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Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy

From the air, soldiers threw out 80kilograms of sandbags into the blaze withtheir bare...

From the air, soldiers threw out 80
kilograms of sandbags into the blaze with
their bare hands to fill up the reactors
and smother the fire

Full Transcript

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From the air,
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soldiers threw out 80 kilograms of sandbags
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into the blaze with their bare hands
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to fill up the reactors and smother the fire.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
32
Timestamp in Movie
00:15:20
Uploaded
May 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

In Ukraine, on the 26th of April 1986, a catastrophe shook the whole of Europe, and the world experienced a fatal day that became engraved in its history - A major nuclear accident at Chernobyl turned an entire city into a post-ap...
In two days, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
In two days,
After a few missions, soldiers would start throwing up. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:04
After a few missions, soldiers would start throwing up.
It had to be done. There was no better solution. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
It had to be done. There was no better solution.
During this operation, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
During this operation,
There was despair and hopelessness - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
There was despair and hopelessness
They needed to get closer and down into the core. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
They needed to get closer and down into the core.
Something had to be done - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
Something had to be done
They came up with a solution, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
They came up with a solution,
They built a 550 foot long tunnel below the reactor. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
They built a 550 foot long tunnel below the reactor.
The fire took 10 days and 250 firefighters to extinguish it. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:06
The fire took 10 days and 250 firefighters to extinguish it.
However, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
However,
Later on, the crews discovered something horrific; - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
Later on, the crews discovered something horrific;
A solid large radioactive mass of melted nuclear fuel, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:10
A solid large radioactive mass of melted nuclear fuel,
The radiation readers made it clear - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:07
The radiation readers made it clear
Scientists believe that it is going to emit radiation - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:05
Scientists believe that it is going to emit radiation
In a month, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:08
In a month,
A total of 600,000 rescuers, including firefighters, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:16
A total of 600,000 rescuers, including firefighters,
These people would be called 'the liquidators'. - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:04
These people would be called 'the liquidators'.
These men and women who fought a ruthless battle - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:11
These men and women who fought a ruthless battle
At the Kremlin in Moscow, - Chernobyl: The Invisible Enemy 00:11
At the Kremlin in Moscow,