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Narrator: A VITAL LIFELINE
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BURIED IN THE BARREN
DESERT OF CALIFORNIA.
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Bell: THAT CANYON IS JUST
KIND OF LANDSLIDE READY.
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IT'S NOT SOLID GROUND.
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IT'S KIND OF SHATTERED GRANITE.
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Hyatt: AND ONCE A SLIDE STARTS,
IT JUST KEEPS SLIDING
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UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.
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Narrator: A HULKING REMNANT
OF THE COLD WAR,
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RUSTING AWAY
BEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN.
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Bell: IT'S SUCH
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT.
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Bell: IT'S SUCH
AN IMPRESSIVE SIGHT.
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THERE'S THIS ENORMOUS STRUCTURE
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IN FRONT OF YOU
THAT LOOKS SO COMPLEX.
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Narrator: A MASSIVE NAZI COMPLEX
BUILT FOR BRAINWASHING.
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IT'S NOTHING BUT A
MODERN-DAY MIND-CONTROL CENTER.
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Narrator: ONCE THEY WERE SOME OF
THE MOST ADVANCED STRUCTURES
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AND FACILITIES ON THE PLANET.
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AT THE CUTTING EDGE
OF DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION.
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TODAY, THEY STAND ABANDONED,
CONTAMINATED,
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TODAY, THEY STAND ABANDONED,
CONTAMINATED,
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AND SOMETIMES, DEADLY.
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WHO BUILT THEM AND HOW?
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AND WHY WERE THEY ABANDONED?
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DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS
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HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
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HIGH IN THE MOUNTAINS
OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
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CLOSE TO THE MEXICAN BORDER,
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STANDS ONE OF THE MOST
DARING AND DANGEROUS
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ENGINEERING PROJECTS
EVER UNDERTAKEN.
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THE HUGE STRUCTURE
DOMINATES THE EMPTY,
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BARREN LANDSCAPE AROUND IT.
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BUT THIS IS
NO ORDINARY BRIDGE.
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THIS IS THE LARGEST CURVED
WOODEN STRUCTURE ON EARTH.
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IT'S SUCH
AN IMPRESSIVE SITE.
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IT'S SUCH
AN IMPRESSIVE SITE.
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THERE'S THIS ENORMOUS STRUCTURE
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IN FRONT OF YOU
THAT LOOKS SO COMPLEX.
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IT FEELS LIKE SOMETHING
THAT HAS BEEN ARTIFICIALLY BUILT
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TO MAKE IT LOOK THAT WAY.
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AND IT SCREAMS KIND OF THE WILD
WEST AND FRONTIER AMERICA.
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BUT IT'S ABSOLUTELY GENUINE.
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THIS IS EXACTLY HOW IT WAS.
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AND IT'S BEEN UNTOUCHED BECAUSE
IT'S IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
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Narrator:
THIS ABANDONED BRIDGE LINKS
TWO ROCKY MOUNTAIN PEAKS.
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IT STANDS 200 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND,
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IT STANDS 200 FEET
ABOVE THE GROUND,
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IS 600 FEET LONG,
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AND HAS AN IMPRESSIVE
14-DEGREE CURVE.
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BUT WHY WOULD ANYONE
BUILD SUCH A HUGE BRIDGE
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IN THIS REMOTE,
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT?
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AND WHY WAS IT ABANDONED?
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IN THE EARLY 20th CENTURY,
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THE AMERICAN RAILROAD
IS IN ITS GOLDEN AGE.
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IN THE AMERICAN WEST,
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THE GOVERNMENT DESPERATELY
NEEDS TO CONNECT
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THE GOVERNMENT DESPERATELY
NEEDS TO CONNECT
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TWO VITAL CENTERS
OF TRADE AND POPULATION --
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SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA.
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BUT HOW DO THEY GET A LINE
THROUGH A WIDE,
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GAPING CANYON IN THE REMOTE
DESERT WILDERNESS?
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THE SOLUTION IS THIS --
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THE GOAT CANYON TRESTLE BRIDGE.
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Gough: THE GOAT CANYON TRESTLE
IS AN AMAZING ENGINEERING FEAT.
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THE QUESTION IS,
WAS IT REALLY NECESSARY,
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OR WAS IT A PRODUCT OF ITS TIME,
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OR WAS IT A PRODUCT OF ITS TIME,
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WHICH IS ALL ABOUT,
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WOW, IT'S IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET FROM HERE TO THERE,
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BUT WE CAN DO IT.
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Narrator:
A SMALL ARMY OF WORKERS
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AND ENGINEERS BEGIN
BUILDING IN 1932.
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CONDITIONS ARE BRUTAL.
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NO WATER FOR MILES
OR PROTECTION
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FROM THE RELENTLESS DESERT SUN.
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[ BIRD CAWS ]
BUILDING THE GOAT CANYON TRESTLE
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MUST HAVE BEEN
AN ABSOLUTE NIGHTMARE.
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JUST LOOK AT WHERE IT IS.
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IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT.
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IT'S IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE DESERT.
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YOU'VE GOT A LACK OF WATER,
EXTREME TEMPERATURES.
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YOU'RE BUILDING THE WHOLE
THING OUT OF TIMBER,
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WHICH IS GONNA BE
EXTREMELY DRY OUT THERE.
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THE SMALLEST SPARK
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OR A CIGARETTE
CASUALLY THROWN AWAY
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COULD SET THE WHOLE
THING ALIGHT.
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IT'S ABSOLUTELY TREACHEROUS
WORKING CONDITIONS.
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Narrator: BUT WHAT OTHER DANGERS
DO THE ENGINEERS FACE?
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AND USING WHAT IS ESSENTIALLY
19th CENTURY TECHNOLOGY,
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JUST HOW DIFFICULT IS
THE TRESTLE BRIDGE TO BUILD?
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JUST HOW DIFFICULT IS
THE TRESTLE BRIDGE TO BUILD?
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THAT ENTIRE STRETCH OF
THE SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA LINE,
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BUILT ALONG THE SIDE
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OF THE CANYON
WITH THE TRESTLES, THE TUNNELS,
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BUT ALSO FOLLOWING
THE CONTOURS OF THE CANYON.
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THAT CANYON IS KIND
OF LANDSLIDE READY.
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IT'S NOT SOLID GROUND.
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IT'S KIND OF SHATTERED GRANITE
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THAT THEY'RE BUILDING THIS
ON TOP OF.
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TO BE THERE WORKING ON THAT,
KNOWING THAT THE LAND
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COULD GO AWAY BENEATH
YOUR FEET AT ANY TIME
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NOT ONLY WOULD HAVE BEEN
COMPLETELY PETRIFYING,
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BUT TO ACHIEVE WHAT THEY DID
AND TO HAVE BUILT
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BUT TO ACHIEVE WHAT THEY DID
AND TO HAVE BUILT
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THAT WHOLE STRETCH
OF LINE IS UNBELIEVABLE.
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Narrator: THE RAILWAY AIMS TO
CONNECT SAN DIEGO WITH ARIZONA,
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AND RUNS THROUGH
SOME OF THE MOST
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UNFORGIVING TERRAIN
IN THE WORLD.
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AT THE TIME,
THE BUILDING PROJECT IS DUBBED
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"THE IMPOSSIBLE RAILROAD."
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THERE WERE ALL SORTS
OF PROBLEMS BUILDING THE RAILWAY
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SO CLOSE TO THE MEXICAN BORDER.
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I MEAN, THERE WAS INCIDENT
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AFTER INCIDENT,
KIDNAPS, MURDERS.
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AFTER INCIDENT,
KIDNAPS, MURDERS.
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Narrator: BUT IT'S NOT JUST
VIOLENCE, FALLING ROCKS,
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AND EXTREME HEAT THAT AFFECTS
THE BRIDGE'S CONSTRUCTION.
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THE VERY GEOLOGY PROVES
EXTREMELY CHALLENGING.
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THE RAILROAD WAS
PLAGUED WITH ISSUES,
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BUT A LARGE PORTION
IS PRIMARILY WITHIN THIS REGION
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BECAUSE IT'S SO UNSTABLE.
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SOME OF THESE MOUNTAINS
ARE SOLID ROCK.
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SOME OF THEM ARE A COMBINATION
OF DECOMPOSED GRANITE.
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AND ONCE A SLIDE STARTS,
IT JUST KEEPS SLIDING
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UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.
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UNTIL THERE'S NOTHING LEFT.
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Narrator: THE GOAT CANYON
TRESTLE ISN'T THE FIRST ATTEMPT
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TO GET TRAINS OVER THIS CANYON.
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ENGINEERS FIRST BUILT
A RAILWAY TUNNEL
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IN THE EARLY 1900s,
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BUT THAT COLLAPSES
AFTER JUST ONE YEAR.
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THEN, THEY EVEN CONSTRUCT
RAIL TRACKS ON THE CANYON EDGE,
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BUT THOSE SLIDE
DOWN THE MOUNTAIN.
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TO MY LEFT IS
THE COLLAPSED TUNNEL 15.
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IT IS A MASSIVE SLIDE AREA
UP ON THE HILLSIDE.
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SHUT IT DOWN ABOUT 18, 19 FEET.
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Narrator:
THE PROBLEM THEY FACED WAS
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HOW TO REPAIR
THE VITAL RAIL LINE
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CONNECTING SAN DIEGO
TO THE REST OF THE USA.
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THE ANSWER --
A GIANT TRESTLE BRIDGE.
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AND THE CLOCK WAS TICKING.
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THE ENGINEERING
BEHIND THE STRUCTURE
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MAY APPEAR VERY SIMPLE,
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BUT IT'S MADE UP OF A VAST
NUMBER OF SHORT SPANS
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SUPPORTED BY A TRIPOD.
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ONTO WHICH THE BRIDGE PLATFORM
IS THEN LAID.
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THIS ALL STARTED WITH ONE MAN,
JOHN D. SPRECKELS.
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HE FELT THAT IT
WAS IMPORTANT FOR SAN DIEGO
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TO HAVE A TRANSCONTINENTAL LINK
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TO THE EASTERN PART
OF THE UNITED STATES.
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AND HE BELIEVED THAT
HE COULD PROMOTE SAN DIEGO
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AND ITS BEAUTIFUL,
NATURAL HARBOR FOR BUSINESS
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AND ITS BEAUTIFUL,
NATURAL HARBOR FOR BUSINESS
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AND GROWING THE CITY ITSELF.
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HIS WHOLE ETHOS WAS THAT,
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IF YOU WANTED PEOPLE
TO LIVE SOMEWHERE,
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YOU HAVE TO GIVE THEM
A FORM OF TRANSPORTATION.
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IT HAS TO BE COMFORTABLE,
AND MOST IMPORTANT OF ALL,
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IT HAS TO BE CHEAP.
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Narrator:
BUT THE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT
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IS PLAGUED WITH DELAYS
AND PROBLEMS.
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GIVEN THE HUGE DIFFICULTY
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OF THE TASK AND ITS LOCATION.
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AND ONE ELEMENT ALONE
MAKES THIS BRIDGE
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STAND OUT FROM ITS COMPETITORS
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STAND OUT FROM ITS COMPETITORS
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AND ADDS GREATLY
TO THE RISKS INVOLVED.
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IT'S MADE ENTIRELY
OUT OF WOOD.
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Bell: TIMBER STRUCTURES LIKE
THE GOAT CANYON TRESTLE ARE
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DESIGNED TO BE QUITE FLEXIBLE.
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IF YOU WERE TO WATCH A GREAT,
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BIG TRAIN RUMBLE ACROSS THE TOP,
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YOU WOULD SEE FLEXIBILITY
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AND MOVEMENT
IN ALL OF THE MEMBERS,
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IN ALL OF THE TRESTLES
AND THE TIES.
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THEY WOULD BE MOVING.
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THEY WOULD BE MOVING.
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IT WAS DESIGNED TO DO THAT.
IT'S PART OF THE BEAUTY.
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AS THEY ALL MOVE, THE STRESSES
ARE KIND OF RELIEVED
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AND NOT ALL TAKEN
IN BY ONE POINT.
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SOME OF THOSE TIMBERS ARE
DRYING OUT FASTER THAN OTHERS,
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MEANS THAT THAT
FLEXIBILITY IS NOW
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POSSIBLY PART OF THE REASON
WHY IT'S COMING APART.
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THE TIMBER ITSELF
IS STILL GREAT.
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IT'S JUST, THE BOLTS
THAT ARE HOLDING IT TOGETHER
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HAVE BEEN LOOSENED BY
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ALL OF THAT MOVEMENT
AND FLEXIBILITY.
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AND IF NO ONE'S GOING ALONG
TO TIGHTEN THEM UP ANYMORE,
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AND IF NO ONE'S GOING ALONG
TO TIGHTEN THEM UP ANYMORE,
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YOU'RE GONNA GET A STRUCTURE
THAT'S NO LONGER SOUND.
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Narrator: THOUGH IT'S CRUCIAL
FOR THE STRUCTURAL SUPPORT,
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THE WOOD DOES HAVE
A POTENTIALLY FATAL FLAW.
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Davis: BECAUSE IT'S ON A GRADE,
A 1.6% GRADE,
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THE PROBLEM COMES
FROM THE BRAKE SHOES.
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HAPPEN TO APPLY THE BRAKES
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FOR LONG DISTANCES,
IT WOULD HEAT UP,
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AND HOT PIECES OF METAL
WOULD COME OFF
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AND COULD FALL DOWN
INTO THE SUPERSTRUCTURE
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AND SUBSTRUCTURE
OF THE TRESTLE.
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AND SUBSTRUCTURE
OF THE TRESTLE.
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Narrator: THIS FEAR
OF HOT SHARDS OF METAL FALLING
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FROM THE BRAKES
INTO THE WOOD STRUCTURE
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AND STARTING A FIRE
IS A VERY REAL
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AND EVER-PRESENT THREAT.
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A THREAT SO SERIOUS
THAT A HUGE WATER TANK IS
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INSTALLED ON THE MOUNTAINSIDE
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TO SUPPLY A TRACKSIDE
SPRINKLER SYSTEM.
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THERE IS A TANK CAR
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THAT SITS ABOVE THIS
GOAT CREEK CANYON TRESTLE
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THAT THEY INSTALLED THERE
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WITH THE PIPING SPECIFICALLY
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WITH THE PIPING SPECIFICALLY
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TO SUPPRESS ANY FIRE
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THAT WOULD BURN THEIR
$300,000 PROJECT.
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Davis: AND THEN THEY WOULD HAVE
A PERSON TEND THAT SO THAT,
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WHEN THE TRAINS WOULD
TRAVEL OVER THE BRIDGE,
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HE WOULD TURN ON THE VALVES
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AND COME OUT AND START
THE SPRINKLERS AND STUFF,
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JUST TO MAKE SURE NONE OF
THE HOT PIECES OF METAL OFF
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THE BRAKE SHOE WERE ABLE
TO CATCH IT ON FIRE.
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WITHOUT THAT, IT WOULD HAVE
BEEN AT GREAT RISK.
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Narrator: WILL THE GOAT CANYON
TRESTLE BRIDGE WORK AS PLANNED?
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Narrator: WILL THE GOAT CANYON
TRESTLE BRIDGE WORK AS PLANNED?
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AND WHY WAS IT ABANDONED?
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Narrator:
AFTER 11 YEARS OF METICULOUS
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AND DANGEROUS ENGINEERING
EFFORTS, JOHN D. SPRECKELS
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AND HIS ENGINEERING TEAM
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COMPLETE THE GOAT CANYON
TRESTLE BRIDGE.
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INSTANTLY, IT BECOMES
THE HIGHEST
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AND MOST REMOTE WOODEN
RAILWAY STRUCTURE EVER BUILT.
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STANDING OVER 200 FEET ABOVE
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THE DUSTY DESERT FLOOR,
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THE DUSTY DESERT FLOOR,
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IT SPANS 750 FEET
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ACROSS THE UNINHABITED
CANYON CARRIZO GORGE.
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KNOWN AS
THE IMPOSSIBLE RAILROAD,
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CONDITIONS ONBOARD THE TRAIN
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LIVE UP TO THIS MONIKER.
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SAN DIEGO AND ARIZONA WAS KNOWN
AS -- KIND OF DEROGATORILY
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AS THE SLOW, DIRTY,
AND AGGRAVATING.
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THERE WAS NO AIR
CONDITIONING IN THE CARS.
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THERE WERE NO SCREENS
ON THE WINDOWS.
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THEY WERE RUNNING
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES.
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THEY WERE RUNNING
STEAM LOCOMOTIVES.
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THEY WOULD GO THROUGH
THESE TUNNELS,
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AND THEY WOULD BE CHOKED OUT
BY THE STEAM AND THE FUMES,
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AND THEY'D HAVE
TO CLOSE THE WINDOWS,
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AND IT WOULD BE 100 DEGREES.
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SO, IT -- I DON'T THINK IT WAS
A VERY GOOD RIDE. [ LAUGHS ]
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Narrator:
THE MOST DANGEROUS ELEMENT
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OF THE BRIDGE'S CONSTRUCTION
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IS ITS 14-DEGREE CURVE.
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THIS IS ESSENTIAL TO MAXIMIZE
THE STRENGTH OF THE BRIDGE.
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A STRAIGHT, NON-CURVED ANGLE
MAKES THE WHOLE STRUCTURE
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MORE VULNERABLE TO STRONG
WINDS AND COLLAPSE.
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MORE VULNERABLE TO STRONG
WINDS AND COLLAPSE.
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BUT IF THE TRAIN GOES TOO FAST,
IT COULD DERAIL
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AND END UP PLUNGING
TO THE DESERT FLOOR BELOW,
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AS THIS FOOTAGE FROM
ANOTHER TRESTLE BRIDGE
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IN THE 1970s SHOWS.
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Davis:
THE SPEED ON THIS BRIDGE,
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BECAUSE OF THE 14-DEGREE
CURVE ON IT,
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IS ABOUT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
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IN REAL TERMS,
THAT'S A VERY SHARP CURVE.
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IT'S VERY DIFFICULT
TO MAINTAIN THAT.
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IT'S ALSO VERY DESTRUCTIVE
TO THE STRUCTURE.
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IT'S ALSO VERY DESTRUCTIVE
TO THE STRUCTURE.
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Narrator: IN 1976,
HURRICANE KATHLEEN HITS
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OTHER BRIDGES ON THE RAIL LINE,
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AND AFTER SEVERAL EARTHQUAKES,
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ROCK FALLS, FIRES,
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AND THE RISE OF CAR TRAVEL,
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THE TRESTLE BRIDGE IS FINALLY
ABANDONED IN THAT SAME YEAR.
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TODAY, THE BARREN MOUNTAINS
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SURROUNDING GOAT CANYON TRESTLE
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OBSCURE IT FROM ALL
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BUT THE MOST
DETERMINED TRAVELERS.
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BUT THE MOST
DETERMINED TRAVELERS.
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6,000 MILES AWAY ON
THE OTHER SIDE
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OF THE PLANET IN UKRAINE,
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INSIDE THE NOTORIOUS CHERNOBYL
EXCLUSION
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ZONE IS THE SITE OF ONE
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OF THE MOST EXTRAORDINARY
STRUCTURES EVER BUILT.
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LOOMING OVER THE LANDSCAPE
IS A GIANT LATTICEWORK
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OF BEAMS AND CABLES.
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TOWERING OVER 500 FEET
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AND SPANNING 2,500 FEET LONG,
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AND SPANNING 2,500 FEET LONG,
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THIS ONCE TOP-SECRET COMPLEX IS,
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FOR ALL INTENTS
AND PURPOSES,
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IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.
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TODAY, IT STANDS
DEAD AND SILENT,
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EXCEPT FOR THE CREAKING
OF ITS STEEL PLATES
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IN THE WIND.
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[ STEEL SCREECHING ]
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BUT ONCE,
THIS INCREDIBLE MACHINE
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COULD BE HEARD
AROUND THE WORLD.
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Gough:
WOW, THIS IS POST-APOCALYPTIC.
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THIS IS A MOVIE SET.
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THIS IS A MOVIE SET.
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I COULD SEE JAMES BOND.
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I COULD SEE BRUCE WILLIS.
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IT'S THAT KIND OF EERIE SILENCE
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TODAY THAT MAKES YOU THINK,
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THIS COULD MAKE A GREAT FILM
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FOR AN ABANDONED
CIVILIZATION ON MARS.
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IT'S JUST THAT WEIRD.
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Narrator: BUT WHAT DOES THIS
MASSIVE STRUCTURE
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HAVE TO DO WITH CHERNOBYL,
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AND WHY WAS IT ABANDONED?
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IN THE '70s, COLD-WAR
TENSIONS ARE MOUNTING.
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THE SOVIET UNION
IS LOOKING TO BOOST
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THE SOVIET UNION
IS LOOKING TO BOOST
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ITS MILITARY TECHNOLOGY
AGAINST THE WEST.
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TO DO THIS, THEY CONSTRUCT
THE MASSIVE DUGA WOODPECKER.
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Bell: IF YOU LOOK AT IT,
YOU CAN'T HELP BUT BE AWESTRUCK
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AND RECOGNIZE IT IMMEDIATELY
AS BEING SOVIET,
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AS BEING AN ICON
OF THE COLD WAR.
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DID THEY HAVE SOMETHING
THAT LOOKED INTIMIDATING,
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THAT MIGHT GIVE THE IMPRESSION
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OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT?
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OF TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENT?
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YES, RIGHT, BUILD IT,
AND BUILD IT BIG.
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Narrator:
THE DUGA WOODPECKER IS, IN FACT,
AN OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR.
328
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BUT HOW DOES THIS RADAR
ACTUALLY WORK?
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Corum:
THE OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR
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WILL GIVE YOU AN ABILITY
TO SCAN AN AREA
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LITERALLY THOUSANDS
OF KILOMETERS RANGE.
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THIS, OF COURSE, IS ESSENTIAL
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IF YOU ARE GOING TO PROVIDE
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THAT EARLY WARNING
335
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AGAINST ANOTHER COUNTRY'S
AIRCRAFT OR MISSILES.
336
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AGAINST ANOTHER COUNTRY'S
AIRCRAFT OR MISSILES.
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THE THING YOU HAVE
TO REMEMBER IS, OBVIOUSLY,
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THE EARTH IS CURVED, OKAY?
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SO THAT SORT OF
LIMITS THE DISTANCE
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THAT ANY WAVE
THAT THE RADAR MIGHT BE
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GIVING OUT CAN TRAVEL
TO THE HORIZON.
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IF YOU WANT TO SEE THINGS
THAT ARE FURTHER AWAY,
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YOU NEED TO BE ABLE TO MAKE
THE WAVE SORT OF BEND
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OR GO AROUND WITH
THE CURVATURE OF THE EARTH.
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AND ONE OF THE WAYS YOU CAN
DO THAT IS, THANKFULLY,
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WE HAVE THIS IONOSPHERE WHICH,
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WE HAVE THIS IONOSPHERE WHICH,
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WITH THESE
SORT OF LOW FREQUENCIES
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THAT WE'RE TALKING
ABOUT WITH RADAR,
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THEY CAN'T GO THROUGH.
SO THEY LITERALLY JUST BOUNCE.
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YOU COULD ACTUALLY UTILIZE
THAT TO TRY AND GET YOUR WAVES
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TO TRAVEL FURTHER
AND THEN BACK AGAIN.
353
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Narrator: AND THE ONLY WAY TO
MAKE THIS WORK IS TO BUILD BIG.
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REALLY BIG.
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Corum: TO BOUNCE THOSE SIGNALS
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OFF THE IONOSPHERE
DOWN AND OF COURSE,
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TO GET THE RETURN OFF
THE IONOSPHERE,
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YOU NEED A MASSIVE SENDER,
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AND YOU NEED
A MASSIVE RECEIVER.
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AND YOU NEED
A MASSIVE RECEIVER.
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EVEN THE MOST
SOPHISTICATED MODERN
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OVER-THE-HORIZON RADAR
APPARATUS,
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YOU CAN'T MINIATURIZE
THESE THINGS.
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THEY ARE VAST INSTALLATIONS.
365
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Narrator: WITH ITS ABILITY
TO DETECT INCOMING MISSILES,
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THE DUGA WOODPECKER WOULD BE
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IN THE FRONT LINE
OF ANY FUTURE WAR.
368
00:16:56,867 --> 00:17:01,067
BUT WILL IT WORK?
369
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Reagan: SINCE 1970,
THE SOVIETS
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HAVE INVESTED $500 BILLION
MORE
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ON THEIR MILITARY FORCESTHAN WE HAVE.
372
00:17:06,335 --> 00:17:07,000
ON THEIR MILITARY FORCESTHAN WE HAVE.
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CAN ANYONE STILL DOUBT
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THEIR SINGLE-MINDEDDETERMINATION
375
00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,667
TO EXPAND THEIR POWER?
376
00:17:13,667 --> 00:17:17,800
3, 2, 1, 0.
377
00:17:17,800 --> 00:17:19,800
Narrator: WITH THE FLIGHT TIME
OF NUCLEAR MISSILES
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MEASURED IN JUST MINUTES,
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ACCURATE ASSESSMENT
OF INCOMING SIGNALS
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IS A MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH.
381
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ONE FALSE READING
COULD MEAN DISASTER.
382
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THE WOODPECKER
IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACT
383
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THE WOODPECKER
IS TESTAMENT TO THE FACT
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THAT BIG DOES NOT MEAN BETTER.
385
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IT HAS THE COMPUTER
PROCESSING POWER
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OF ANY COMPUTER
IN THE 1970s.
387
00:17:44,467 --> 00:17:46,600
IT'S MINISCULE.
388
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WHAT THIS MEANS IS,
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THE RESULTS HAVE TO BE
INTERPRETED BY AN INDIVIDUAL --
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IT'S A HUMAN, FOR A START.
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AND IF THEY GET IT WRONG,
392
00:17:54,533 --> 00:17:58,067
IF THEY THINK THAT MAYBE THIS
IS AN INCOMING MISSILE
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00:17:58,067 --> 00:18:02,167
AND NOT A BIRD WHICH HAS
CAUSED THIS FLUCTUATION,
394
00:18:02,167 --> 00:18:03,533
THEN GUESS WHAT?
395
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IT'S THE START
OF WORLD WAR III.
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Narrator:
WITH ITS POWERFUL RADAR SIGNAL
TRAVERSING THE GLOBE,
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COULD THE DUGA WOODPECKER
HAVE PLAYED A ROLE
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IN THE CHERNOBYL
NUCLEAR DISASTER?
399
00:18:20,867 --> 00:18:21,000
*
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Narrator: THE SO-CALLED DUGA
WOODPECKER IN UKRAINE
401
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IS A MASSIVE OVER-THE-HORIZON
RADAR FROM THE COLD WAR.
402
00:18:34,700 --> 00:18:37,267
LIKE ALL SUCH
SOVIET INSTALLATIONS,
403
00:18:37,267 --> 00:18:40,367
ITS OPERATION
IS SHROUDED IN SECRECY.
404
00:18:41,667 --> 00:18:44,300
BUILT IN 1976, THE SOVIETS
405
00:18:44,300 --> 00:18:48,667
TRIED TO OPERATE THE RADAR
IN SECRET FOR 12 YEARS,
406
00:18:48,667 --> 00:18:50,299
BUT IT HAS ONE DEAD GIVEAWAY.
407
00:18:50,299 --> 00:18:51,000
BUT IT HAS ONE DEAD GIVEAWAY.
408
00:18:52,233 --> 00:18:53,467
WHEN IN OPERATION,
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00:18:53,467 --> 00:18:56,333
IT GIVES OFF A DISTINCT
TAPPING NOISE,
410
00:18:56,333 --> 00:18:59,833
WHICH CAN EASILY BE HEARD
BY ANYONE LISTENING IN.
411
00:18:59,833 --> 00:19:01,200
[ TAPPING ]
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THIS IS HOW THE RADAR EARNED
ITS NICKNAME "THE WOODPECKER."
413
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RADAR SIGNALS THEMSELVES
TENDED TO JAM
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AND INTERRUPT
415
00:19:11,100 --> 00:19:13,233
ALL KINDS OF STANDARD
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CIVILIAN FREQUENCIES,
417
00:19:14,767 --> 00:19:17,900
INCLUDING AIRLINER
RADIO FREQUENCIES.
418
00:19:17,900 --> 00:19:19,267
[ TAPPING ]
419
00:19:19,267 --> 00:19:20,299
THEY LATER HAD TO CHANGE
SOME FREQUENCIES THERE
420
00:19:20,299 --> 00:19:21,000
THEY LATER HAD TO CHANGE
SOME FREQUENCIES THERE
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BECAUSE THERE WERE SO MANY
INTERNATIONAL COMPLAINTS.
422
00:19:24,933 --> 00:19:28,233
Narrator: ANOTHER PROBLEM
IS ITS LOCATION.
423
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IT'S SITUATED JUST SEVEN MILES
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FROM THE CHERNOBYL
NUCLEAR POWER PLANT,
425
00:19:33,367 --> 00:19:35,067
WHICH PROVIDED
THE MASSIVE AMOUNTS
426
00:19:35,067 --> 00:19:38,200
OF ELECTRICITY USED
TO POWER THE RADAR.
427
00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,133
THE WOODPECKER WAS
CONSTRUCTED IN THE 1970s,
428
00:19:41,133 --> 00:19:44,100
BUT IT WAS STILL UP
AND RUNNING IN THE 1980s,
429
00:19:44,100 --> 00:19:46,700
LEADING SOME TO SPECULATE
THAT THE POWER
430
00:19:46,700 --> 00:19:48,333
THAT IT WAS DRAWING IN,
431
00:19:48,333 --> 00:19:50,299
AND THE SIGNALS IT WAS PRODUCING
432
00:19:50,299 --> 00:19:50,367
AND THE SIGNALS IT WAS PRODUCING
433
00:19:50,367 --> 00:19:51,000
MAY HAVE CAUSED
THE CHERNOBYL POWER PLANT
434
00:19:53,233 --> 00:19:54,333
TO EXPLODE.
435
00:19:54,333 --> 00:19:55,900
[ EXPLOSION ]
436
00:19:57,833 --> 00:20:00,400
Narrator: THE DUGA WOODPECKER
SENT OUT POWERFUL,
437
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MAGNETRON,
HIGH-FREQUENCY RADIO WAVES.
438
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AS CHERNOBYL WAS JUST
SEVEN MILES AWAY,
439
00:20:07,867 --> 00:20:09,467
SOME EXPERTS BELIEVE
440
00:20:09,467 --> 00:20:11,000
THAT THEY MIGHT HAVE INTERFERED
441
00:20:11,000 --> 00:20:14,600
WITH SOME OF THE CONTROLS
AT THE NUCLEAR POWER PLANT.
442
00:20:14,600 --> 00:20:16,733
AND MIGHT EVEN HAVE
BEEN RESPONSIBLE
443
00:20:16,733 --> 00:20:19,133
FOR THE MELTDOWN THAT OCCURRED.
444
00:20:19,133 --> 00:20:20,299
WHETHER THIS IS TRUE
OR NOT REMAINS
445
00:20:20,299 --> 00:20:21,000
WHETHER THIS IS TRUE
OR NOT REMAINS
446
00:20:21,100 --> 00:20:22,567
A MATTER OF SPECULATION.
447
00:20:26,067 --> 00:20:29,100
Narrator: WHEN REACTOR NUMBER
FOUR AT THE PLANT EXPLODES
448
00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:32,867
ON APRIL 26, 1986,
449
00:20:32,867 --> 00:20:39,500
A HUGE AREA IS EXPOSED
TO RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION.
450
00:20:39,500 --> 00:20:41,433
Male Reporter:REACTOR NUMBER FOUR EXPLODED,
451
00:20:41,433 --> 00:20:43,133
SPEWING RADIATIONOVER MUCH OF EUROPE.
452
00:20:43,133 --> 00:20:45,700
TWO OTHERS HAVE BEENPERMANENTLY SHUT DOWN.
453
00:20:45,700 --> 00:20:49,500
IT IS THE WORLD'SWORST NUCLEAR ACCIDENT.
454
00:20:49,500 --> 00:20:50,299
Narrator:
OVERNIGHT, THE ENTIRE DUGA
COMPLEX AND THE ACCOMMODATION
455
00:20:50,299 --> 00:20:51,000
Narrator:
OVERNIGHT, THE ENTIRE DUGA
COMPLEX AND THE ACCOMMODATION
456
00:20:53,733 --> 00:20:57,133
FOR ITS THOUSANDS
OF WORKERS ARE ABANDONED.
457
00:20:59,233 --> 00:21:02,067
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT THE DUGA WOODPECKER
458
00:21:02,067 --> 00:21:06,167
WAS NOT A VICTIM,
BUT THE CAUSE OF THE DISASTER.
459
00:21:06,167 --> 00:21:07,433
Bell: THE WOODPECKER SUMS UP
460
00:21:07,433 --> 00:21:09,967
BRILLIANTLY
THE COLD WAR GENERALLY.
461
00:21:09,967 --> 00:21:12,700
ADVANCEMENTS
IN TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING
462
00:21:12,700 --> 00:21:15,067
THAT COULDN'T
GO FAST ENOUGH AT THE TIME
463
00:21:15,067 --> 00:21:18,067
BUILT BIG ON A HUGE SCALE.
464
00:21:18,067 --> 00:21:20,299
INTIMIDATING.
465
00:21:20,299 --> 00:21:20,533
INTIMIDATING.
466
00:21:20,533 --> 00:21:21,000
AND NOW IT SITS QUIETLY,
467
00:21:22,367 --> 00:21:24,067
WASTING AWAY IN THE MIDDLE
468
00:21:24,067 --> 00:21:27,400
OF AN EXCLUSION
ZONE FROM CHERNOBYL.
469
00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:30,433
AND MAYBE THAT'S THE IMAGE
THAT WE'RE LEFT WITH
470
00:21:30,433 --> 00:21:33,733
WHEN WE LOOK UP
AT THE WOODPECKER.
471
00:21:33,733 --> 00:21:38,367
Narrator: TODAY, THE ONCE-MIGHTY
WOODPECKER STANDS ISOLATED
472
00:21:38,367 --> 00:21:41,800
IN THE UKRAINIAN FORESTS
NEAR THE BORDER WITH RUSSIA.
473
00:21:43,533 --> 00:21:46,267
A DECAYING REMINDER
OF OUR FEARS
474
00:21:46,267 --> 00:21:47,967
OF ALL-OUT WAR.
475
00:21:47,967 --> 00:21:50,233
TOO EXPENSIVE TO DEMOLISH,
476
00:21:50,233 --> 00:21:50,299
AND IMPOSSIBLE TO REUSE.
477
00:21:50,299 --> 00:21:51,000
AND IMPOSSIBLE TO REUSE.
478
00:21:57,433 --> 00:22:00,500
JUST 700 MILES
AWAY IN GERMANY,
479
00:22:00,500 --> 00:22:03,467
THE REMAINS OF ONE
OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR'S
480
00:22:03,467 --> 00:22:06,367
MOST SINISTER SECRETS
STILL STANDS
481
00:22:06,367 --> 00:22:10,600
ON THE BALTIC ISLAND OF RUEGEN.
482
00:22:10,600 --> 00:22:13,433
HIDDEN BEHIND THE PINE TREES
LINING THE COAST
483
00:22:13,433 --> 00:22:17,967
IS A GIANT BUILDING
COMPLEX SO MORTIFYING,
484
00:22:17,967 --> 00:22:20,299
IT MAKES ONE'S BLOOD RUN COLD.
485
00:22:20,299 --> 00:22:21,000
IT MAKES ONE'S BLOOD RUN COLD.
486
00:22:22,267 --> 00:22:25,200
ORIGINALLY HAILED
FOR ITS FUTURISTIC DESIGN,
487
00:22:25,200 --> 00:22:29,933
IT WAS CONSTRUCTED
TO BE IMPOSING.
488
00:22:29,933 --> 00:22:34,067
IT HAS SIX STORIES,
OVER 10,000 ROOMS,
489
00:22:34,067 --> 00:22:38,200
AND CAN HOLD OVER
20,000 PEOPLE.
490
00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,567
AT 2.8 MILES IN LENGTH,
491
00:22:40,567 --> 00:22:42,700
IT'S ONE OF THE LONGEST
BUILDINGS
492
00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:44,600
EVER CONSTRUCTED IN EUROPE
493
00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,600
AND DOMINATES
THE SURROUNDING SCENERY.
494
00:22:47,600 --> 00:22:50,299
BUT WHAT WAS THIS STRUCTURE'S
REAL SINISTER PURPOSE,
495
00:22:50,299 --> 00:22:51,000
BUT WHAT WAS THIS STRUCTURE'S
REAL SINISTER PURPOSE,
496
00:22:51,367 --> 00:22:53,833
AND WHY WAS IT ABANDONED?
497
00:22:53,833 --> 00:22:57,733
*
498
00:22:57,733 --> 00:23:03,267
IN 1936, HITLER HAS HIS EYES SET
ON TAKING OVER EUROPE.
499
00:23:03,267 --> 00:23:08,167
BUT TO DO THAT, HE NEEDS
SOLDIERS AND LOTS OF THEM.
500
00:23:08,167 --> 00:23:10,333
HIS SOLUTION IS TO CONSTRUCT
501
00:23:10,333 --> 00:23:12,433
THE BIGGEST BRAIN-WASHING DOMAIN
502
00:23:12,433 --> 00:23:17,433
IN THE WORLD --
THE PRORA COMPLEX.
503
00:23:17,433 --> 00:23:20,299
Gough: THIS IS NOTHING
BUT A MODERN-DAY,
504
00:23:20,299 --> 00:23:20,867
Gough: THIS IS NOTHING
BUT A MODERN-DAY,
505
00:23:20,867 --> 00:23:21,000
MIND-CONTROL CENTER.
506
00:23:23,267 --> 00:23:25,333
THIS IS WHERE GERMAN WORKERS
507
00:23:25,333 --> 00:23:27,400
WOULD GO FOR AN ALLEGED HOLIDAY.
508
00:23:27,400 --> 00:23:29,700
BUT GUESS WHAT?
YOU'RE BEING WOKEN UP
509
00:23:29,700 --> 00:23:30,933
WITH A LOUDSPEAKER
510
00:23:30,933 --> 00:23:32,600
AND TOLD WHAT TO DO,
511
00:23:32,600 --> 00:23:35,600
HOW TO DO IT,
AND WHEN TO DO IT.
512
00:23:35,600 --> 00:23:37,133
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
YOUR MEALS TOGETHER,
513
00:23:37,133 --> 00:23:39,067
AND IN YOUR SO-CALLED
LEISURE TIME,
514
00:23:39,067 --> 00:23:41,167
YOU'RE GONNA WATCH
THE SAME PROPAGANDA FILMS
515
00:23:41,167 --> 00:23:45,533
AND READ THE SAME PROPAGANDA
LITERATURE.
516
00:23:45,533 --> 00:23:46,833
David:
THE AMOUNT OF TIME AND MONEY
517
00:23:46,833 --> 00:23:49,233
THAT WENT INTO
CREATING THE COMPLEX,
518
00:23:49,233 --> 00:23:50,299
YOU REALIZE WHAT AN ACTUALLY
VITALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT IT
519
00:23:50,299 --> 00:23:51,000
YOU REALIZE WHAT AN ACTUALLY
VITALLY IMPORTANT PROJECT IT
520
00:23:52,967 --> 00:23:54,400
WAS FOR THE NAZIS.
521
00:23:54,400 --> 00:23:56,433
THIS WAS REALLY
THE LONG-TERM GAME,
522
00:23:56,433 --> 00:23:58,800
WHICH IS TO CREATE
A MASTER RACE
523
00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,767
THAT THOUGHT LIKE
THE NAZIS THOUGHT.
524
00:24:02,767 --> 00:24:05,567
Narrator: IT'S NOT JUST THE
PLANNED NAZI MASTER RACE
525
00:24:05,567 --> 00:24:08,167
THAT WAS GOING
TO CONQUER THE WORLD.
526
00:24:08,167 --> 00:24:09,533
AT THE TIME,
527
00:24:09,533 --> 00:24:13,267
THE MECHANICS AND ARCHITECTURE
OF THE PRORA COMPLEX ITSELF
528
00:24:13,267 --> 00:24:17,067
ARE STATE-OF-THE-ART
AND FORM A PHYSICAL EXAMPLE
529
00:24:17,067 --> 00:24:18,933
OF CUTTING-EDGE ENGINEERING,
530
00:24:18,933 --> 00:24:20,299
CONSTRUCTION,
AND DESIGN.
531
00:24:20,299 --> 00:24:21,000
CONSTRUCTION,
AND DESIGN.
532
00:24:21,733 --> 00:24:23,333
THE CONCEPT WAS WAY
AHEAD OF ITS TIME
533
00:24:23,333 --> 00:24:25,533
IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY WERE
INTENDING TO PRODUCE.
534
00:24:25,533 --> 00:24:28,667
YES, IT WAS QUITE SPARTAN,
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
535
00:24:28,667 --> 00:24:31,433
YOU HAD THIS AMAZING
COMPLEX THAT, OF COURSE,
536
00:24:31,433 --> 00:24:34,067
HAS AN ELEMENT
OF CONTROL PLANNED
537
00:24:34,067 --> 00:24:36,267
OR BUILT INTO IT.
538
00:24:36,267 --> 00:24:38,133
BUT FOR THE AVERAGE
GERMAN WORKER,
539
00:24:38,133 --> 00:24:40,233
THIS WOULD HAVE SEEMED
LIKE NIRVANA.
540
00:24:40,233 --> 00:24:42,500
THEY WOULD HAVE COME
FROM INDUSTRIAL CITIES.
541
00:24:42,500 --> 00:24:44,667
THEY PROBABLY HAD NEVER
SEEN THE SEA BEFORE.
542
00:24:44,667 --> 00:24:49,100
SO YOU CAN UNDERSTAND
ITS ATTRACTION.
543
00:24:49,100 --> 00:24:50,299
YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE,
THE WHOLE INTENT
544
00:24:50,299 --> 00:24:50,933
YOU HAVE TO IMAGINE,
THE WHOLE INTENT
545
00:24:50,933 --> 00:24:51,000
WAS TO MAKE THE HOLIDAYMAKERS
546
00:24:52,233 --> 00:24:54,500
STEP OFF THAT BOAT
AND SAY,
547
00:24:54,500 --> 00:24:57,300
"WOW, THIS IS FANTASTIC."
548
00:24:57,300 --> 00:25:00,400
THERE MUST HAVE BEEN
A GREAT DEAL OF NATIONALISM.
549
00:25:04,433 --> 00:25:06,067
Narrator:
BUT HOW WOULD THE NAZIS
550
00:25:06,067 --> 00:25:09,800
INDOCTRINATE THOSE
WHO WENT THERE?
551
00:25:09,800 --> 00:25:12,500
AND WHY WAS PRORA ABANDONED?
552
00:25:14,967 --> 00:25:15,000
*
553
00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:24,800
Narrator: ON THE EDGE OF THE
BALTIC SEA IN NORTHERN GERMANY
554
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:30,133
IS AN ABANDONED SITE KNOWN
SIMPLY AS PRORA.
555
00:25:30,133 --> 00:25:33,167
BEGINNING IN 1936, ENGINEERS
556
00:25:33,167 --> 00:25:35,067
AND WORKERS LABOR
IN SECRET
557
00:25:35,067 --> 00:25:37,833
FOR THREE YEARS
TO CONSTRUCT THIS MASSIVE,
558
00:25:37,833 --> 00:25:40,700
SPRAWLING SITE.
559
00:25:40,700 --> 00:25:42,633
DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR,
560
00:25:42,633 --> 00:25:44,713
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST TOP-SECRET
PROJECTS FOR THE NAZIS.
561
00:25:44,713 --> 00:25:45,000
IT IS ONE OF THE MOST TOP-SECRET
PROJECTS FOR THE NAZIS.
562
00:25:47,233 --> 00:25:50,300
A PLACE WHERE THOUSANDS
OF GERMAN CITIZENS
563
00:25:50,300 --> 00:25:52,267
WERE TO BECOME INDOCTRINATED
564
00:25:52,267 --> 00:25:55,067
INTO THE IDEOLOGY
OF ADOLF HITLER
565
00:25:55,067 --> 00:25:58,300
AND THE THIRD REICH.
[ CHANTING IN GERMAN ]
566
00:26:01,067 --> 00:26:03,367
KATJA LUCKE IS A LOCAL HISTORIAN
567
00:26:03,367 --> 00:26:05,533
WHO'S AN EXPERT ON THE SITE.
568
00:26:08,067 --> 00:26:12,200
PEOPLE WERE TO BE MANIPULATED
AND INFLUENCED HERE.
569
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:13,900
THE IDEA BEHIND THAT WAS THAT,
570
00:26:13,900 --> 00:26:14,713
PEOPLE WERE TO GET MAXIMUM
REST AND RECOVERY
571
00:26:14,713 --> 00:26:15,000
PEOPLE WERE TO GET MAXIMUM
REST AND RECOVERY
572
00:26:17,067 --> 00:26:20,133
WITHOUT HAVING A SINGLE
MOMENT OF SPARE TIME.
573
00:26:20,133 --> 00:26:22,633
TO GET FIT AND STRONG
FOR THE WAR,
574
00:26:22,633 --> 00:26:24,900
TO ACHIEVE BETTER WORK RESULTS,
575
00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:29,333
AND ACTUALLY ALSO TO BE
CONDITIONED FOR MASS MURDER.
576
00:26:32,800 --> 00:26:38,067
YOU COULD SAY THAT THIS
IS THE NAZI IDEOLOGY.
577
00:26:38,067 --> 00:26:39,333
WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE THE MOTION
578
00:26:39,333 --> 00:26:42,533
OF HOW THE NAZIS ENVISIONED
THE PEOPLE'S COMMUNITY TO BE.
579
00:26:44,600 --> 00:26:44,713
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN ALL-DAY PROGRAM,
580
00:26:44,713 --> 00:26:45,000
THERE WOULD HAVE BEEN
AN ALL-DAY PROGRAM,
581
00:26:47,133 --> 00:26:48,967
STARTING WITH
A MORNING ASSEMBLY,
582
00:26:48,967 --> 00:26:51,900
FOLLOWED BY SWIMMING
IN THE SEA, DINNER,
583
00:26:51,900 --> 00:26:53,800
AND A CLOSING CEREMONY.
584
00:26:53,800 --> 00:26:57,067
EVERYTHING WOULD HAVE BEEN
ELABORATELY ORGANIZED.
585
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,367
Narrator: BUT THE PRORA COMPLEX
586
00:27:00,367 --> 00:27:05,367
IS ALSO A MASTERPIECE
OF DESIGN AND ENGINEERING.
587
00:27:05,367 --> 00:27:07,167
THE 2.8-MILE-LONG BUILDING
588
00:27:07,167 --> 00:27:11,767
IS DIVIDED INTO EIGHT
SIX-STORY ACCOMMODATION BLOCKS,
589
00:27:11,767 --> 00:27:14,713
ALL CONSTRUCTED
FROM REINFORCED CONCRETE.
590
00:27:14,713 --> 00:27:15,000
ALL CONSTRUCTED
FROM REINFORCED CONCRETE.
591
00:27:15,300 --> 00:27:18,200
A HUGE INNOVATION AT THE TIME.
592
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:21,333
Bell:
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
THAT YOU'D NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
593
00:27:21,333 --> 00:27:24,500
AND SO WITH THAT COMES
THAT IMPRESSION OF,
594
00:27:24,500 --> 00:27:27,600
WOW, THIS IS
CUTTING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY.
595
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,367
THIS IS ADVANCEMENT.
WE'RE AT THE FOREFRONT HERE.
596
00:27:30,367 --> 00:27:32,567
SO, IT MIGHT SOUND
QUITE DULL TO US TODAY,
597
00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:33,933
REINFORCED CONCRETE.
598
00:27:33,933 --> 00:27:36,700
BACK THEN,
IT WAS REALLY EXCITING.
599
00:27:39,667 --> 00:27:43,933
Narrator:
EACH BLOCK CONTAINS DOZENS
OF ROOMS OVERLOOKING THE SEA --
600
00:27:43,933 --> 00:27:44,713
ALL DESIGNED TO BE
DELIBERATELY BASIC.
601
00:27:44,713 --> 00:27:45,000
ALL DESIGNED TO BE
DELIBERATELY BASIC.
602
00:27:47,567 --> 00:27:49,667
PRORA WASN'T
ABOUT LUXURY.
603
00:27:49,667 --> 00:27:51,833
IT WAS ABOUT POWER.
604
00:27:51,833 --> 00:27:54,467
ITS HUGE ENTRANCE
HALLS ARE DESIGNED
605
00:27:54,467 --> 00:27:56,067
TO HAVE THE SAME IMPACT
606
00:27:56,067 --> 00:27:59,333
AS THE VAST NUREMBERG
RALLY ARENA.
607
00:28:04,833 --> 00:28:07,767
Lucke: THIS ROOM IS PART
OF THE RECEPTION HALL.
608
00:28:07,767 --> 00:28:11,200
IT WAS BUILT TALL AND MIGHTY
TO IMPRESS THE WORKERS
609
00:28:11,200 --> 00:28:14,713
WHO WOULD HAVE COME HERE.
610
00:28:14,713 --> 00:28:15,000
WHO WOULD HAVE COME HERE.
611
00:28:15,833 --> 00:28:19,267
IT WAS ONE WAY OF HAVING
A GREAT INFLUENCE.
612
00:28:19,267 --> 00:28:22,833
IF YOU CAME HERE, YOU WOULD
HAVE FELT INTIMIDATED,
613
00:28:22,833 --> 00:28:24,100
BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
614
00:28:24,100 --> 00:28:28,267
ALSO UPLIFTED BY BEING PART
OF SUCH A GREAT IDEA.
615
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,700
THIS IS HOW MANIPULATION WORKED.
616
00:28:34,500 --> 00:28:37,967
Gough: YOU LOOK AT PRORA TODAY,
AND IT'S SORT OF DESOLATE.
617
00:28:37,967 --> 00:28:39,867
IT DOESN'T HAVE THE GRANDEUR
618
00:28:39,867 --> 00:28:43,067
THAT IT WAS INTENDED TO HAVE
AND PROBABLY ONCE DID.
619
00:28:43,067 --> 00:28:44,713
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME
OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS,
620
00:28:44,713 --> 00:28:45,000
IF YOU LOOK AT SOME
OF THE ORIGINAL DESIGNS,
621
00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:48,767
THIS HAS A GREAT
ARYAN FEEL TO IT.
622
00:28:48,767 --> 00:28:51,133
YOU CAN IMAGINE COMING OFF
THE BOAT AND SAYING,
623
00:28:51,133 --> 00:28:54,400
"WOW, WHAT A GREAT COUNTRY
IS THIS."
624
00:28:56,133 --> 00:28:58,800
Bell: DON'T THINK YOU COULD
SEE A STRUCTURE BACK
625
00:28:58,800 --> 00:29:00,800
THEN IN THE 1930s
626
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:02,867
LIKE WHAT THERE
IS AT PRORA
627
00:29:02,867 --> 00:29:05,133
AND NOT BE IMPRESSED BY IT.
628
00:29:05,133 --> 00:29:08,767
NOT FEEL AS THOUGH, WOW,
THIS IS SOMETHING SPECIAL,
629
00:29:08,767 --> 00:29:11,467
AND IT'S OURS.
630
00:29:11,467 --> 00:29:14,467
Narrator: BUT WHAT ROLE DID
PRORA PLAY IN HITLER'S PLANS
631
00:29:14,467 --> 00:29:14,713
FOR WORLD DOMINATION
AND GENOCIDE?
632
00:29:14,713 --> 00:29:15,000
FOR WORLD DOMINATION
AND GENOCIDE?
633
00:29:17,233 --> 00:29:21,067
AND WHY WAS PRORA
FINALLY ABANDONED?
634
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:24,000
*
635
00:29:28,900 --> 00:29:32,100
Narrator: IN 1936, THE NAZI
ARCHITECTS' PLANS
636
00:29:32,100 --> 00:29:35,300
FOR THE KEY PART
OF THE PRORA COMPLEX
637
00:29:35,300 --> 00:29:38,700
IS A MONUMENTAL AUDITORIUM
CAPABLE OF HOLDING
638
00:29:38,700 --> 00:29:42,367
ALL 20,000 GERMAN LABORERS
AT THE SAME TIME.
639
00:29:44,767 --> 00:29:46,200
IT'S AUSTERE.
640
00:29:46,200 --> 00:29:49,867
IT IS EVERYTHING THAT IS GRAND
ABOUT THE SO-CALLED ARYAN RACE,
641
00:29:49,867 --> 00:29:53,300
AND IT WAS DESIGNED TO EMIT
FEELINGS OF NATIONAL PRIDE.
642
00:29:53,300 --> 00:29:53,361
AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
IT HAD THAT VERY EFFECT.
643
00:29:53,361 --> 00:29:54,000
AND YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE
IT HAD THAT VERY EFFECT.
644
00:29:57,733 --> 00:30:02,333
I THINK MAYBE YOU WOULD BE
ALMOST HYPNOTIZED BY THIS SIGHT
645
00:30:02,333 --> 00:30:04,233
THAT YOU'VE GOT IN FRONT OF YOU.
646
00:30:04,233 --> 00:30:07,200
AND MAYBE YEAH,
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECT
647
00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:10,667
OF THAT WORKED TO HITLER'S HAND.
648
00:30:10,667 --> 00:30:12,700
Narrator:
BUT HOW COULD THIS SITE PLAY
649
00:30:12,700 --> 00:30:14,467
A PART IN HITLER'S PLANS
650
00:30:14,467 --> 00:30:18,233
FOR WORLD DOMINATION
AND GENOCIDE?
651
00:30:18,233 --> 00:30:22,500
THE IDEOLOGICAL CONCEPT STARTS
WITH AN ORGANIZATION
652
00:30:22,500 --> 00:30:23,361
CALLED KRAFT DURCH FREUDE.
OR STRENGTH THROUGH JOY.
653
00:30:23,361 --> 00:30:24,000
CALLED KRAFT DURCH FREUDE.
OR STRENGTH THROUGH JOY.
654
00:30:27,233 --> 00:30:30,100
LED BY TOP NAZI
ROBERT LEY,
655
00:30:30,100 --> 00:30:32,500
ON THE SURFACE,
STRENGTH THROUGH JOY
656
00:30:32,500 --> 00:30:34,967
JUST PROVIDES SUBSIDIZED BREAKS
657
00:30:34,967 --> 00:30:39,800
FOR MILLIONS OF LOW-PAID GERMAN
INDUSTRIAL WORKERS.
658
00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:41,100
BUT ITS REAL MISSION
659
00:30:41,100 --> 00:30:44,800
IS TO UNITE THEM BEHIND HITLER.
[ CHANTING IN GERMAN ]
660
00:30:47,433 --> 00:30:49,967
I THINK THE STRENGTH
THROUGH JOY ORGANIZATION
661
00:30:49,967 --> 00:30:52,967
HAD A VERY SERIOUS
INTENTION BEHIND IT,
662
00:30:52,967 --> 00:30:53,361
AND THAT WAS TO BIND PEOPLE
TO THE NAZI REGIME,
663
00:30:53,361 --> 00:30:54,000
AND THAT WAS TO BIND PEOPLE
TO THE NAZI REGIME,
664
00:30:56,700 --> 00:30:58,467
AND PROBABLY EVEN
MORE THAN THAT.
665
00:30:58,467 --> 00:31:01,300
THERE WAS AN ATTEMPT
TO BRAINWASH PEOPLE
666
00:31:01,300 --> 00:31:03,867
AND PREPARE THEM
FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF WAR.
667
00:31:03,867 --> 00:31:07,667
SEIG HEIL!
668
00:31:07,667 --> 00:31:11,433
Gough: PROPAGANDA
WAS TOTALLY ESSENTIAL
669
00:31:11,433 --> 00:31:14,067
TO THE SUCCESS
OF THE THIRD REICH.
670
00:31:14,067 --> 00:31:16,467
THEY HAD TO HAVE
EVERYONE ON BOARD.
671
00:31:16,467 --> 00:31:20,800
SO WHAT PRORA WAS WAS
AN IDEOLOGICAL WAY
672
00:31:20,800 --> 00:31:22,067
OF MAKING PEOPLE
673
00:31:22,067 --> 00:31:23,361
FEEL REALLY HAPPY
ABOUT GIVING 100%
674
00:31:23,361 --> 00:31:24,000
FEEL REALLY HAPPY
ABOUT GIVING 100%
675
00:31:24,900 --> 00:31:28,600
OF THEIR FREE TIME
BEING INDOCTRINATED WITH
676
00:31:28,600 --> 00:31:30,067
"AREN'T WE THE GREATEST?
677
00:31:30,067 --> 00:31:32,267
ISN'T IT WORTH THE SUFFER?
678
00:31:32,267 --> 00:31:34,767
SHOULDN'T WE ALL BE
IN THIS TOGETHER?"
679
00:31:36,500 --> 00:31:40,833
Narrator: BUT IN 1939,
HITLER INVADES POLAND
680
00:31:40,833 --> 00:31:43,900
AND SETS OFF WORLD WAR II.
681
00:31:43,900 --> 00:31:48,100
AND WITH THAT, THE ENGINEERING
OF PRORA IS ABANDONED.
682
00:31:50,633 --> 00:31:53,361
Lucke: IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
BUILDING LEGACIES OF THE NAZIS.
683
00:31:53,361 --> 00:31:53,867
Lucke: IT IS ONE OF THE GREATEST
BUILDING LEGACIES OF THE NAZIS.
684
00:31:53,867 --> 00:31:54,000
AND ALTHOUGH THE BUILDING
685
00:31:55,233 --> 00:31:57,333
NEVER FUNCTIONED LIKE
THEY PLANNED IT WOULD,
686
00:31:57,333 --> 00:31:59,633
YOU CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND
WHAT IT WAS MEANT TO BE USED
687
00:31:59,633 --> 00:32:02,667
FOR AND UNDERSTAND
THEIR IDEOLOGY.
688
00:32:06,667 --> 00:32:08,200
Narrator: AT THE END OF THE WAR,
689
00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,533
PRORA IS TAKEN OVER
BY THE INVADING RUSSIAN FORCES,
690
00:32:11,533 --> 00:32:13,900
WHO TURN IT INTO
A MILITARY PRISON
691
00:32:13,900 --> 00:32:19,800
FOR THOSE WHO OPPOSE
THE COMMUNIST REGIME.
692
00:32:19,800 --> 00:32:23,361
AND WHEN THE BERLIN WALL FALLS,
PRORA IS FINALLY ABANDONED.
693
00:32:23,361 --> 00:32:24,000
AND WHEN THE BERLIN WALL FALLS,
PRORA IS FINALLY ABANDONED.
694
00:32:26,633 --> 00:32:29,733
Gough:
MANY BELIEVE THE WHOLE COMPLEX
SHOULD HAVE BEEN LEVELED.
695
00:32:29,733 --> 00:32:33,200
LET'S FORGET ABOUT THIS
MIND CONTROL PROGRAM.
696
00:32:33,200 --> 00:32:35,367
IT'S A PART OF OUR DARK PAST.
697
00:32:35,367 --> 00:32:37,567
LET'S KEEP IT THERE.
698
00:32:37,567 --> 00:32:39,600
Narrator: NOW THE PRORA COMPLEX
699
00:32:39,600 --> 00:32:41,133
IS A POWERFUL REMINDER
700
00:32:41,133 --> 00:32:43,200
OF HITLER'S RUTHLESS AMBITION
701
00:32:43,200 --> 00:32:45,467
TO TOTALLY DOMINATE
THE THOUGHTS
702
00:32:45,467 --> 00:32:48,100
AND ACTIONS
OF HIS OWN PEOPLE.
703
00:32:49,400 --> 00:32:51,433
[ CHEERING IN GERMAN ]
704
00:32:52,367 --> 00:32:53,361
THANKFULLY, THE SITE NEVER
WENT INTO FULL OPERATION
705
00:32:53,361 --> 00:32:54,000
THANKFULLY, THE SITE NEVER
WENT INTO FULL OPERATION
706
00:32:55,533 --> 00:32:58,233
BEFORE
THE SECOND WORLD WAR ENDED.
707
00:32:58,233 --> 00:33:01,067
BUT TODAY, IN A STRANGE TWIST,
708
00:33:01,067 --> 00:33:02,733
THE PRORA COMPLEX IS BEING
709
00:33:02,733 --> 00:33:06,533
TURNED INTO LUXURY
SEASIDE APARTMENTS,
710
00:33:06,533 --> 00:33:09,633
COMPLETE WITH
LUXURY DESIGNER FURNITURE
711
00:33:09,633 --> 00:33:12,800
AND BALCONIES OVERLOOKING
THE BALTIC SEA.
712
00:33:17,067 --> 00:33:19,400
IN THE NEIGHBORING
COUNTRY OF FRANCE,
713
00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:20,700
DEEP INSIDE THE BLEAK
714
00:33:20,700 --> 00:33:23,361
AND ROCKY ALPINE MOUNTAINS
ABOVE GRENOBLE
715
00:33:23,361 --> 00:33:24,000
AND ROCKY ALPINE MOUNTAINS
ABOVE GRENOBLE
716
00:33:24,100 --> 00:33:26,833
IS AN AMAZING ENGINEERING FEAT
717
00:33:26,833 --> 00:33:30,133
CARVED OUT OF THE SOLID
ROCK OF A CLIFF FACE.
718
00:33:33,167 --> 00:33:36,833
IT'S A ROAD THAT EXTENDS
FOR OVER 20 MILES,
719
00:33:36,833 --> 00:33:39,100
GOES THROUGH 30 TUNNELS,
720
00:33:39,100 --> 00:33:43,067
AND SITS NEARLY 1,000 FEET
ABOVE THE RHONE RIVER.
721
00:33:43,067 --> 00:33:46,800
Bell: IT'S KIND OF MAN V. NATURE
IN THIS BEAUTIFUL WAY.
722
00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,367
AND IT'S SOMETHING THAT
YOU WON'T SEE ANYWHERE ELSE.
723
00:33:49,367 --> 00:33:51,500
IT'S TOTALLY UNIQUE.
724
00:33:51,500 --> 00:33:53,361
IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS,
725
00:33:53,361 --> 00:33:53,367
IT IS INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS,
726
00:33:53,367 --> 00:33:54,000
AND I CAN'T IMAGINE
FOR A SECOND THAT
727
00:33:54,867 --> 00:33:57,267
ANYONE WOULD BE ABLE
TO DO THAT TODAY.
728
00:33:57,267 --> 00:34:01,167
BECAUSE YOU'VE GOT OUTCROPS,
VALLEYS, RIVERS,
729
00:34:01,167 --> 00:34:06,667
CHANGING THE COURSE OF WHAT THE
MOUNTAINS ACTUALLY LOOK LIKE.
730
00:34:06,667 --> 00:34:09,633
Bell: BUILDING AROUND MOUNTAIN
PASSES AND TUNNELS,
731
00:34:09,633 --> 00:34:13,300
IT IS A REAL CHALLENGE
AND A REAL DIFFICULTY.
732
00:34:13,300 --> 00:34:17,200
Narrator:
BUT WHAT LED TO THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THIS TREACHEROUS ROAD,
733
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:20,600
AND WHY WAS IT ABANDONED?
734
00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,361
IN 1848, FRENCH FARMERS
NEEDED CONNECTION
735
00:34:23,361 --> 00:34:24,000
IN 1848, FRENCH FARMERS
NEEDED CONNECTION
736
00:34:24,133 --> 00:34:25,967
FROM THE VERCOR PLATEAU
737
00:34:25,967 --> 00:34:29,733
TO THE CITIES
IN THE VALLEY BELOW.
738
00:34:29,733 --> 00:34:32,633
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT
DECIDE TO ENGINEER A ROAD
739
00:34:32,633 --> 00:34:35,367
THROUGH THE SIDES
OF VERTICAL CLIFFS.
740
00:34:35,367 --> 00:34:38,867
THEIR SOLUTION --
THE GRAND GOULETS.
741
00:34:38,867 --> 00:34:42,233
MEANING THE GREAT BOTTLENECKS.
742
00:34:42,233 --> 00:34:44,867
THE OBSTACLES ARE IMMENSE.
743
00:34:44,867 --> 00:34:47,700
SURROUNDED BY GRANITE CLIFFS
744
00:34:47,700 --> 00:34:50,100
AND SHEER-SIDED GORGES,
745
00:34:50,100 --> 00:34:53,300
THE VERCOR VALLEY
IS A NATURAL FORTRESS.
746
00:34:53,300 --> 00:34:53,361
FINDING A WAY THROUGH
ITS DEFENSES
747
00:34:53,361 --> 00:34:54,000
FINDING A WAY THROUGH
ITS DEFENSES
748
00:34:55,633 --> 00:34:57,733
IS NO EASY TASK.
749
00:35:00,067 --> 00:35:03,067
OF COURSE, AT THE TIME,
IT WAS REALLY IMPOSSIBLE.
750
00:35:03,067 --> 00:35:06,133
IT WAS REALLY THE CONSTRUCTION
OF THE CENTURY FOR THE REGION.
751
00:35:08,067 --> 00:35:12,133
Narrator:
WHAT SEEMINGLY INSURMOUNTABLE
OBSTACLES DID THE BUILDERS FACE,
752
00:35:12,133 --> 00:35:15,067
AND WHY WAS THE ROAD ABANDONED?
753
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:19,000
*
754
00:35:23,533 --> 00:35:25,067
Narrator: THE GRAND GOULETS,
755
00:35:25,067 --> 00:35:26,567
OR THE GREAT BOTTLENECKS,
756
00:35:26,567 --> 00:35:30,333
IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS
MOUNTAIN ROUTES IN THE WORLD.
757
00:35:31,900 --> 00:35:34,067
IT SNAKES ITS WAY
THOUSANDS OF FEET
758
00:35:34,067 --> 00:35:36,300
ABOVE THE RHONE RIVER
IN SOUTHERN FRANCE,
759
00:35:36,300 --> 00:35:38,633
LINKING THE REMOTE
MOUNTAIN COMMUNITIES
760
00:35:38,633 --> 00:35:41,233
WITH THE TOWNS BELOW.
761
00:35:41,233 --> 00:35:43,300
WHAT OBSTACLES
DID THE WORKERS
762
00:35:43,300 --> 00:35:45,400
AND ENGINEERS FACE,
763
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:48,216
AND JUST HOW DID
THEY OVERCOME THEM?
764
00:35:48,216 --> 00:35:48,467
AND JUST HOW DID
THEY OVERCOME THEM?
765
00:35:52,667 --> 00:35:56,367
THE START OF THE GRAND
GOULETS ROAD FOLLOWS
766
00:35:56,367 --> 00:35:58,267
A PART OF A NATURAL EROSION
WHERE WATER,
767
00:35:58,267 --> 00:36:00,567
A RIVER HAD PREVIOUSLY
GONE THROUGH.
768
00:36:00,567 --> 00:36:03,433
THAT WATER WOULD ALWAYS TAKE
THE PATH OF LEAST RESISTANCE.
769
00:36:03,433 --> 00:36:06,700
SO MAYBE FOLLOWING
NATURE IN ITS WAY
770
00:36:06,700 --> 00:36:07,967
OF TUNNELING AND ERODING,
771
00:36:07,967 --> 00:36:11,967
CREATING ITS OWN PASSAGE,
IS A GOOD IDEA.
772
00:36:11,967 --> 00:36:14,100
BUT THEN YOU ALSO HAVE
TO THINK ABOUT, WELL HANG ON,
773
00:36:14,100 --> 00:36:15,967
IF THIS IS THE PATH
OF LEAST RESISTANCE,
774
00:36:15,967 --> 00:36:18,216
WHAT IS THE GEOLOGY THAT
I'VE GOT AROUND US HERE?
775
00:36:18,216 --> 00:36:18,267
WHAT IS THE GEOLOGY THAT
I'VE GOT AROUND US HERE?
776
00:36:18,267 --> 00:36:19,000
SO, IT'S A TRICKY ONE TO KNOW
777
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,467
WHETHER THAT WAS THE RIGHT
OR THE WRONG THING TO DO.
778
00:36:22,467 --> 00:36:25,500
Narrator:
IN 1846, ENGINEERING BEGINS
779
00:36:25,500 --> 00:36:28,400
BY CUTTING A TUNNEL
ALONGSIDE THE RIVER.
780
00:36:28,400 --> 00:36:30,400
BUT AFTER A FEW HUNDRED YARDS,
781
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,567
IT ABRUPTLY CHANGES COURSE
782
00:36:32,567 --> 00:36:36,700
AND DROPS TO THE BOTTOM
OF THE GORGE.
783
00:36:36,700 --> 00:36:40,867
NOW THE ENGINEERS FACE
ANOTHER HUGE CHALLENGE.
784
00:36:40,867 --> 00:36:43,500
THEY HAVE TO CUT
A WORKING ROAD
785
00:36:43,500 --> 00:36:47,600
INTO THE VERTICAL
CLIFF FACE AHEAD.
786
00:36:47,600 --> 00:36:48,216
YOU'VE GOT ROCK ABOVE
YOU AND DOWN ONE SIDE,
787
00:36:48,216 --> 00:36:49,000
YOU'VE GOT ROCK ABOVE
YOU AND DOWN ONE SIDE,
788
00:36:50,767 --> 00:36:54,133
BUT THEN YOU'VE STILL
GOT THAT SHEER DROP.
789
00:36:54,133 --> 00:36:56,233
IT'S LIKE AN OPEN-SIDED TUNNEL,
790
00:36:56,233 --> 00:36:58,167
BUT THAT'S THE CHALLENGES
THEY WERE FACED
791
00:36:58,167 --> 00:36:59,433
WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING IT.
792
00:36:59,433 --> 00:37:01,133
IT WASN'T JUST ALL OF ONE THING.
793
00:37:01,133 --> 00:37:03,200
IT'S ALL OPEN ROAD.
IT'S ALL TUNNELING.
794
00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,333
THEY WERE HAVING
TO CONTINUOUSLY CHANGE
795
00:37:06,333 --> 00:37:07,867
AND BUILD THE ROAD TO GO ALONG
796
00:37:07,867 --> 00:37:10,800
WITH WHAT NATURE HAD
PUT THERE IN FRONT OF THEM.
797
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,167
AND MAYBE IT'S
A BIT DISCONCERTING
798
00:37:12,167 --> 00:37:14,433
WHEN YOU GO INTO THOSE
KIND OF HALF TUNNELS
799
00:37:14,433 --> 00:37:15,700
BECAUSE YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY AWARE
800
00:37:15,700 --> 00:37:17,867
THAT YOU HAVE AN ENORMOUS
801
00:37:17,867 --> 00:37:18,216
TONNAGE OF ROCK
RIGHT ABOVE YOU,
802
00:37:18,216 --> 00:37:19,000
TONNAGE OF ROCK
RIGHT ABOVE YOU,
803
00:37:20,733 --> 00:37:23,067
AND YET ON ONE SIDE,
THERE'S NO SUPPORT.
804
00:37:23,067 --> 00:37:26,467
IT'S JUST A SHEER DROP.
805
00:37:26,467 --> 00:37:31,867
Narrator: THE ENGINEERS DEVELOP
A TECHNIQUE THAT SEEMS SUICIDAL.
806
00:37:31,867 --> 00:37:34,767
WORKERS DROP DOWN
THE CLIFF FACE ON ROPES,
807
00:37:34,767 --> 00:37:37,567
CHISEL A HOLE FOR
THE EXPLOSIVE CHARGE,
808
00:37:37,567 --> 00:37:39,067
LIGHT THE FUSE,
809
00:37:39,067 --> 00:37:42,667
THEN SWING OUT OF THE WAY
WHILE IT GOES OFF.
810
00:37:42,667 --> 00:37:45,533
IT'S EXTREMELY
DANGEROUS WORK.
811
00:37:45,533 --> 00:37:48,200
WOULD THEY HAVE ANY
BETTER WAYS OF DOING IT?
812
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:48,216
AT THE TIME,
REALLY HARD TO SAY.
813
00:37:48,216 --> 00:37:49,000
AT THE TIME,
REALLY HARD TO SAY.
814
00:37:50,833 --> 00:37:55,333
THEY PROBABLY COULD HAVE DONE IT
MANUALLY WITH PICKS AND AXES.
815
00:37:55,333 --> 00:37:58,267
AND OF COURSE, THAT WOULD HAVE
TAKEN MUCH, MUCH LONGER TO DO.
816
00:37:58,267 --> 00:38:01,133
SO, I GUESS THEY CHOSE
THE MORE RISKY,
817
00:38:01,133 --> 00:38:04,300
BUT QUICK OPTION
TO BUILD THIS ROAD.
818
00:38:04,300 --> 00:38:05,567
Bell: THE CONSTRUCTION METHODS
819
00:38:05,567 --> 00:38:07,733
USED TO BUILD
THE GRAND GOULETS ROAD
820
00:38:07,733 --> 00:38:11,100
WOULD HAVE A HEALTH
AND SAFETY OFFICER TODAY
821
00:38:11,100 --> 00:38:12,567
IN A COLD SWEAT.
822
00:38:12,567 --> 00:38:14,933
EVERY SINGLE DAY
WHEN THESE GUYS WENT TO WORK,
823
00:38:14,933 --> 00:38:17,633
THERE WAS A HUGE RISK
THEY MIGHT NOT COME BACK.
824
00:38:17,633 --> 00:38:18,216
[ EXPLOSION ]
825
00:38:18,216 --> 00:38:19,000
[ EXPLOSION ]
826
00:38:20,067 --> 00:38:23,067
Narrator: IT TAKES SIX YEARS
OF BACK-BREAKING WORK,
827
00:38:23,067 --> 00:38:25,733
AND THOUSANDS OF TONS
OF DYNAMITE,
828
00:38:25,733 --> 00:38:27,100
TO COMPLETE THE CRUCIAL
829
00:38:27,100 --> 00:38:32,833
TWO-MILE LONG STRETCH
OF THE GRAND GOULETS.
830
00:38:32,833 --> 00:38:34,667
DOZENS OF WORKERS DIE
831
00:38:34,667 --> 00:38:38,867
IN WHAT BECOMES
A MONUMENTAL ENGINEERING EFFORT.
832
00:38:40,100 --> 00:38:41,967
BUT IN 1851,
833
00:38:41,967 --> 00:38:43,533
THE NEW ROAD CHANGES LIFE
834
00:38:43,533 --> 00:38:47,933
DRAMATICALLY FOR THE VILLAGERS
ON THE VERCOR PLATEAU.
835
00:38:47,933 --> 00:38:48,216
ITS BREATHTAKING VIEWS
AND EASY ACCESS
836
00:38:48,216 --> 00:38:49,000
ITS BREATHTAKING VIEWS
AND EASY ACCESS
837
00:38:50,700 --> 00:38:52,433
FROM THE VALLEYS BELOW MAKE IT
838
00:38:52,433 --> 00:38:55,567
ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR
DESTINATIONS IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.
839
00:38:57,300 --> 00:38:59,167
THE GRAND GOULETS SET OUT
840
00:38:59,167 --> 00:39:00,733
TO BE A COMMERCIAL ROAD
841
00:39:00,733 --> 00:39:03,667
FROM THE GET-GO,
CONNECTING VILLAGES
842
00:39:03,667 --> 00:39:06,733
IN THE MOUNTAIN
TO THE REST OF THE WORLD.
843
00:39:06,733 --> 00:39:08,467
BUT AS SOON AS IT
WAS CONSTRUCTED,
844
00:39:08,467 --> 00:39:11,467
AS SOON AS MEN FINISHED
RISKING THEIR LIVES
845
00:39:11,467 --> 00:39:14,433
BY HANGING ON WITH ONE HAND
AND DOING EXPLOSIVES
846
00:39:14,433 --> 00:39:17,433
WITH THE OTHER JUST
TO GO 10 METERS FURTHER.
847
00:39:17,433 --> 00:39:18,216
IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
848
00:39:18,216 --> 00:39:19,000
IT WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL.
849
00:39:19,367 --> 00:39:20,600
IT WAS ROMANTIC.
850
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:21,967
IT WAS INSPIRING,
851
00:39:21,967 --> 00:39:25,133
AND PEOPLE WERE OBSESSED
ABOUT TRAVELING ON IT.
852
00:39:27,233 --> 00:39:29,633
Bell: I'M NOT SURE THE ENGINEERS
INVOLVED IN BUILDING
853
00:39:29,633 --> 00:39:31,633
THE GRAND GOULETS ROAD KNEW
854
00:39:31,633 --> 00:39:34,167
THAT THEY WERE CREATING
A KIND OF ARTISTIC
855
00:39:34,167 --> 00:39:37,200
AND CULTURAL MASTERPIECE
AT THE TIME.
856
00:39:37,200 --> 00:39:41,200
BUT WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON IT,
NOW, IT IS SOMETHING OF BEAUTY.
857
00:39:41,200 --> 00:39:44,233
THERE IS SOMETHING
OF A KIND OF MYSTIQUE.
858
00:39:44,233 --> 00:39:47,733
IT HAS A HUGE
ARTISTIC VALUE TO IT.
859
00:39:47,733 --> 00:39:48,216
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE
OF THE BEAUTIES OF ENGINEERING.
860
00:39:48,216 --> 00:39:49,000
AND I THINK THAT'S ONE
OF THE BEAUTIES OF ENGINEERING.
861
00:39:51,267 --> 00:39:55,633
Narrator: BUT PROBLEMS SOON
START FOR THE GRAND GOULETS.
862
00:39:55,633 --> 00:39:57,300
CONSTRUCTED JUST WIDE ENOUGH
863
00:39:57,300 --> 00:40:00,333
FOR TWO HORSE-DRAWN WAGONS
TO PASS EACH OTHER,
864
00:40:00,333 --> 00:40:02,600
BY THE EARLY 20th CENTURY,
865
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:03,900
IT HAS TROUBLE COPING
866
00:40:03,900 --> 00:40:05,433
WITH MODERN TRANSPORTATION
867
00:40:05,433 --> 00:40:09,267
LIKE CARS, BUSES, AND TRUCKS.
868
00:40:09,267 --> 00:40:11,800
WHEN THE ENGINEERS
TRY TO WIDEN IT,
869
00:40:11,800 --> 00:40:14,733
THEY DISCOVER A CRUCIAL MISTAKE.
870
00:40:16,800 --> 00:40:18,216
Bell: THE GRAND GOULETS ROAD
IS QUITE NARROW,
871
00:40:18,216 --> 00:40:19,000
Bell: THE GRAND GOULETS ROAD
IS QUITE NARROW,
872
00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:21,767
AND THERE'S GOOD
REASON FOR THAT.
873
00:40:21,767 --> 00:40:24,333
THERE'S NO REINFORCEMENT
IN THE TUNNELS
874
00:40:24,333 --> 00:40:26,100
OR IN THE KIND OF OPEN TUNNELS
875
00:40:26,100 --> 00:40:28,033
THAT YOU GO THROUGH
AS YOU MAKE YOUR WAY
876
00:40:28,033 --> 00:40:29,600
ALONG THE SIDE OF THE MOUNTAIN.
877
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,467
AND SO YOU'RE LIMITED
878
00:40:32,467 --> 00:40:34,067
TO HOW WIDE
YOU CAN TAKE THE ROAD
879
00:40:34,067 --> 00:40:37,500
BECAUSE YOU'RE NOT REINFORCING
THE ROAD ABOVE YOU.
880
00:40:37,500 --> 00:40:40,933
Agrawal:
TO WIDEN IT, THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN REALLY CHALLENGING.
881
00:40:40,933 --> 00:40:42,267
THEY WOULD HAVE HAD
TO REALLY THINK ABOUT,
882
00:40:42,267 --> 00:40:44,700
WELL, HOW DO WE
SUPPORT THIS ROCK?
883
00:40:44,700 --> 00:40:47,767
AND THAT CAN BE VERY,
VERY DIFFICULT,
884
00:40:47,767 --> 00:40:48,216
ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME
885
00:40:48,216 --> 00:40:49,000
ESPECIALLY AT THE TIME
886
00:40:49,067 --> 00:40:50,967
WITH TRYING TO TRANSPORT
MATERIAL THERE,
887
00:40:50,967 --> 00:40:53,433
TO CREATE FRAMES TO MAYBE
HOLD THE ROCKFACE UP.
888
00:40:53,433 --> 00:40:56,600
YOU'RE ALMOST COMING INTO
THAT TUNNELING TYPE OF TERRITORY
889
00:40:56,600 --> 00:40:58,967
WHICH MAYBE AT THE TIME
WAS JUST A LITTLE BIT BEYOND
890
00:40:58,967 --> 00:41:02,700
WHAT THEY WERE TRYING
TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE.
891
00:41:02,700 --> 00:41:06,133
Narrator: AS THE YEARS GO BY,
FASTER, BIGGER CARS
892
00:41:06,133 --> 00:41:10,200
TURN THE ROAD'S TIGHT
CURVES INTO DEATH TRAPS.
893
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:13,733
THEN IN 2000, AND AGAIN IN 2005,
894
00:41:13,733 --> 00:41:16,967
NATURE ITSELF PLAYS ITS HAND.
895
00:41:16,967 --> 00:41:18,216
WHOLE SECTIONS OF CLIFF
FALL DOWN ONTO THE ROAD.
896
00:41:18,216 --> 00:41:19,000
WHOLE SECTIONS OF CLIFF
FALL DOWN ONTO THE ROAD.
897
00:41:22,167 --> 00:41:25,433
AFTER 150 YEARS, IN 2005,
898
00:41:25,433 --> 00:41:28,567
THE FRENCH AUTHORITIES
CLOSE THE ROAD.
899
00:41:28,567 --> 00:41:31,900
TODAY, THE GRAND
GOULETS IS ABANDONED,
900
00:41:31,900 --> 00:41:35,600
BUT ITS LEGACY IN FRENCH
ENGINEERING LIVES ON.
901
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:38,400
THE GRAND GOULETS
IS CLOSED TODAY,
902
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:39,767
AND UNDERSTANDABLY SO.
903
00:41:39,767 --> 00:41:40,933
IT'S DANGEROUS.
904
00:41:40,933 --> 00:41:43,367
THE QUESTION IS,
WHAT DO WE DO ABOUT THAT?
905
00:41:43,367 --> 00:41:46,433
DO WE GO IN AND BULLDOZE
A WIDER ROAD
906
00:41:46,433 --> 00:41:48,133
AND PUT UP ROPE SO IT'S SAFE,
907
00:41:48,133 --> 00:41:48,216
AND EVERYONE CAN
GO EXPERIENCE IT?
908
00:41:48,216 --> 00:41:49,000
AND EVERYONE CAN
GO EXPERIENCE IT?
909
00:41:51,333 --> 00:41:54,500
OR DO WE LET THIS
PERFECT MOMENT IN TIME,
910
00:41:54,500 --> 00:41:57,600
THIS ROMANTIC JOURNEY
AND THE MEMORY OF IT,
911
00:41:57,600 --> 00:41:58,867
THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF IT,
912
00:41:58,867 --> 00:42:01,800
DO WE LET IT LIVE ON AS-IS?
913
00:42:01,800 --> 00:42:03,333
I THINK WE DO.
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