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This is Topside Barracks. Built in 1914
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Mysteries of the Abandoned

This is Topside Barracks.Built in 1914, this was then the longest Americanbarracks in the...

This is Topside Barracks.
Built in 1914, this was then the longest American
barracks in the world the longest American
barracks in the world to house a maximum
of 8,000 men of the 59th Coast
Artillery Regiment. It had the chapel,
it had the library, a bowling alley,
indoor swimming pool, washroom areas, mess hall

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This is Topside Barracks. Built in 1914,
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this was then
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the longest American barracks in the world
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the longest American barracks in the world
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to house a maximum of 8,000 men
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of the 59th Coast Artillery Regiment.
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It had the chapel, it had the library,
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a bowling alley, indoor swimming pool,
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washroom areas, mess hall.
Duration
25 seconds
Views
20
Timestamp in Movie
01:11:34
Uploaded
Jul 08, 2025
Season
9
Episode
4
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 [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
S09 • E04 And they considered this to be - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:16
And they considered this to be
S09 • E09 [narrator] At the time of Yuriy's visit - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
[narrator] At the time of Yuriy's visit
S09 • E04 [narrator] At the start of the Second World War, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:08
[narrator] At the start of the Second World War,
S09 • E09 [Yuriy] The anticipated enemy - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:05
[Yuriy] The anticipated enemy
S09 • E04 Traces on the ground suggest - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
Traces on the ground suggest
S09 • E09 There were so many, so many potential targets. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:04
There were so many, so many potential targets.
S09 • E04 [Armando] Every now and then, you find some - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:10
[Armando] Every now and then, you find some
S09 • E09 [Rob] You would've had men in uniform - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:07
[Rob] You would've had men in uniform
S09 • E04 [narrator] Back in 1941, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:09
[narrator] Back in 1941,
S09 • E09 It would've felt like utter chaos. - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:13
It would've felt like utter chaos.
S09 • E04 [Dr. Alicia] On December 8th, 1941, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:11
[Dr. Alicia] On December 8th, 1941,
S09 • E04 And as an open city, - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:06
And as an open city,
S09 • E09 [narrator] And the super power behind it - Mysteries of the Abandoned 00:21
[narrator] And the super power behind it