The Vault That Holds 5% of the World’s Gold

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  • @haramunia9111
    @haramunia9111 Před 5 měsíci +3582

    This is not half as interesting. This is fully interesting. (Also we need more videos about Bricks)

    • @tanner-46
      @tanner-46 Před 5 měsíci +160

      this is kinda about bricks (of gold)

    • @xp8969
      @xp8969 Před 5 měsíci +28

      Sam mispronouncing "Nassau" won't stop us from finding the gold cause we can read th street name signs, me and my bricks (I mean soup for my fam) are on our way to liberate their (gold) brick cousins

    • @rmtab6511
      @rmtab6511 Před 5 měsíci +8

      Nah only like 6 mins. Full as interesting videos are all over 10 mins.

    • @____EliWatt____
      @____EliWatt____ Před 5 měsíci +6

      Bricks!

    • @cheezfri
      @cheezfri Před 5 měsíci +3

      I must watch too much Mission Impossible. I found myself going, "OK if I want the gold, I'd need to blast here, dig there, evade the lasers..." 😂

  • @Hannahbenowitz
    @Hannahbenowitz Před 14 dny +748

    I never viewed metals as an investment, but I always saw it as a great way to save your cash & retain the value from when you bought it. It’s not hard to turn it to liquid cash, and it beats letting inflation destroy your savings.

    • @PennyBergeron-os4ch
      @PennyBergeron-os4ch Před 14 dny +3

      You are in for a nasty surprise, my friend. Gold is often hailed as a hedge against inflation-increasing in value as the purchasing power of the dollar declines. However, government bonds are more secure and have shown to pay higher rates when inflation rises, and Treasury TIPS provide built-in inflation protection.

    • @beafoster747
      @beafoster747 Před 14 dny +3

      I think having an investment advisor is the way to go. I've been with one because I lack the expertise for the market. I made over $490K during the recent dip, highlighting that there's more to the market than we average folks know.

    • @HildaBennet
      @HildaBennet Před 14 dny +3

      Hmmm this is quite interesting, Please can you leave the info of your investment advisor here? I’m in dire need for one.

    • @beafoster747
      @beafoster747 Před 14 dny +2

      “SONYA LEE MITCHELL” is the licensed advisor I use. Just research the name. You’d find necessary details to work with a correspondence to set up an appointment.

    • @HildaBennet
      @HildaBennet Před 14 dny +1

      I just googled her and I'm really impressed with her credentials; I reached out to her since I need all the assistance I can get. I just scheduled a caII.

  • @davidsp5936
    @davidsp5936 Před 5 měsíci +2106

    It's actually open to the public. They give tours. I did it once. The door cylinder not only rotates, it lowers, too. They demonstrate it with the tour group INSIDE the vault. There's a stack of bars displayed for the tourists to oggle. The tour guide says that you can try to take one, but all of their gaurds have awards for marksmanship.

    • @josiahhook1535
      @josiahhook1535 Před 5 měsíci +63

      That’s so cool

    • @ejsmith7626
      @ejsmith7626 Před 5 měsíci +246

      Thats a brutal flex

    • @michaelcheetham
      @michaelcheetham Před 5 měsíci +197

      I went too years ago. They gave $50 in cash to everyone at the end! Unfortunately it was no longer usable and shredded!!😂

    • @evanepic3599
      @evanepic3599 Před 5 měsíci

      wait what? they gave you shreddded cash?@@michaelcheetham

    • @thetoptrump1000
      @thetoptrump1000 Před 5 měsíci +4

      I did the tour it's still amazing

  • @General12th
    @General12th Před 5 měsíci +925

    HI Sam!
    Big thanks to Amy for being willing to break into the vault so she could get all of the footage for this video. She deserves more granola bars!

  • @dianapertseva4428
    @dianapertseva4428 Před 5 měsíci +891

    What can be better than a video about bricks? A video about golden bricks!

  • @johncaldora7150
    @johncaldora7150 Před 5 měsíci +763

    First time I've been able to say "OMG I've been there!" for an HAI video! You can feel the claustrophobia when they close that vault door! A couple of other fun facts I learned on my tour:
    1. The only two countries the FED will publically reveal as depositors is the United States and Iran. This is because the US confiscated Iran's gold after the Shah was overthrown in the 70s.
    2. Vault workers wear special magnesium shoe covers because Gold bars of the national reserve kind are very dense, dropping one would probably break your foot.
    3. You can touch the gold in the cages with your finger if they're small enough from the vault atrium.
    4. How did I get to see the Vault? School groups of grades 7 and Up are allowed to tour the FED's Museums and Gold Vault (if the Vault is available for touring that day). Also a Vault Tour is included for high school students participating in the FED Challenge.

    • @najrenchelf2751
      @najrenchelf2751 Před 5 měsíci +8

      That's crazy. :D

    • @maruftim
      @maruftim Před 5 měsíci +61

      I feel like the shoes became a standard thing because it had happened multiple times lol

    • @mistermist634
      @mistermist634 Před 5 měsíci +45

      2. Any (at least somewhat pure) gold is very dense, that's one of gold's main properties. And any large amount of dense metal can break your foot, obviously

    • @andybusch6559
      @andybusch6559 Před 5 měsíci +14

      Wait the us stole all of irans gold?

    • @thetinykid4169
      @thetinykid4169 Před 5 měsíci +12

      Confiscate... gold? It's not a weapon how does that make sense? Can the US just confiscate money? Was it obtained illegally? If it was why did the us take the gold instead of an international group like the un for international law or the country it was actually taken from? That's so insane actually.

  • @ShamWerks
    @ShamWerks Před 5 měsíci +520

    This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today I have for you this 90 tons solid steel cylinder...

    • @cheezfri
      @cheezfri Před 5 měsíci +15

      So much yes!

    • @philsharp758
      @philsharp758 Před 5 měsíci +13

      That was my thought as well. Maybe needs a bit of help from Bosnian Bill as well on this job.

    • @Bob_Smith19
      @Bob_Smith19 Před 5 měsíci +15

      What tool tool from Covert Instruments will he be using? I’m assuming a special tool that he created along with/ Bosnian Bill.

    • @61rampy65
      @61rampy65 Před 5 měsíci +8

      @@Bob_Smith19 LPL will probably need more than a wave rake or a piece of a Red Bull can, tho. And even the TTBBAIM (The Tool Bosnian Bill And I Made) is probably not good enough, either.

    • @philsharp758
      @philsharp758 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Naturally :-) @@Bob_Smith19

  • @scmike1229
    @scmike1229 Před 5 měsíci +1172

    "Thousands of tourists and white-collar criminals walk down these streets every day."
    best line ever!

    • @MonkeyJedi99
      @MonkeyJedi99 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Don't forget Simon Peter Gruber!

    • @bfris03
      @bfris03 Před 5 měsíci +10

      Within the first 10 seconds of the video, no less

    • @Inspadave
      @Inspadave Před 5 měsíci +16

      so edgy

    • @alyssam8550
      @alyssam8550 Před 5 měsíci +13

      I had to pause when he said that, just to stop and appreciate the joke.

    • @josecarlosmoreno9731
      @josecarlosmoreno9731 Před 5 měsíci +6

      @@Inspadave Facts aren't edgy.

  • @SlaghathortheGreat
    @SlaghathortheGreat Před 5 měsíci +197

    One of the other reasons The Netherlands has gold overseas is because they don't want that gold to be stolen if the country is invaded, like what happend to the gold left in The Netherlands during WW2.

    • @TheLukasDirector
      @TheLukasDirector Před 5 měsíci +43

      It's still in a foreign vault full of German gold though, so not much has changed in that sense.

    • @Diabhork
      @Diabhork Před 5 měsíci +1

      there goes my plans

    • @sprint955st
      @sprint955st Před 5 měsíci +4

      As did the U.K. sent a lot of theirs to Canada.

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 Před 5 měsíci +2

      So this begs a very obvious question...
      ...What happens if the United States gets invaded? 🤔
      (We used to ask the same question about the UK too, but 2016 solved that problem... 😉)

    • @Diabhork
      @Diabhork Před 5 měsíci +5

      @@dieseldragon6756 an obvious answer-
      Mutually assured destruction via nuclear holocaust

  • @Marylandbrony
    @Marylandbrony Před 5 měsíci +570

    I run the European central bank and I find this to be a great use of my valuable time.

    • @melsbov
      @melsbov Před 5 měsíci +30

      can I get my money back?

    • @TripleOmega
      @TripleOmega Před 5 měsíci +80

      TIL the European central bank is run by a brony from Maryland. No wonder we have issues here.

    • @Marylandbrony
      @Marylandbrony Před 5 měsíci +31

      @@TripleOmega Shit, I forgot that I did not log out of my kid's account. He goes to a private school outside of Washington D.C. Don't know where the pony stuff or whatever came from

    • @thestarjon
      @thestarjon Před 5 měsíci +10

      Madame Lagarde, I didn't expect you in this comment section!

    • @planescaped
      @planescaped Před 5 měsíci

      I run the central bank of South America and I just took a break from watching tik-tok all day to check this video out before doing a bit of masturbating.

  • @CameronFussner
    @CameronFussner Před měsícem +1238

    Is gold really worth it to buy ? In terms of the short term considering taxes and overall cost of upfront purchase then trying to resell when I actually need the liquidity, is physical or gold stocks more worth the cost ? Because it seems to be when people speak of gold their not being specific to the short term or Long term approach to justifying the purchase. Let me know your thoughts , thanks anyone

    • @lowcostfresh2266
      @lowcostfresh2266 Před měsícem +6

      Only worth it for your long long term investment, short term a guaranteed loss. It's all manipulated and so is Mike bias on gold because that's his business. Always keep that in perspective.

    • @leojack9090
      @leojack9090 Před měsícem +3

      For sure I thought so, it seems to be a good hedge against inflation in the long term, thanks for your feedback.

    • @hasede-lg9hj
      @hasede-lg9hj Před měsícem +3

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    • @parrish8386
      @parrish8386 Před měsícem

      Wow, that's really impressive! I could definitely benefit from the guidance of an investment advisor since my portfolio has been stagnant lately. Would you be able to share the name of the advisor who's been guiding you?

    • @parrish8386
      @parrish8386 Před měsícem +2

      @@hasede-lg9hj Could you kindly elaborate on the advisor's background and qualifications?

  • @JannesJustus
    @JannesJustus Před 5 měsíci +472

    Thank you! I am actually working as the top man of the German federal bank and had no idea where our gold was, so thanks!

    • @ReactaDev
      @ReactaDev Před 5 měsíci +8

      Is this true? if so that is so cool, altho I can't tell if this is sarcastic or not.

    • @Jules.D
      @Jules.D Před 5 měsíci +46

      @@ReactaDev this was obviously a joke

    • @ReactaDev
      @ReactaDev Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Jules.D I figured, but was not 100% sure lol.

    • @najrenchelf2751
      @najrenchelf2751 Před 5 měsíci +7

      Na denn, glückwunsch! XD

    • @Jessepigman69
      @Jessepigman69 Před 5 měsíci

      Looking at the videos this Channel has posted I’m gonna assume it’s cap

  • @planescaped
    @planescaped Před 5 měsíci +105

    _Security guard 1 looks around nervously_
    Security guard 1: So guys... I was thinking... How about we just take a little bit?
    Security Guard 2: Yes!
    Auditor: Oh my god, finally you asked, YES!

  • @MrChumbaWumba
    @MrChumbaWumba Před 5 měsíci +59

    The FBI interviewed the director script writer of Die Hard 3 because the heist plan to rob the Federal reserve of New York was so realistic. Sad this wasnt mentioned

    • @scottanno8861
      @scottanno8861 Před 5 měsíci +2

      Hollywood has better imaginations than federal bureaucrats, how surprising 🙄😅😅

    • @YouGotToStayFrosty
      @YouGotToStayFrosty Před 5 měsíci

      uh because they make movies and the feds do their government stuff @@scottanno8861

  • @danieldekker7008
    @danieldekker7008 Před 5 měsíci +119

    I toured the vault in 2003, and they said the people in the vault didn’t feel the twin towers fall four blocks away.

    • @confusion8579
      @confusion8579 Před 5 měsíci +12

      At first i read this as "I torched the vault in 2003" lol

    • @soundscape26
      @soundscape26 Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@confusion8579 That would've been interesting. 😂

    • @catcoder12
      @catcoder12 Před 5 měsíci +2

      You probably won't realise even if a meteorite hit the earth

    • @cucuawe465
      @cucuawe465 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I wonder how safe it is from a nuclear strike.

    • @immortaltimp3821
      @immortaltimp3821 Před 5 měsíci

      From the blast? I'm sure it's safe. From the debris blocking your exit until you died? Probably not. Even if you did get out what are you doing about the radiation?@@cucuawe465

  • @TheJoeSwanon
    @TheJoeSwanon Před 5 měsíci +153

    I had a friend that was hired as security for one of the federal reserves he said it was the most absolutely boring job of just sitting in a room with no windows staring at locks rooms

    • @aBitterMelon
      @aBitterMelon Před 5 měsíci +10

      Sounds like a dream

    • @MrJimheeren
      @MrJimheeren Před 5 měsíci +29

      And probably not even allowed to listen to a podcast or music while doing it. Or read a book

    • @RRSilverBullet
      @RRSilverBullet Před 5 měsíci +20

      @@aBitterMelon More like a nightmare lmao. There's no up to that job.

    • @deputydog1995
      @deputydog1995 Před 5 měsíci +5

      Yeah, probably no WiFi, I would imagine. @@MrJimheeren

    • @spikethompson2000
      @spikethompson2000 Před 5 měsíci

      @@bubber621secret services handles anti counterfeiting and anti executive assassination attempts duties

  • @justinbanks2380
    @justinbanks2380 Před 5 měsíci +119

    So that part in Die Hard with a Vengeance where they are stealing the gold in a vault in NYC is based on a real vault.
    This is more than half as interesting.

    • @Nova3482
      @Nova3482 Před 5 měsíci +32

      Fun Fact: the plot of that Die Hard was so plausible the FBI contacted the screenwriter about how accurate the information he had was and where he got it from

    • @Brighton24601
      @Brighton24601 Před 5 měsíci +12

      I was about to also comment about whether or not this was the vault from Die Hard 3, that was my first thought when he mentioned gold under Manhattan

    • @justinbanks2380
      @justinbanks2380 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@Nova3482 interesting

    • @Tconlon251_2
      @Tconlon251_2 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I did hear that they would need 400 dump trucks to move all of the gold instead of the 14 in the movie

  • @emmakai2243
    @emmakai2243 Před 5 měsíci +82

    Anyone else first learned about this place because they saw Die Hard With A Vengeance?

    • @michaellyden2580
      @michaellyden2580 Před 5 měsíci +5

    • @kirk7528
      @kirk7528 Před 5 měsíci +20

      "Fort Knox....is for tourists"

    • @February54
      @February54 Před 5 měsíci +3

      It's actually a documentary with your host, Jeremy Irons 😂

    • @jflexys5114
      @jflexys5114 Před 25 dny

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  • @shadowmoth9158
    @shadowmoth9158 Před 5 měsíci +52

    Or as most people know it… the gold vault from die hard 3… still one of the best heist movies of ALL time

    • @Coyotek4
      @Coyotek4 Před 5 měsíci +4

      IMO the last 'good' Die Hard movie.
      Jeremy Irons made it look so easy.

    • @shadowmoth9158
      @shadowmoth9158 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@Coyotek4 almost exactly a year ago I started listening to Johnny comes marching home non stop. Both the die hard and old (with lyrics) version and I still to this day listen to it constantly. Such a banger from such a good movie

  • @RaDeus87
    @RaDeus87 Před 5 měsíci +58

    I like how you made it all the way to the end without mentioning Die Hard 😂

  • @thomasm1964
    @thomasm1964 Před 5 měsíci +129

    The UK's Bank of England is the second largest gold vault in the world after New York. It operates in exactly the same way.

    • @WanJae42
      @WanJae42 Před 5 měsíci +3

      It's also under a doughnut shop?

    • @sirBrouwer
      @sirBrouwer Před 5 měsíci +25

      @@WanJae42 it's the UK it's under a pub.

    • @thomasm1964
      @thomasm1964 Před 5 měsíci

      @@WanJae42 Oh no! It's a somewhat classier operation than that don't you know! Smart suits, briefcases, umbrellas, bowler hats and... and ... *doughnuts*? The very idea!

    • @dieseldragon6756
      @dieseldragon6756 Před 5 měsíci +2

      That may have been the case once upon a time, but since the events of 2016 I wonder if there's even a single Sovereign left in there now... 🏚
      (And I don't mean His Majesty when he's inspecting the space and considering the ways it could be repurposed... 😉)

    • @thomasm1964
      @thomasm1964 Před 5 měsíci

      @@dieseldragon6756 I went to their website before making the assertion. I assume they know their own business.
      You may not like Brexit any more than the Establishment does but don't let your political philosophy cloud your judgement.

  • @safebox36
    @safebox36 Před 5 měsíci +154

    What I love about the US economy is most of its dollar bills actually sit in the City of London (in the city of London (in Greater London)).

    • @scotandiamapping4549
      @scotandiamapping4549 Před 5 měsíci +11

      I'm going to need a bit of context for that

    • @velenteriushendeneros3251
      @velenteriushendeneros3251 Před 5 měsíci +35

      ​@@scotandiamapping4549Basically the old City of London is a tiny city within greater london with special laws conserning it, making it a trade hub. Also it has a Lord-Mayor dressing in fancy clothes.

    • @scotandiamapping4549
      @scotandiamapping4549 Před 5 měsíci +33

      @@velenteriushendeneros3251 no I know what the city of London is. I meant I wanted context on why most US dollar bills were in it

    • @velenteriushendeneros3251
      @velenteriushendeneros3251 Před 5 měsíci

      @@scotandiamapping4549 Well, I would imagine it is the fortunes held in the cities banks.

    • @Zoomy
      @Zoomy Před 5 měsíci +45

      @@scotandiamapping4549 The US dollar is the world's currency, and the City of London is the world's money laundering hub, so I'm not surprised the dollars would end up there.

  • @gianluccasimao
    @gianluccasimao Před 5 měsíci +22

    The heist in Die Hard with a Vengeance was exactly to steal this gold, but HAI just showed us that the vault not as shallow as it was in the movie. Mildly interesting, I guess

    • @61rampy65
      @61rampy65 Před 5 měsíci +2

      "Mildly Interesting" sounds like a winning CZcams channel name!

    • @gianluccasimao
      @gianluccasimao Před 5 měsíci

      @@61rampy65 from what I know, it is a popular thread in Reddit

    • @Slava_Yarmolenko
      @Slava_Yarmolenko Před 4 měsíci +1

      Well tbf they show that tunnel digger digs into the top of the vault, so tgey could have been drilling from the subway station downwards.

  • @syriuszb8611
    @syriuszb8611 Před 5 měsíci +37

    What a nice video about bricks. More specifically, about 5% (by mass) of premium bricks made out of gold.

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    @LuccaWeber1 Před 4 měsíci +213

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      @ohioveteran Před 4 měsíci +5

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      @spacecadet6 Před 4 měsíci +3

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      @noah-greene Před 4 měsíci +2

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  • @ayodub
    @ayodub Před 5 měsíci +8

    @0:05 "Thousands of tourists and white collar criminals walk down these streets every single day" lmao

  • @skybluskyblueify
    @skybluskyblueify Před 5 měsíci +9

    It makes sense that the dog digging for gold is a golden retriever. Was this on purpose or just a choice to include the sweetest most beautiful dog that looks cute?

  • @Chriss120
    @Chriss120 Před 5 měsíci +41

    a few years back I heared a story how germany wasn't so sure all their gold was in good hands so they needed to go through a lot of trouble so they could count their actual gold bars in the vault.

    • @Skoell1983
      @Skoell1983 Před 5 měsíci +42

      This is true. In 1998 the German Audit Office was not so sure that the US Fed, the Banqe de France and the Bank of England were really honest with the purity and the weight of the stored gold bars. And it took a suspiciously long time to grant the German Auditors access to the US Gold Vault. So they brought back around 1500 tons of gold from these storages.

    • @tom4794
      @tom4794 Před 5 měsíci

      ​@@Skoell1983Sounds like a conspiracy theory, do you have any sources?
      Yes, some gold was brought to Frankfurt, but "only" 300 tons from NY, with more than 1200 tons remaining there. The question is whether the reason for that was suspected or actual mishandling by the US (and French) reserve banks.
      That's certainly not the official take. If it were, why would most gold be left there? (Oh, probably because it was *stolen* by certain elites, but the government is covering it up? Is that it?)
      The official reason for the redistribution was that the Paris deposit was no longer necessary due to the common currency between Germany and France (the gold being used to trade for foreign currency), plus the wish to keep 50% of the gold local in Frankfurt to increase the nation's confidence in its central bank (in the context of the Eurozone debt crisis).
      Source: AFP citing the German institutions - faktencheck.afp.com/doc.afp.com.33R24DF

    • @user-sp4gy7ko5l
      @user-sp4gy7ko5l Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@Skoell1983 The stated amount of gold is not there.

    • @tomhenry897
      @tomhenry897 Před 4 měsíci

      True

  • @ImSquiggs
    @ImSquiggs Před 4 měsíci +5

    Whichever unpaid intern came up with the skit of the dog tunneling into the gold vault and being arrested is a real gem

  • @harrymulcaster-jones5195
    @harrymulcaster-jones5195 Před 5 měsíci +8

    I already knew most of this from an excellent documentary called Die Hard with a Vengeance

  • @robertviragh6527
    @robertviragh6527 Před 5 měsíci +2

    Extremely interesting video, I enjoyed all of the background tidbits a lot, such as numbered accounts for countries. Please do more banking-related videos, I don't know enough to start a central bank (plus would need to found a country for it) so there is still a lot of territory to cover here. Excellent use of time.

  • @leandervr
    @leandervr Před 5 měsíci

    Very timely video Sam! This provides some very interesting background information to the greatest Christmas movie.

  • @bhambhole
    @bhambhole Před 5 měsíci +8

    "thousands of tourists and white collar criminals" lol😂

  • @slightlycrookedworkshop
    @slightlycrookedworkshop Před 5 měsíci +5

    For further information, please watch "Die Hard with a Vengeance"...Also watch this if you've like to solve the 2 water jugs riddle.

  • @tHebUm18
    @tHebUm18 Před 5 měsíci +1

    They do public tours! Or at least used to, went down to see the gold myself back in 2012--neat tourist activity if you're into seeing the largest gold reserve in the world and learning a bit about the federal reserve on the side.

  • @StormyStories
    @StormyStories Před 5 měsíci +1

    The second half of this video is seriously just the preplanning stage debrief of a heist movie. I kinda love it.

  • @pawelkusmierek109
    @pawelkusmierek109 Před 5 měsíci +40

    Nice, but anyone who watched Die Hard with a Vengeance knows all of this!

    • @TrogdorElite6
      @TrogdorElite6 Před 5 měsíci +14

      Agreed. Also their plan in that movie was so good, the fed and the secret service got concerned and made changes to security based on it.

    • @Del_S
      @Del_S Před 5 měsíci +8

      Fort Knox? Ha! It's for tourists.

    • @randomgeocacher
      @randomgeocacher Před 5 měsíci +5

      Having seen that movie kind of out us as 30-50 year old CZcams commenters :-)

    • @drdewott9154
      @drdewott9154 Před 5 měsíci +2

      @@randomgeocacher Bruh I'm 22 and I've seen Die Hard with a Vengeance. It appeared on TV 2 weeks ago in my country. Also fun fact, here its not called Die Hard with a Vengeance. Its called "Die Hard: Mega Hard" over here in Europe.

  • @Milenakos
    @Milenakos Před 5 měsíci +4

    now i know which building to rob, thanks so much sam!

  • @votekyle3000
    @votekyle3000 Před 5 měsíci +15

    I’m about to make so many Die Hard With a Vengence references in my head

    • @macmedic892
      @macmedic892 Před 5 měsíci +3

      John McClaine has entered the chat.

  • @diegovasquez840
    @diegovasquez840 Před 5 měsíci +4

    Once again half as interesting delivers a video about bricks. They may be made of gold, but they’re still bricks. Subscribed.

  • @PennyOMG
    @PennyOMG Před 5 měsíci +5

    Die Hard with a Vengeance taught me about this when I was a little kid.

  • @Ttarler
    @Ttarler Před 5 měsíci +3

    I’m a Fed employee and have toured this vault. It’s an absolutely impressive operation.

  • @sadbrownsfan
    @sadbrownsfan Před 5 měsíci

    Love your videos, AND you mentioned Taylor. Keep up the great work!

  • @Vorael
    @Vorael Před 5 měsíci +5

    "thousands of tourists and white collar criminals" lmao

  • @graniteruns2599
    @graniteruns2599 Před 5 měsíci +3

    “White collar criminals” 😂

  • @poloMpolo
    @poloMpolo Před 5 měsíci

    I love that I live in a world where HAI releases videos, thank god for this channel

  • @maxgaming4828
    @maxgaming4828 Před 3 měsíci +1

    3 gentlemen named franklin,micheal and trevor are really interested in this one

  • @hensidabas6087
    @hensidabas6087 Před 5 měsíci +6

    Finally a video about bricks (gold bricks)

  • @valestivale4711
    @valestivale4711 Před 5 měsíci +15

    Alright boys, the plan is simple. I need a federal auditor, and two security uniforms.
    Who's game? ☺

  • @pjdava
    @pjdava Před měsícem

    Half as Interesting, This is awesome! I subscribed because I want to see more!

  • @peachesurf
    @peachesurf Před 5 měsíci +10

    I pass the KC federal reserve from where I work and I'm glad they made the same Missouri joke I do. 😂

  • @thestocksource8393
    @thestocksource8393 Před 5 měsíci +24

    UPDATE: the vault is now empty….

  • @TheClanBlade
    @TheClanBlade Před 5 měsíci +5

    I guess it’s time to watch Ocean’s 11 again.

  • @skittybug6937
    @skittybug6937 Před 5 měsíci +1

    I work in a bank (specifically the call centre for a private bank, not as a top official of the central bank) and this actually helps a lot.

  • @conrad6639
    @conrad6639 Před 2 měsíci

    thank you for all the valuable information in this vault

  • @Lintary
    @Lintary Před 5 měsíci +5

    The problem is never so much the getting in part, it is the getting out with the gold part.

  • @fhdogs
    @fhdogs Před 5 měsíci +9

    I’m pretty sure Nassau Street, like the nearby county is pronounced NASS-aw. But as a former resident I could be wrong. However Nevada is definitely Ne-VAD-uh, and others will correct you.

    • @SuperOtter
      @SuperOtter Před 5 měsíci +2

      It should be pronounced like the last name of the Dutch King. And it wasn't perfect pronunciation but decent enough. A lot closer then for example van Gogh

    • @TurnYourBassUp
      @TurnYourBassUp Před 5 měsíci +1

      I've rarely heard an american pronounce it better than in this video, I don't know what you're on about.

    • @Pyth110
      @Pyth110 Před 5 měsíci

      I'm with you. Nassaw, not nass-ow

    • @ecnoid
      @ecnoid Před 5 měsíci +1

      @@Pyth110 its a dutch term and nass-ow is definitely closer to the correct dutch

    • @thomasrinschler6783
      @thomasrinschler6783 Před 5 měsíci

      @@ecnoid Actually, it's a German term. The House of Nassau came from the County of Nassau in western Germany, which was centered on, unsurprisingly, the city of Nassau.

  • @leonbongers6004
    @leonbongers6004 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Al lot of gold in this vault isn’t from the USA.
    The Netherlands store approx 200ton here, another 200 ton in Ottawa and Londen, the rest in the Netherlands.

  • @vroomvroom8668
    @vroomvroom8668 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Loved the 'IMDABES' reference!

  • @mickeydee9069
    @mickeydee9069 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Noone in the HAI editorial staff were incarcerated during the making of this video.*

  • @th0master
    @th0master Před 5 měsíci +3

    2:48 bro absolutely butchered De Nederlandse Bank, there is no ‘sche’ at the end 😂😭

  • @manudeman1841
    @manudeman1841 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Lots more interesting things about this than you'd find on the Fed site. For example that the Fed is a private company, originally owned by the NY big banks, but we don't know who owns it today.
    Or that that right across from this vault there's another vault, rumored to be connected by a tunnel. The sister vault used to belong to JPM, until China bought it.
    And then there's the question of what actually happens to that gold. When Germany asked for their gold back I believe in 2011, the Fed said it would take 8 years to return it. By comparison it took Venezuela mere months to move similar amounts from London to Caracas. That suggests that the Fed no longer had the German gold on hand, and had to find a new source.

  • @Brando56894
    @Brando56894 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Yup, I lived about two blocks from here at Broadway and Rector St. I had walked by it numerous times and never gave it a second thought, one day I was walking around the neighborhood and the bars on the windows and the armed guard by the loading dock piqued my curiosity, so I looked up the location on Google Maps and was like "Oh...it's the Federal Reserve...that's explains it..."

  • @KakashiH318
    @KakashiH318 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Brilliant. Now please make a video on how to dig through metal.

    • @drdewott9154
      @drdewott9154 Před 5 měsíci

      I mean you could place chemical bombs in the subway set to explode once reaching the reserve, damaging all the subway infrastructure around it and using yourself and a large crew as coverup team for rescue and repairs, and use that to get into the reserve and load the gold into dump trucks, meant to look like they're full of rubble.
      But of course a film crew thought of that nearly 30 years ago when making "Die Hard with a Vengeance", and was apparently so well thought out it got the Feds concerned.

  • @bholdr----0
    @bholdr----0 Před 5 měsíci +6

    I find it amazing that all of that gold would fit into a backyard swimming pool... (gold is so dense and valuable that it defies intuitive understanding! There is @20 metric tons per cubic meter, or about $67,000,000)

  • @WilliamLee-bv4tv
    @WilliamLee-bv4tv Před 5 měsíci

    Posting from Missouri, almost exactly halfway between KC and STL. Always happy to hear about my state lol

  • @sammiller5509
    @sammiller5509 Před 5 měsíci +2

    "you are using a masterlock it can be opened using a masterlock" 5:00

  • @leucamaclean8900
    @leucamaclean8900 Před 5 měsíci +8

    The gold’s been gone for years, don’t tell anyone ;)

  • @AlanTheBeast100
    @AlanTheBeast100 Před 5 měsíci +5

    It's not 5% of the gold in the world, it's 5% of the extracted and refined gold of the world.

    • @drdewott9154
      @drdewott9154 Před 5 měsíci +2

      I mean still 5% of the gold that goes around in the economy as of now.

  • @ChaceEvans
    @ChaceEvans Před 5 měsíci +2

    5:19 Can't believe I still find Lost Easter eggs all these years later lol

    • @Celebok
      @Celebok Před 5 měsíci

      I came to the comments section just to see if anyone else noticed this!

  • @tbogan5
    @tbogan5 Před 5 měsíci +1

    the gmcfosho reference at 2:24 caught me off guard lmfao

  • @A_Being_of_Light
    @A_Being_of_Light Před 5 měsíci +6

    "Our vault is impenetrable"
    *Lester comes out of retierement once again*
    "OH FU-"

  • @xp8969
    @xp8969 Před 5 měsíci +7

    Sam mispronouncing "Nassau" won't stop us from finding the gold cause we can read th street name signs, me and my bricks (I mean soup for my fam) are on our way to liberate their (gold) brick cousins

  • @truevegas
    @truevegas Před 4 dny +1

    It blows my mind to this very day that the fed only has just over 6 tons of gold, and my company sells 30-50 tons of gold per month... mind *BLOWN*

  • @prettypic444
    @prettypic444 Před 5 měsíci +1

    love how causally you slipped in "white collar criminals"

  • @RishabhSharma10225
    @RishabhSharma10225 Před 5 měsíci +17

    I'm Indian and my mom is laughing at that measly quantity of gold.

  • @abinmathew7574
    @abinmathew7574 Před 5 měsíci +4

    White collar criminal 😂

  • @genadijzhdanov2645
    @genadijzhdanov2645 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Federal reserve system prints money that are not based on any value, then borrow to different countries and when they cannot pay back, the loan has to be given back in assets like land or etc

  • @jordansean18
    @jordansean18 Před 5 měsíci +3

    I know its a fact, but did you have to give new york city a new nickname? "The Most Nukable City" is just awkward for bumper stickers 🙃

  • @yo.adrian
    @yo.adrian Před 5 měsíci +8

    So, who wants to go on a gold heist with me?

  • @subinmdr
    @subinmdr Před 5 měsíci

    HAI has upgraded to making videos about gold bricks now.

  • @murraymadness4674
    @murraymadness4674 Před 5 měsíci +1

    Easier to just grab a bag full of it from an armored car, like this guy did in NY, we was walking by the truck and saw the bag unattended and just picked it up and walked off. I think it was $10 million in gold? Or something. The one guard got a phone call, so he was distracted, the other one was sitting in the drivers seat and didn't notice.

  • @sailingeric
    @sailingeric Před 5 měsíci +6

    To rob it you'd need at least a dozen guys doing a combination of cons. Off the top of my head, I'd say you're looking at a Boeski, a Jim Brown, a Miss Daisy, two Jethros and a Leon Spinks, not to mention the biggest Ella Fitzgerald ever.

  • @jamesweldon8118
    @jamesweldon8118 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Everyone knows Fort Knox is empty, so I bet this vault is too

  • @brianholmes1812
    @brianholmes1812 Před 5 měsíci +1

    This video does sound a lot like the part of a heist movie where they explain the elaborate and unrealistic security measures

  • @kurtNYC
    @kurtNYC Před 5 měsíci

    I did the public tour and went down to see the gold in 2019. I dont see the tour on the website anymore? Thats sad.

  • @naswinger
    @naswinger Před 5 měsíci +5

    worth noting, the federal reserve is also a private bank. look it up on their own website. it's not owned by the government or the people.

    • @doublelxp
      @doublelxp Před 5 měsíci +1

      It's not a private bank. Member banks are required to purchase stock in District Reserve banks that give them a vote in directors for their region, but the national Federal Reserve Bank has a board of directors that is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate. It's also accountable to Congress rather than its member banks. Also any income above operating expenses and a surplus account goes to the US Treasury rather than back to its members.

  • @thestocksource8393
    @thestocksource8393 Před 5 měsíci +3

    Thanks for letting me know the location. On my way there now with a pickaxe

    • @MarsJenkar
      @MarsJenkar Před 5 měsíci

      thestocksource8393 has been blown up by a Creeper.

  • @Rebecca-zp4gm
    @Rebecca-zp4gm Před 5 měsíci

    I went to this place on a school trip - I was 18/19 and it was amazing to see.

  • @rjtavares1480
    @rjtavares1480 Před 5 měsíci

    I learned about this place in my AP Econ class over 6 years ago, and am SHOCKED that Hollywood hasn’t made a heist movie yet in this place

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      @godongod2752 Před 27 dny

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      @johnalex4006 Před 5 měsíci +4

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      @Soboj-oy8me Před 5 měsíci +3

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    @authenticallysuperficial9874 Před 5 měsíci +2

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  • @leonb2637
    @leonb2637 Před 3 měsíci

    The NY City branch of the Federal Reserve has a branch in East Rutherford, New Jersey, just off NJ Rt. 17 South, that is mainly used to distribute paper and coin money in its region of the USA. It was built in the late 1990's to make room for other needs in the NYC building. For some years it was used as a clearing house for paper checks until as they declined in use then shifted to the Philadelphia Federal Reserve branch. Apparently it has computer controlled robots to move the money around. It is also next door to the town police department.

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  • @joshkarpoff3341
    @joshkarpoff3341 Před 5 měsíci

    I got to visit this gold vault on an AP Macroeconomics high school field trip back in 2000. It was the day after the debacle 2000 US presidential elections as well.

  • @user-jb1yn1hk4v
    @user-jb1yn1hk4v Před 5 měsíci

    I was actually in that space 57 yrs ago as part of a Bank training exercise where I was employed. Good memories.
    .

  • @quinntermeer3997
    @quinntermeer3997 Před měsícem

    How he pronounced the word:Nederlandsche. Had me dying😂😂 2:49

  • @ybg1d416
    @ybg1d416 Před 5 měsíci

    ben doing field work for this one