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Mysteries of the Abandoned

It was a formidable weapon. It was a formidable weapon. But the ekranoplan would never be...

It was a formidable weapon. It was a formidable weapon. [narrator] But the ekranoplan would never be called
into action. The winds of change
were beginning to blow and soon the Iron Curtain
would come crashing down. By the 1980s, the Soviet Union
was on its last legs

Full Transcript

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It was a formidable weapon.
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It was a formidable weapon.
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[narrator] But the ekranoplan
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would never be called into action.
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The winds of change were beginning to blow
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and soon the Iron Curtain would come crashing down.
00:00:16.004 --> 00:00:20.166
By the 1980s, the Soviet Union was on its last legs.
Duration
20 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:09:23
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
2
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 • E06 You could bring the water into the plant without affecting the waterfall - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
You could bring the water into the plant without affecting t...
S09 • E14 [narrator] In the early days of the second World War, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[narrator] In the early days of the second World War,
S09 • E16 [Naomi] The clearances were not intended to do anything - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Naomi] The clearances were not intended to do anything
S09 • E10 In the end, a tragic event led - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
In the end, a tragic event led
S09 • E22 [narrator] Aggrieved by centuries of dominance - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:46
[narrator] Aggrieved by centuries of dominance
S09 • E08 [Steven] And their comrades ended up on Angel Island. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Steven] And their comrades ended up on Angel Island.
S09 • E11 The researchers were biting their nails, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
The researchers were biting their nails,
S09 • E01 Into that one like a lock-in-place kind of Lego. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
Into that one like a lock-in-place kind of Lego.
S09 • E09 [Philippe] And then they brought up the idea that there were weapons. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[Philippe] And then they brought up the idea that there were...
S09 • E07 Ginny Batt remembers how the challenges of this derelict place - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
Ginny Batt remembers how the challenges of this derelict pla...
S09 • E01 And here's a section of wall, this was actually standing up against here - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
And here's a section of wall, this was actually standin...
S09 • E06 So it's a lot more work to create this, this separate waterfall. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
So it's a lot more work to create this, this separate w...
S09 • E18 [Bell] Visitor numbers continued to fall, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Bell] Visitor numbers continued to fall,
S09 • E04 It was indescribable, like a fantasy, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
It was indescribable, like a fantasy,
S09 • E03 [Bell] And reportedly, there were 23 corpses found. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[Bell] And reportedly, there were 23 corpses found.
S09 • E11 [narrator] While Paul's colleagues were prepping the champagne glasses, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:29
[narrator] While Paul's colleagues were prepping the ch...
S09 • E21 [narrator] On July 24th, in the final hours before splashdown, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] On July 24th, in the final hours before splashdow...
S09 • E16 [narrator] Abandoned by the people of Edinburgh, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] Abandoned by the people of Edinburgh,
S09 • E17 [Landdeck] One of the neighbors actually recorded - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Landdeck] One of the neighbors actually recorded
S09 • E06 They needed to use dynamite to blast this huge tunnel - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
They needed to use dynamite to blast this huge tunnel