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[narrator] What was it here that required such immense protection?
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

What was it here that requiredsuch immense protection? And what foreign forcerisked...

[narrator]
What was it here that required
such immense protection? And what foreign force
risked slaughter by launching a daring raid
to get their hands on it

Full Transcript

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[narrator] What was it here that required such immense protection?
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And what foreign force risked slaughter
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by launching a daring raid to get their hands on it.
Duration
12 seconds
Views
22
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:06
Uploaded
Jul 07, 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 [Rob] This relic was once the site of a furious battle. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Rob] This relic was once the site of a furious battle.
S09 • E04 They would open up the wooden door - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
They would open up the wooden door
S09 • E04 To keep from going insane, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
To keep from going insane,
S09 • E09 [narrator] The Indonesian island of Banda, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[narrator] The Indonesian island of Banda,
S09 • E04 And when he got out, he wrote a book - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
And when he got out, he wrote a book
S09 • E09 [Lukman] My profession is a photographer, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
[Lukman] My profession is a photographer,
S09 • E04 A gas chamber was added and by the 1930s, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
A gas chamber was added and by the 1930s,
S09 • E04 And the prison was the economic base - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
And the prison was the economic base
S09 • E09 [narrator] For hundreds of years, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:22
[narrator] For hundreds of years,
S09 • E04 It was a huge operation - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
It was a huge operation
S09 • E04 One time, they had almost 4000 some inmates in here - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
One time, they had almost 4000 some inmates in here
S09 • E09 [Rob] We've all heard the phrase, "money doesn't grow on trees." - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Rob] We've all heard the phrase, "money doesn...
S09 • E09 [Sascha] Space was really the most valuable commodity of the age. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:24
[Sascha] Space was really the most valuable commodity of the...
S09 • E04 [narrator] On September 22nd, 1954, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] On September 22nd, 1954,
S09 • E04 A couple of inmates pretended to be sick, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
A couple of inmates pretended to be sick,
S09 • E04 Within hours, thousands of prisoners - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
Within hours, thousands of prisoners
S09 • E09 [Amma] What value would you put on something - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:42
[Amma] What value would you put on something
S09 • E04 [narrator] The burnt out buildings - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[narrator] The burnt out buildings
S09 • E04 When the dust had settled, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
When the dust had settled,
S09 • E04 Into this caldron of fire - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
Into this caldron of fire