Pete: Moving Man Made Mountains

Pete Moving Manmade Mountains

“Nothing is too big to move” is Peter Dietrich Friesen’s philosophy about any job he is given. This extraordinary film takes us through Pete’s life. First his harrowing experience escaping the Russian Revolution with his Aristocratic father, after his mother is killed by the Bolsheviks, then to his rugged life after emigrating to Prevost, Alberta where he gets all but an eighth grade education. Through a life changing experience, Pete learns to visualize a job and methodically think it through. This leads to his extraordinary accomplishments doing what most engineers regard as impossible… moving the Cape Hatteras lighthouse thousands of yards to safety without its brick and mortar structure cracking or crumbling, and similar successes moving The Block Island Lighthouse, the Newark Airport Terminal building, Detroit’s Gem Theatre, and countless other massive structures to preserve them as part of our heritage. Using his visualizing technique and incredible invention, the Universal Hydraulic Jacking System, he hoists gigantic structures and moves them to safer places. Pete gets the job done. An inspirational film for everyone, especially the young who haven’t yet found their niche in life, who will appreciate Pete’s lasting testament that extraordinary things can be accomplished if you just visualize what is possible, then act. (2008)

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