a bowl of rice tonight?"
@@95rav
The suits (as in any industry) were "managers"...not workers.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq @John Smith those at 2:20 sorting and bundling tubes don't look like managers - unless managers do unskilled labour. Ditto the guy at 10:30. If they use 'managers' to crimp a paper tube, fuk knows what they use the regular plebs for.
Very good! Thanks!
The fact that they can make those bundles with 469 tubes in them, by hand, every time, is freakin amazing.
You can see the straight rows line up from every side, making an extra or missing one stand out.
bashing the sticks in the background would drive you crazy listening to that al day
A beautiful celebration of workers ❤✊❤
This could have been filmed in any year between 1975 to 2020. Amazing or sad, depending…
2003 according to the credits.
My first guess in the first minute was in 1970.
1700-2023
LOL, this is medieval manufacturing. Very ingenious process.
There were a water bottle and a digital camera plus the clothes style in this video would put this video at about 2005.
when i see the "machines" used in china - i feel back in ´1750 !
Wonderful, just wonderful vid. I have loved fireworks my whole life and thought about making custom ones, but the licenses here are to tough I think. Thank you
love fireworks? why don't you marry them?
So Industrious and ingenious...
No smoke brake nearby? Free flight to heaven!!
So much manual work for a second of fun.
That factory must be carpel tunnel hell!
Fun to watch
Fascinating.
I can't believe the amount of time and effort that goes into making a product which ultimately lasts a few seconds.No wonder they cost so much
No they cost so much from all the middle men "clipping the ticket".
Would be interesting to know what these products cost if you bought them straight out of the factory door
I think hexagonal simplified sorting, counting, fast and accurate. We only need to make up ten unit along each side to believe we have a 10x10x3 pack. Or 3*n^2 step. Page 1:58
wow. cool video. poor lady doesn't even get a hammer, she gets a piece of wood. crazy
Hammer cost money, but the wood is free.
Take a few hours to make it and just a few second to finish it.
This is so fascinating.
Phenomenal !
This looks like dangerous, mind-numbing work.
It's the only time I've seen factory laborers wearing blazers and dress shirts 🧥👔💁♂
I Love Firecracker.
So much time to go into, what will eventually be lit fireworks, which will be gone in an instant!
Interesting that so many of these ladies were wearing suits while working...
ey knew the foreigners were coming...
and the suits are in every industry...
they are not the workers.
What a great video. Why are they so dressed up? This is educational and I imagine it is now of historical significance.
14:44 is my favorite segment! A machine that braids Firecracker fuses together...still needs some human fingers to help guide it....
Very interesting.
These people made so many childhoods memories all over the world 😊.. 💪 to the workers. God bless .and many thanks 🙏 for mine .
They’re existing in a Godless Communist Chinese Hell, not far removed from the stone age, Denny. Absolutely… Pray for them 🙏🏻
I love the audio explanation. So often neglected. Excellent job. Well done. (Notice the blackened fuse making hut? I'll bet someone had a very bad day!!!) At 17m 44sec
I guess working in a factory like this is better than working in a rice paddy...but not by much!
'South Of The Border' fireworks' very own Pedro highly recommends their "BANG" since the 50's at least! Gotta wonder how many other identical workshops there are throughout the province or all China. Thanks, great video!
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