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Mysteries of the Abandoned

These were statefunded trading organizations. With the aim of increasinginfluence on the...

[Rob] These were state
funded trading organizations. With the aim of increasing
influence on the world stage. But in essence,
they were just pirates

Full Transcript

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[Rob] These were state funded trading organizations.
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With the aim of increasing influence on the world stage.
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But in essence, they were just pirates.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
26
Timestamp in Movie
01:10:18
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 • E04 Somewhere near this site - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
Somewhere near this site
S09 • E04 [narrator] The economic and strategic value of Manila, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:12
[narrator] The economic and strategic value of Manila,
S09 • E09 [narrator] In the former Soviet republic of Belarus, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[narrator] In the former Soviet republic of Belarus,
S09 • E04 [Sascha] The Americans built banks - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[Sascha] The Americans built banks
S09 • E09 [Sascha] It's actually very hard to make sense of this complex - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Sascha] It's actually very hard to make sense of this ...
S09 • E04 [Armando] The economy of the Philippines then was very good. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:19
[Armando] The economy of the Philippines then was very good.
S09 • E09 [narrator] Crumbling interiors - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:14
[narrator] Crumbling interiors
S09 • E09 Meant for keeping whoever was on the inside - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
Meant for keeping whoever was on the inside
S09 • E04 The two square miles of Corregidor Island - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
The two square miles of Corregidor Island
S09 • E04 And so they decide the key to holding the Philippines - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
And so they decide the key to holding the Philippines
S09 • E09 That was no accident. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
That was no accident.
S09 • E04 [narrator] So they built a world-beating barracks - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] So they built a world-beating barracks
S09 • E04 This is Topside Barracks. Built in 1914, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:25
This is Topside Barracks. Built in 1914,
S09 • E09 [narrator] This was a theater of power - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
[narrator] This was a theater of power
S09 • E09 [Amma] An event of this size - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Amma] An event of this size
S09 • E09 [narrator] How important was this structure - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] How important was this structure
S09 • E04 [narrator] To defend Manila from naval attack, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] To defend Manila from naval attack,
S09 • E04 When this gun will fire, the tip of the gun - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
When this gun will fire, the tip of the gun
S09 • E04 And after firing, it will hide behind the wall again. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:15
And after firing, it will hide behind the wall again.
S09 • E09 [narrator] In the wilderness of Belarus - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:18
[narrator] In the wilderness of Belarus