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Mysteries of the Abandoned

And if notfor that devastationand loss, the '50s and '60swouldn't have been sucha booming...

And if not
for that devastation
and loss, the '50s and '60s
wouldn't have been such
a booming time for business. So people literally stood
on line to buy porcelain. It wasn't a commodity
of the elite anymore. It was something
that every household needed. [narrator] Form 1382
transformed the fortunes
of German porcelain. [narrator] Form 1382
transformed the fortunes
of German porcelain. But this golden age
didn't last forever. [Lynette] After
the Second World War, Japanese manufacturers
start to take over
global markets, and Japanese makers are able to compete
globally for exactly
the same buyers. And German porcelain makers
who can't compete have to merge

Full Transcript

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And if not for that devastation and loss,
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the '50s and '60s wouldn't have been such a booming time for business.
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So people literally stood on line to buy porcelain.
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It wasn't a commodity of the elite anymore.
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It was something that every household needed.
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[narrator] Form 1382 transformed the fortunes of German porcelain.
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[narrator] Form 1382 transformed the fortunes of German porcelain.
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But this golden age didn't last forever.
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[Lynette] After the Second World War,
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Japanese manufacturers start to take over global markets,
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and Japanese makers
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are able to compete globally for exactly the same buyers.
00:00:44.999 --> 00:00:49.734
And German porcelain makers who can't compete
00:00:50.834 --> 00:00:52.002
have to merge.
Duration
52 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
00:40:15
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
12
Genres
documentary
Production
Mosfilm

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Movie Summary

The world's most incredible engineering projects are revisited to uncover why places full of mysteries and untold secrets are now abandoned ruins.
S09 • E08 [Steven] With winter approaching - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[Steven] With winter approaching
S09 • E04 It's now become somewhat of a YouTube sensation, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
It's now become somewhat of a YouTube sensation,
S09 • E21 [reverberating clap] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[reverberating clap]
S09 • E14 These missiles were three times the speed of sound - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
These missiles were three times the speed of sound
S09 • E17 [narrator] Hierapolis continued to thrive under Christian belief, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] Hierapolis continued to thrive under Christian be...
S09 • E03 It's entirely possible that she heard tales - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
It's entirely possible that she heard tales
S09 • E19 [narrator] In time, a controversial new government policy - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:23
[narrator] In time, a controversial new government policy
S09 • E16 [narrator] This was one of the only times - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] This was one of the only times
S09 • E22 [narrator] The city's light pollution - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
[narrator] The city's light pollution
S09 • E02 [narrator] Soon after Jayavarman VII's death, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:42
[narrator] Soon after Jayavarman VII's death,
S09 • E10 [Katherine] No doctors could get to him - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:40
[Katherine] No doctors could get to him
S09 • E04 The family tries to keep people out, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
The family tries to keep people out,
S09 • E11 And all of this place is going to be a deathtrap - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:53
And all of this place is going to be a deathtrap
S09 • E09 [narrator] Though they claim they didn't cause the fire - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:25
[narrator] Though they claim they didn't cause the fire
S09 • E20 [narrator] ...but military prowess - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] ...but military prowess
S09 • E06 [narrator] Then in 1964, a typhoid outbreak in Scotland - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] Then in 1964, a typhoid outbreak in Scotland
S09 • E21 [Bell] Innovation, experimentation, boldness. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[Bell] Innovation, experimentation, boldness.
S09 • E03 [narrator] Four years later, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] Four years later,
S09 • E14 And underneath this building, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
And underneath this building,
S09 • E05 It's right there!" - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
It's right there!"