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Mysteries of the Abandoned

It was theater. It was nationalsecurity theater

[Lynette] It was theater. It was national
security theater

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[Lynette] It was theater.
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It was national security theater.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
01:20:31
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
9
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 • E09 The Soviet Army had a lot of amphibious armored vehicles. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
The Soviet Army had a lot of amphibious armored vehicles.
S09 • E04 The USS Trout left here February 4, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
The USS Trout left here February 4,
S09 • E04 But it stayed submerged under the water - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
But it stayed submerged under the water
S09 • E09 So what they did was they built concrete lanes - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:17
So what they did was they built concrete lanes
S09 • E04 [narrator] But the Americans still had to deal with - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] But the Americans still had to deal with
S09 • E04 And as the Japanese tightened the siege - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:31
And as the Japanese tightened the siege
S09 • E09 [narrator] But western leaders were not the only ones spooked - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:38
[narrator] But western leaders were not the only ones spooke...
S09 • E04 [dramatic music playing] - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[dramatic music playing]
S09 • E04 But the POW divers - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
But the POW divers
S09 • E09 [narrator] The exercises at Dretun played out for eight days straight. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:28
[narrator] The exercises at Dretun played out for eight days...
S09 • E04 When they got to the wooden crates, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
When they got to the wooden crates,
S09 • E09 [narrator] And much to the relief of nervous NATO forces, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] And much to the relief of nervous NATO forces,
S09 • E04 By now, the Japanese themselves - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
By now, the Japanese themselves
S09 • E09 The Dretun training fields would never again - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
The Dretun training fields would never again
S09 • E09 [Yuriy] They left everything behind for the next exercise. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Yuriy] They left everything behind for the next exercise.
S09 • E04 [narrator] The Japanese knew there was no escape, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] The Japanese knew there was no escape,
S09 • E09 [Amma] There have been many exercises in the following decades, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[Amma] There have been many exercises in the following decad...
S09 • E04 [Armando] They blew themselves inside the tunnel - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[Armando] They blew themselves inside the tunnel
S09 • E04 Wham, this entire tunnel system collapsed, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
Wham, this entire tunnel system collapsed,
S09 • E09 [narrator] Today, the war games at Dretun are over. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
[narrator] Today, the war games at Dretun are over.