All language subtitles for IMAX.Fires.of.Kuwait.HDTV.x264.720p.AC3.MVGroup.org

af Afrikaans
ak Akan
sq Albanian
am Amharic
ar Arabic
hy Armenian
az Azerbaijani
eu Basque
be Belarusian
bem Bemba
bn Bengali
bh Bihari
br Breton
bg Bulgarian
km Cambodian
ca Catalan
ceb Cebuano
chr Cherokee
ny Chichewa
zh-CN Chinese (Simplified)
zh-TW Chinese (Traditional)
co Corsican
hr Croatian
cs Czech
da Danish
en English
eo Esperanto
et Estonian
ee Ewe
fo Faroese
tl Filipino
fy Frisian
gaa Ga
gl Galician
ka Georgian
de German
el Greek
gn Guarani
gu Gujarati
ht Haitian Creole
ha Hausa
haw Hawaiian
iw Hebrew
hi Hindi
hmn Hmong
hu Hungarian
is Icelandic
ig Igbo
id Indonesian
ia Interlingua
ga Irish
it Italian
ja Japanese
jw Javanese
kn Kannada
kk Kazakh
rw Kinyarwanda
rn Kirundi
kg Kongo
ko Korean
kri Krio (Sierra Leone)
ku Kurdish
ckb Kurdish (Soranรฎ)
ky Kyrgyz
lo Laothian
la Latin
lv Latvian
ln Lingala
lt Lithuanian
loz Lozi
lg Luganda
ach Luo
lb Luxembourgish
mk Macedonian
mg Malagasy
ms Malay
ml Malayalam
mt Maltese
mi Maori
mr Marathi
mfe Mauritian Creole
mo Moldavian
mn Mongolian
my Myanmar (Burmese)
sr-ME Montenegrin
ne Nepali
pcm Nigerian Pidgin
nso Northern Sotho
no Norwegian
nn Norwegian (Nynorsk)
oc Occitan
or Oriya
om Oromo
ps Pashto
fa Persian
pl Polish
pt-BR Portuguese (Brazil)
pt Portuguese (Portugal) Download
pa Punjabi
qu Quechua
ro Romanian
rm Romansh
nyn Runyakitara
ru Russian
sm Samoan
gd Scots Gaelic
sr Serbian
sh Serbo-Croatian
st Sesotho
tn Setswana
crs Seychellois Creole
sn Shona
sd Sindhi
si Sinhalese
sk Slovak
sl Slovenian
so Somali
es-419 Spanish (Latin American)
su Sundanese
sw Swahili
sv Swedish
tg Tajik
ta Tamil
tt Tatar
te Telugu
th Thai
ti Tigrinya
to Tonga
lua Tshiluba
tum Tumbuka
tr Turkish
tk Turkmen
tw Twi
ug Uighur
uk Ukrainian
ur Urdu
uz Uzbek
vi Vietnamese
cy Welsh
wo Wolof
xh Xhosa
yi Yiddish
yo Yoruba
zu Zulu
Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:09,321 ln the summer of 1990, peace in Kuwait was shattered by... 2 00:01:09,405 --> 00:01:12,992 ...the expansionist plans of their neighbor, Iraq. 3 00:01:29,384 --> 00:01:33,891 On August 2, Saddam Hussein sent 100,OOO troops across the border... 4 00:01:33,973 --> 00:01:37,061 ...announcing that Kuwait had ceased to exist. 5 00:01:37,895 --> 00:01:40,064 And my country's under occupation. 6 00:01:40,480 --> 00:01:41,900 My people are suFfering... 7 00:01:43,902 --> 00:01:46,780 ...and l appeal to you again for your assistance... 8 00:01:47,113 --> 00:01:48,282 ...and help. 9 00:01:48,616 --> 00:01:54,164 This will not stand. This will not stand, this aggression against Kuwait. 10 00:01:54,705 --> 00:01:58,669 When sanctions and negotiations failed, the United States led a... 11 00:01:58,752 --> 00:02:03,883 ...32-nation coalition against Iraq in Operation Desert Storm. 12 00:02:04,842 --> 00:02:09,932 Force will be used suddenly, massively and decisively. 13 00:02:28,785 --> 00:02:32,958 After six weeks, Iraq's occupation forces collapsed. 14 00:02:36,043 --> 00:02:39,966 ln a final act of vengeance, Saddam ordered the detonation... 15 00:02:40,091 --> 00:02:42,176 ...of almost 700 oil wells. 16 00:02:49,142 --> 00:02:53,272 War leaves Kuwait devastated, its people scattered... 17 00:02:53,814 --> 00:02:57,110 ...the whole network of modern facilities in ruins. 18 00:02:58,862 --> 00:03:03,033 Emergencies in every sector of society demand response. 19 00:03:10,499 --> 00:03:13,670 Can you clari_ what the situation is? Over. 20 00:03:13,962 --> 00:03:18,342 South area is still a declared emergency. Out. 21 00:03:28,019 --> 00:03:31,774 ln oil fields, you prepare for accidents, even for disaster... 22 00:03:32,275 --> 00:03:35,028 ...but who could have prepared for this? 23 00:03:35,945 --> 00:03:40,618 Six days after liberation, a small group of firefighters arrive... 24 00:03:40,743 --> 00:03:42,870 ...to assess the task ahead. 25 00:03:49,335 --> 00:03:51,588 Lewis Mallo, this is Johnny. 26 00:03:51,672 --> 00:03:55,009 Can you tell me exactly how to get to 25? Over. 27 00:03:55,510 --> 00:03:57,846 Yeah, go down to the second gathering center... 28 00:03:57,929 --> 00:04:02,184 ...there's an old bombed tank, follow the road all the way back in. 29 00:04:09,024 --> 00:04:14,197 Five million barrels a day going up in clouds of poisonous smoke and soot. 30 00:04:14,989 --> 00:04:19,370 lf left alone, the fires could burn for 100 years. 31 00:04:30,257 --> 00:04:33,594 lt's not iust darkness as you imagine darkness. 32 00:04:35,053 --> 00:04:40,227 There were lots of days for a long time that were absolutely black. 33 00:04:46,651 --> 00:04:49,362 Everywhere you looked, there was a burning well. 34 00:04:50,947 --> 00:04:54,076 Everywhere you looked, there was nothing but destruction. 35 00:04:57,245 --> 00:05:00,834 When you could see the sky, it didn't last but a few minutes... 36 00:05:00,917 --> 00:05:03,337 ...and it would be total darkness again. 37 00:05:17,644 --> 00:05:19,021 l went back home. 38 00:05:19,730 --> 00:05:22,859 l tried to tell them what l had seen on the trip... 39 00:05:23,358 --> 00:05:25,445 ...what we would be up against... 40 00:05:25,862 --> 00:05:28,573 ...what they would need to expect. 41 00:05:30,826 --> 00:05:32,578 And then l told them... 42 00:05:32,661 --> 00:05:37,876 ...there's no such words that will explain what you're fixing to go into... 43 00:05:38,167 --> 00:05:40,963 ...and l couldn't describe it to them, what l'd seen. 44 00:05:41,338 --> 00:05:42,381 l could not. 45 00:05:42,797 --> 00:05:48,388 There's no words to describe what we saw when we came here in March. 46 00:06:15,584 --> 00:06:19,423 Thousands of Iraqi mines and coalition bombs lie unexploded... 47 00:06:19,506 --> 00:06:22,093 ...in the soft sand around the wells. 48 00:06:33,104 --> 00:06:37,694 Disposal teams creep through the dark days, searching them out. 49 00:06:55,047 --> 00:06:58,759 There's only a handful of oil-field firefighters in the world... 50 00:06:58,842 --> 00:07:01,929 ...and no one is certain how long it might take. 51 00:07:02,429 --> 00:07:05,225 Some say five years, some say ten. 52 00:07:09,062 --> 00:07:12,483 Let's get this piece of iunk out of here so we can go to work. 53 00:07:14,109 --> 00:07:19,700 From 40 countries come 10,OOO people and thousands of tons of machinery. 54 00:07:20,200 --> 00:07:23,871 lt's the largest non-military mobilization in history. 55 00:07:39,638 --> 00:07:43,393 You start at the beginning, rebuilding the roads. 56 00:07:46,103 --> 00:07:50,401 On the edge of the oil field, there's a big deposit of a clay called ''gatch.'' 57 00:07:50,859 --> 00:07:54,280 fine and dense, it will sit on top of the oily sludge... 58 00:07:54,406 --> 00:07:56,116 ...without absorbing it. 59 00:07:58,702 --> 00:08:00,538 Thousands of tons of gatch... 60 00:08:00,621 --> 00:08:04,792 ...build hundreds of miles of roads, one to every fire. 61 00:08:22,728 --> 00:08:27,109 Pipelines, useless now, stretch from every well and field to the coast. 62 00:08:27,985 --> 00:08:29,529 Why not reverse them? 63 00:08:29,946 --> 00:08:31,906 lnstead of taking oil to the coast... 64 00:08:31,989 --> 00:08:34,952 ...bring an ocean of water to the middle of a desert. 65 00:08:40,374 --> 00:08:44,379 Saddam Hussein built this pipeline to flood the shore with oil... 66 00:08:44,921 --> 00:08:48,675 ...and create a wall of fire against a coalition invasion. 67 00:08:59,062 --> 00:09:03,400 Now, it too carries water to dozens of reservoirs and fills them... 68 00:09:03,483 --> 00:09:05,820 ...with a million gallons each. 69 00:09:45,572 --> 00:09:50,078 The direction of the wind is the key to the assault on the fires. 70 00:09:58,630 --> 00:10:02,467 With the wind pushing the heat away, bulldozers can move water pipes... 71 00:10:02,551 --> 00:10:06,097 ...and monitor sheds to within nozzle range of the fire. 72 00:10:18,651 --> 00:10:22,907 Staying upwind of the 2,OOO degree heat is a matter of life and death. 73 00:10:23,323 --> 00:10:25,994 But even here, you'll sweat a quart an hour. 74 00:10:26,077 --> 00:10:28,831 And 12 hours is an average day. 75 00:10:45,599 --> 00:10:50,063 When water lines are ready, the team will cool the superheated ground... 76 00:12:19,832 --> 00:10:53,817 ...between them and the fire they've nicknamed ''Rita.'' 77 00:11:02,576 --> 00:11:05,414 The firefighters' toolbox stands by... 78 00:11:06,040 --> 00:11:08,834 ...with eight heavy-equipment operators to support... 79 00:11:08,959 --> 00:11:13,214 ...the four professional firefighters who make up the core of each team. 80 00:11:14,758 --> 00:11:15,717 Good morning. 81 00:11:15,801 --> 00:11:17,469 l got some good news For you: 82 00:11:17,552 --> 00:11:19,305 Leebo and Angie had a baby boy. 83 00:11:19,387 --> 00:11:22,058 -All right. -All right, give us another FireFighter. 84 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:26,980 Looks like you got everything right here, the dirt work, the water. 85 00:11:27,062 --> 00:11:28,774 You gonna dig with your backhoe? 86 00:11:28,857 --> 00:11:32,903 We've got a drain cut, but we're going to work on it a little more. 87 00:11:34,404 --> 00:11:37,742 We'll work on that big old coke pile in the back when we rake. 88 00:11:37,826 --> 00:11:40,662 Well, l'm going, as hot as it is, to go check on Paul. 89 00:11:40,745 --> 00:11:41,705 l'll be back. 90 00:11:41,787 --> 00:11:43,540 -Okay, Joe. -Okay, Big One. 91 00:11:47,669 --> 00:11:51,800 The attack begins with a barrel of C-4 plastic explosive. 92 00:11:52,341 --> 00:11:54,470 Unburned oil has solidified... 93 00:11:54,552 --> 00:11:57,723 ...building up a hard cap of coke over the wellhead. 94 00:11:59,058 --> 00:12:00,977 The C-4 will blast it apart. 95 00:12:10,947 --> 00:12:14,367 lf people would iust think of explosives as an expedient tool. 96 00:12:14,492 --> 00:12:18,330 Does a lot of work, has a lot of energy and it's instantaneous. 97 00:12:19,832 --> 00:12:24,295 And it's pretty safe. l've never had an accident in 35 years. 98 00:12:27,382 --> 00:12:30,844 Of course, we're violating every safety regulation ever written... 99 00:12:30,927 --> 00:12:34,765 ...when we use explosives in the fire, you know, and... 100 00:12:35,140 --> 00:12:38,102 ...the heat and everything, but it's iust one of those things. 101 00:12:38,186 --> 00:12:40,105 lt's another way to do it. 102 00:13:00,794 --> 00:13:03,756 A constant stream of water keeps men from collapsing... 103 00:13:03,840 --> 00:13:05,759 ...and machines from melting. 104 00:13:27,032 --> 00:13:31,455 Everything that might re-ignite an extinguished fire must be pulled away. 105 00:13:32,831 --> 00:13:35,626 Only when you've completely cleared the ground around... 106 00:13:35,708 --> 00:13:40,548 ...the exposed wellhead can you decide how to attack the fire itself. 107 00:13:44,885 --> 00:13:49,225 Every fire has its own personality and requires its own approach. 108 00:14:03,950 --> 00:14:05,910 This fire won't stay out. 109 00:14:06,327 --> 00:14:08,330 Time for the ''stinger.'' 110 00:14:08,829 --> 00:14:12,793 lts hollow steel spike is forced down the throat of the well. 111 00:14:13,502 --> 00:14:17,548 Then, heavy mud is pumped in to choke ofl the oil supply. 112 00:14:36,945 --> 00:14:40,533 lts simplicity makes the stinger a favorite technique... 113 00:14:40,741 --> 00:14:42,660 ...but it's only one of many. 114 00:16:21,688 --> 00:14:54,924 At George Hill's fire, the heat is so intense... 115 00:14:55,007 --> 00:14:57,177 ...that the men can't work near it. 116 00:14:58,470 --> 00:15:01,682 A hollow steel venturi tube will lift the flame up... 117 00:15:01,764 --> 00:15:04,060 ...and away from the men and machines. 118 00:15:11,068 --> 00:15:14,446 lf it's a 30-foot tube, it'll roughly move your radiant heat circle... 119 00:15:14,529 --> 00:15:16,157 ...back 50 to 70 feet. 120 00:15:16,407 --> 00:15:19,327 lt creates low pressure at the base that's unbelievable. 121 00:15:19,410 --> 00:15:21,371 lt'll take your gloves ofl your hands. 122 00:15:21,453 --> 00:15:24,666 You've got to be careful or it'll suck your hardhat ofl. 123 00:15:35,220 --> 00:15:38,348 George has decided on an exacting technique. 124 00:15:39,182 --> 00:15:43,062 He'll try putting out the fire by maneuvering the venturi tube. 125 00:15:47,609 --> 00:15:50,195 lf you've got a real hard crosswind, it works better. 126 00:15:50,278 --> 00:15:54,784 We tried it on this one twice yesterday and we never could get it to work. 127 00:15:55,159 --> 00:15:57,662 This morning would be a good time to try. 128 00:16:10,301 --> 00:16:15,015 Hoses soak the oil at the top of the tube, forcing the flame downwind. 129 00:16:15,681 --> 00:16:18,477 Water aimed at the base is sucked up with the oil... 130 00:16:18,560 --> 00:16:20,438 ...reducing its flammability. 131 00:16:21,688 --> 00:16:26,403 Tilting the tube can separate fuel from flame for a split second. 132 00:16:37,624 --> 00:16:40,127 Now is the time of greatest danger. 133 00:16:40,960 --> 00:16:45,925 A steady downpour of oil turns the whole area into a huge torch... 134 00:16:46,216 --> 00:16:47,927 ...waiting for a match. 135 00:16:54,059 --> 00:16:56,020 The re-ignition of that fire... 136 00:16:56,603 --> 00:16:58,898 ...when you're not prepared for it... 137 00:16:59,356 --> 00:17:02,944 ...is probably the most diflicult thing to deal with. 138 00:17:04,445 --> 00:17:07,491 lt comes so fast, you don't have any warning. 139 00:17:10,035 --> 00:17:11,454 And your personnel... 140 00:17:11,537 --> 00:17:15,125 ...are very likely to iust go up iust as quick as that well does. 141 00:17:33,645 --> 00:17:37,734 Flames engulfed a Romanian team in a situation like this. 142 00:17:38,734 --> 00:17:42,906 Natural gas had built up around them when the well flashed. 143 00:17:44,073 --> 00:17:47,704 At this wellhead, a diverter tube draws the gas away. 144 00:17:59,049 --> 00:18:02,721 Like oil-soaked shorebirds, human beings can overheat... 145 00:18:02,804 --> 00:18:05,182 ...when their pores are clogged. 146 00:18:06,016 --> 00:18:08,143 You can pass out without warning. 147 00:18:08,227 --> 00:18:11,355 You're trusting your life to the men around you. 148 00:18:25,204 --> 00:18:29,042 But when the wind dies, and the site fills with oil and gas... 149 00:18:29,834 --> 00:18:34,006 ...all you can do is pull back and wait until the weather improves. 150 00:18:37,759 --> 00:18:40,764 Today l saw the sun rise for the first time. 151 00:18:41,598 --> 00:18:42,891 We took pictures. 152 00:18:42,973 --> 00:18:45,811 lt's the first time any of us had seen the sun since... 153 00:18:45,893 --> 00:18:48,105 ...before this started. 154 00:19:22,728 --> 00:19:25,398 By October, teams from the Soviet Union... 155 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:28,026 ...China and Iran ioin in the eflort. 156 00:19:28,108 --> 00:19:32,114 French and British crews will bring the total to 27 teams. 157 00:19:33,322 --> 00:19:36,160 The pace of the battle has everyone improvising. 158 00:19:36,535 --> 00:19:38,621 ''Foamy One'' is a Canadian idea. 159 00:19:38,996 --> 00:19:41,958 Conceived and constructed in two short weeks... 160 00:19:42,042 --> 00:19:44,252 ...it sweeps the vast ground fires... 161 00:19:44,335 --> 00:19:47,256 ...of the world's second largest oil field... 162 00:19:47,422 --> 00:19:49,383 ...the Burgan Complex. 163 00:19:53,178 --> 00:19:56,600 The Hungarians recycled a Russian T-34 tank... 164 00:19:56,683 --> 00:20:00,688 ...to create a spectacular prototype called ''Big Wind.'' 165 00:20:01,729 --> 00:20:05,151 They took ofl the gun turret and replaced it with iet engines... 166 00:20:05,235 --> 00:20:07,821 ...from MiG-21 fighter planes. 167 00:20:10,406 --> 00:20:13,035 Water is iniected into the iet stream. 168 00:20:13,952 --> 00:20:17,498 Then they iust open the throttles and blow the fire out. 169 00:20:44,362 --> 00:20:47,866 Every team in this fight brings its own special strength. 170 00:20:48,157 --> 00:20:50,536 for the Kuwaitis, it is an intimate knowledge... 171 00:20:50,619 --> 00:20:54,248 ...of the reservoirs beneath the sprawling Burgan Complex. 172 00:20:54,998 --> 00:20:58,962 Petroleum engineers Aisa Bou Yabes and Sara Akbar... 173 00:20:59,046 --> 00:21:00,881 ...started the Kuwaiti team. 174 00:21:02,465 --> 00:21:06,262 We had a very big motive during this occupation to... 175 00:21:06,596 --> 00:21:08,556 ...protect our country. 176 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,184 Everybody was trying to do his best. 177 00:21:11,851 --> 00:21:14,939 And we proved that we could do a lot of things, l mean... 178 00:21:15,021 --> 00:21:17,775 ...it was a process like survival to us. 179 00:21:17,857 --> 00:21:20,779 Either we fight and become... 180 00:21:22,239 --> 00:21:25,868 ...the owners of our land, or we might as well die. 181 00:21:38,298 --> 00:21:42,011 Capping the wells around it has built up the pressure in this fire. 182 00:21:42,135 --> 00:21:44,222 Now it's the largest in the country... 183 00:21:44,305 --> 00:21:46,558 ...and a high gas content is causing... 184 00:21:46,641 --> 00:21:49,561 ...almost complete combustion of the oil... 185 00:21:49,644 --> 00:21:51,647 ...making it the hottest. 186 00:21:52,856 --> 00:21:57,111 This is the crest of Burgan. This is the top part of the reservoir. 187 00:21:57,194 --> 00:22:00,657 This is the ''cream'' of Burgan actually being burned here. 188 00:22:09,667 --> 00:22:13,964 Half the water supply has gone iust to cool the site enough to get close. 189 00:22:14,463 --> 00:22:18,636 Then, the venturi tube lifts the fire almost out of hose range. 190 00:22:21,931 --> 00:22:25,519 Just as success seems possible, the wind shifts... 191 00:22:25,602 --> 00:22:28,313 ...driving the heat back onto the crew. 192 00:22:45,291 --> 00:22:48,211 Water vaporizes on the superheated ground... 193 00:22:48,461 --> 00:22:52,841 ...and the team must fight its way back through boiling clouds of steam. 194 00:23:13,448 --> 00:23:15,492 They'll refill the reservoir... 195 00:23:15,575 --> 00:23:18,120 ...build a second one and move in again. 196 00:23:27,380 --> 00:23:30,843 This time, the plan calls for doubling the water. 197 00:25:01,696 --> 00:23:34,597 Oil won't burn unless it's hot. 198 00:23:35,263 --> 00:23:39,603 So, enough water iust might cool it to the point where the fire will go out. 199 00:23:55,996 --> 00:24:00,168 One of the things special about the oil field, everybody helps. 200 00:24:00,752 --> 00:24:04,047 Everybody tries to find a solution to the problem. 201 00:24:04,130 --> 00:24:07,968 They are here for the same purpose, putting ofl all these fires and... 202 00:24:08,302 --> 00:24:10,054 ...clearing the sky. 203 00:24:18,188 --> 00:24:22,860 Texans have been dynamiting oil well fires for over 50 years. 204 00:24:24,904 --> 00:24:29,159 We have to get the well in a certain condition before we can use the dynamite. 205 00:24:29,576 --> 00:24:32,329 You fire it remotely after you've set up your charges. 206 00:24:32,412 --> 00:24:35,833 You're away from the detonation itself. 207 00:24:36,459 --> 00:24:38,044 lt creates a vacuum. 208 00:24:38,126 --> 00:24:41,923 The fire doesn't have any oxygen to burn on for microseconds. 209 00:24:42,590 --> 00:24:46,679 Therefore it starves, and it doesn't have anything to rekindle it. 210 00:24:58,525 --> 00:25:01,696 All right, stay down. Wait until everything quits blowing. 211 00:25:05,116 --> 00:25:06,159 All clear. 212 00:25:07,284 --> 00:25:09,455 All right, l'm gonna get her on Monitor 2. 213 00:25:21,051 --> 00:25:23,512 High torque cuts through steel wellheads... 214 00:25:23,596 --> 00:25:26,641 ...with a high-pressure stream of water and garnet dust. 215 00:25:27,308 --> 00:25:29,769 lt saved days on each well capping. 216 00:25:30,561 --> 00:25:33,315 Wellheads used to be sawed ofl by a steel cable... 217 00:25:33,397 --> 00:25:35,943 ...stretched between two bulldozers. 218 00:26:11,482 --> 00:26:14,779 Once the bolts are cut, the old wellhead is removed... 219 00:26:15,070 --> 00:26:19,117 ...and the capping assembly can be forced down over the oil flow... 220 00:26:19,324 --> 00:26:21,745 ...in a process called ''snubbing.'' 221 00:26:25,498 --> 00:26:29,003 Air pressure from this accumulator will drive the valves... 222 00:26:29,087 --> 00:26:31,840 ...so the well can be shut ofl remotely. 223 00:28:12,078 --> 00:26:45,146 lt's hard to comprehend, and l thought l had myself... 224 00:26:45,230 --> 00:26:47,691 ...mentally prepared for what l was fixing to see. 225 00:26:47,774 --> 00:26:49,360 You can't look at the countryside... 226 00:26:49,443 --> 00:26:51,320 ...the destruction, devastation... 227 00:26:51,404 --> 00:26:54,115 ...and the senseless ruination of a country. 228 00:26:54,239 --> 00:26:57,160 You have to look at them on a one-well basis. 229 00:27:07,546 --> 00:27:11,426 lt's really a little bit more, it's more the environment, too... 230 00:27:12,052 --> 00:27:14,013 ...because it's a global thing. 231 00:27:14,096 --> 00:27:16,515 You're actually helping wildlife... 232 00:27:16,974 --> 00:27:18,810 ...the seas, everything. 233 00:27:19,476 --> 00:27:20,854 Feels better. 234 00:27:20,937 --> 00:27:24,983 Makes you appreciate that it doesn't happen like this all the time. 235 00:27:31,782 --> 00:27:35,412 As the smoke clears, the extent of the damage is revealed. 236 00:27:36,538 --> 00:27:40,584 The whole desert ecosystem is smothered under a blanket of tar... 237 00:27:40,709 --> 00:27:43,045 ...for hundreds of square miles. 238 00:27:53,598 --> 00:27:57,145 Oases, once havens for desert wildlife... 239 00:27:57,437 --> 00:28:00,524 ...now lie under lakes of oil. 240 00:28:08,908 --> 00:28:11,995 Sulfur dioxide, hydrogen sulfide... 241 00:28:12,078 --> 00:28:14,998 ...trace metals, unburned hydrocarbons... 242 00:28:15,123 --> 00:28:16,208 ...and salt... 243 00:28:16,290 --> 00:28:19,795 ...combine with the oil to encrust the trees. 244 00:28:25,343 --> 00:28:29,932 For thousands of migrating birds, the iourney ended here. 245 00:28:38,691 --> 00:28:40,986 And for the human population... 246 00:28:41,236 --> 00:28:43,447 ...the prospect of poisoned air... 247 00:28:43,531 --> 00:28:47,160 ...polluted water, and the deadly legacy of war. 248 00:28:53,709 --> 00:28:58,047 Mines are designed to hurt people, that's the be all and end all. 249 00:28:58,172 --> 00:29:01,635 lf there are still mines on the beaches and people walk on them... 250 00:29:01,717 --> 00:29:04,388 ...somebody is going to get hurt. 251 00:29:22,408 --> 00:29:25,453 The desert was very safe for everybody to go... 252 00:29:25,953 --> 00:29:28,665 ...and we used to enioy it tremendously. 253 00:29:30,583 --> 00:29:32,837 We can't do that anymore because... 254 00:29:33,087 --> 00:29:35,631 ...the environment is completely disturbed. 255 00:29:37,759 --> 00:29:42,890 The natural pleasures we used to get from our land, we can't get anymore. 256 00:30:47,295 --> 00:30:50,508 The pain of the past is truly wasted... 257 00:30:50,842 --> 00:30:53,428 ...if we learn nothing from it. 258 00:30:56,223 --> 00:31:00,895 People from around the world responded to this environmental assault... 259 00:31:00,978 --> 00:31:03,231 ...with determination and unity. 260 00:31:03,314 --> 00:31:05,775 What experts feared might take years... 261 00:31:05,859 --> 00:31:08,946 ...has been accomplished in iust nine months. 262 00:31:23,294 --> 00:31:24,630 Did you call George? 263 00:31:24,714 --> 00:31:29,135 Yes, l called George and he should be on the way with the two packers. 264 00:31:32,264 --> 00:31:34,391 -Okay, we'll try it. -Yes. 265 00:31:35,266 --> 00:31:39,731 But if it doesn't work then you know what we have to do, we have to cut.... 266 00:31:43,817 --> 00:31:46,905 lt's not what you lose on the surface... 267 00:31:46,988 --> 00:31:51,369 ...it's what you lose underground now, and that is a tremendous amount. 268 00:31:54,538 --> 00:31:58,669 Each and every well is like a patient that you know very well, like a human. 269 00:31:59,711 --> 00:32:02,340 We deal with them when they have a problem... 270 00:32:02,422 --> 00:32:04,926 ...and we try to solve that problem. 271 00:32:12,184 --> 00:32:14,687 The work will not stop. 272 00:32:15,521 --> 00:32:19,275 Our ultimate goal is to try to recover all the wells. 273 00:32:21,652 --> 00:32:23,655 l know that we can do it. 274 00:32:37,003 --> 00:32:40,091 This rebuilding process is a real challenge. 275 00:32:41,007 --> 00:32:43,970 This is the first time l work on such a team. 276 00:32:44,679 --> 00:32:49,893 l know now, teamwork is the best way to go about things. 277 00:33:08,038 --> 00:33:11,251 Budrow, you got IYumber 133 For Wild Well Control. 278 00:33:11,334 --> 00:33:12,461 Thank you, Buddy. 279 00:33:12,543 --> 00:33:16,382 All right, good job. Another one down. 280 00:33:28,102 --> 00:33:32,233 There is no limits to what the human being can do... 281 00:33:33,150 --> 00:33:36,321 ...if the fear inside is not there anymore. 282 00:33:38,407 --> 00:33:40,785 Humans are put... 283 00:33:40,867 --> 00:33:43,413 ...on this earth, not to fight. 284 00:33:43,537 --> 00:33:46,833 You know, people could ioin forces to build. 285 00:33:48,000 --> 00:33:52,256 l think that's what all people have learned all over the world. 24976

Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.