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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:04,480 Tom ward (narrates): A Florida ruin built on a dream 2 00:00:04,520 --> 00:00:06,920 to reach the stars. 3 00:00:06,960 --> 00:00:09,000 The challenge was astronomical. 4 00:00:09,040 --> 00:00:12,600 We were planning to visit another body 5 00:00:12,640 --> 00:00:13,840 in our solar system. 6 00:00:18,680 --> 00:00:23,480 An Indonesian community shattered by an unseen force. 7 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:27,560 Today this place is a wasteland of rubble, 8 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:29,560 debris, and earth. 9 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:35,360 A Bulgarian structure that concealed an ulterior motive. 10 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:36,920 This place was hiding 11 00:00:36,960 --> 00:00:39,440 ambitious plans from the rest of the world. 12 00:00:40,680 --> 00:00:43,960 And an entertainment paradise in the mediterranean 13 00:00:44,000 --> 00:00:46,400 that was years ahead of its time. 14 00:00:46,440 --> 00:00:49,360 This place was once the life and soul of the party, 15 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:51,760 but the music would soon come to an end. 16 00:00:55,640 --> 00:00:58,560 Decaying relics, 17 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,999 ruins of lost worlds, 18 00:01:00,000 --> 00:01:01,000 ruins of lost worlds, 19 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:05,800 sites haunted by the past, 20 00:01:05,840 --> 00:01:09,720 their secrets waiting to be revealed. 21 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:21,480 Deep in the Florida everglades is an industrial ruin 22 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:26,120 that competed in the greatest race human kind has ever witnessed. 23 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,576 These are normally built in the middle of nowhere 24 00:01:34,600 --> 00:01:36,840 to keep them a secret, 25 00:01:36,880 --> 00:01:39,640 but here the land is so flat 26 00:01:39,680 --> 00:01:41,280 it is hardly under the radar. 27 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:45,160 As you get closer, 28 00:01:45,200 --> 00:01:48,760 you can see these buildings have been abandoned for a long time. 29 00:01:48,800 --> 00:01:54,120 The roofs are mostly missing, there's debris everywhere. 30 00:01:56,520 --> 00:01:59,999 Where once high-tech equipment filled the cavernous spaces, 31 00:02:00,000 --> 00:02:00,840 where once high-tech equipment filled the cavernous spaces, 32 00:02:00,880 --> 00:02:03,240 today only ruins remain. 33 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:07,800 Inside some of the buildings 34 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:10,520 are little more than empty warehouses 35 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:12,800 with walls made of corrugated metal. 36 00:02:15,640 --> 00:02:17,600 And in one section, 37 00:02:17,640 --> 00:02:23,560 you see an enormous circle sealed in concrete in the floor, 38 00:02:23,600 --> 00:02:26,760 it seems to be hiding something important. 39 00:02:28,520 --> 00:02:32,040 Beside the buildings is a long canal, 40 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:33,976 it's not clear what this is used for, 41 00:02:34,000 --> 00:02:35,000 but presumably, 42 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:37,520 it's connected to the buildings in some way. 43 00:02:39,080 --> 00:02:43,440 What links this overgrown waterway to the industrial remnants? 44 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,560 And what role did they play 45 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,200 in one of america's greatest triumphs? 46 00:03:01,360 --> 00:03:03,120 I first found this place 47 00:03:03,160 --> 00:03:07,240 just digging into different types of historical places in Miami. 48 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:10,120 This was an urban legend 49 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,280 that I'd heard of many times throughout my life here 50 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:16,560 and I decided to do a little bit of research on it. 51 00:03:19,360 --> 00:03:23,480 Carolina florez first visited this location in 2020 52 00:03:23,520 --> 00:03:26,160 after learning about the secrets held inside. 53 00:03:28,560 --> 00:03:33,880 It's definitely got an aura of mystery to it, 54 00:03:33,920 --> 00:03:38,760 especially because it's not really a place where you're supposed to go. 55 00:03:38,800 --> 00:03:42,600 It looks like they had to just pack up and leave 56 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,320 and didn't have time to take anything out. 57 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,400 The ceilings are falling, there's water everywhere. 58 00:03:50,720 --> 00:03:54,040 The rangers of the everglades do not venture in this area, 59 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:56,760 so, if you get lost, if something happens to you, 60 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:57,840 you're on your own. 61 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:00,000 For Carolina, the risk is worth the reward. 62 00:04:00,001 --> 00:04:03,320 For Carolina, the risk is worth the reward. 63 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:06,240 This site is incredibly important to world history 64 00:04:06,280 --> 00:04:08,800 and most people don't even know that it's here. 65 00:04:11,920 --> 00:04:15,040 Its story begins in the early '60s, 66 00:04:15,080 --> 00:04:19,040 a time when america was striving to reach the final frontier. 67 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,960 We choose to go to the moon in this decade 68 00:04:24,000 --> 00:04:25,600 and do the other things, 69 00:04:25,640 --> 00:04:28,840 not because they are easy but because they are hard. 70 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:34,640 The challenge was astronomical, literally astronomical, 71 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:39,280 we were planning to have human beings leave our planet 72 00:04:39,320 --> 00:04:43,280 and visit another body in our solar system. 73 00:04:43,320 --> 00:04:45,600 But at this time in 1962, 74 00:04:45,640 --> 00:04:49,040 the us space program was in its infancy, 75 00:04:49,080 --> 00:04:53,200 we'd only launched four people into space at this point 76 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:57,680 for relatively short duration flights 77 00:04:57,720 --> 00:04:59,200 in the Mercury capsule 78 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:00,000 that only held a single astronaut. 79 00:05:00,001 --> 00:05:02,320 That only held a single astronaut. 80 00:05:03,840 --> 00:05:06,920 If they were going to send three astronauts, a lunar lander 81 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:08,800 and a return module to the moon, 82 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:11,440 they were going to need a bigger rocket than ever. 83 00:05:12,840 --> 00:05:15,280 Kennedy identified one of the ways 84 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:18,080 the monumental feat could be achieved, 85 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,296 the simultaneous development of liquid 86 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:22,240 and solid fuel motors 87 00:05:22,280 --> 00:05:24,800 to see which was best for the job in hand. 88 00:05:28,440 --> 00:05:32,120 He didn't have any idea whether this was really possible, 89 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:35,240 the people at NASA didn't know if it was possible, 90 00:05:35,280 --> 00:05:37,496 it involved technologies that hadn't been built yet. 91 00:05:37,520 --> 00:05:39,360 (Explosion) 92 00:05:39,400 --> 00:05:43,680 California based weapons maker aerojet took up the challenge, 93 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:45,240 and in 1963 94 00:05:45,280 --> 00:05:48,440 the company were awarded a $3 million contract 95 00:05:48,480 --> 00:05:50,760 to develop solid fuel rocket motors. 96 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:55,736 So, they started looking for a location 97 00:05:55,760 --> 00:05:57,200 to build their rocket engine 98 00:05:57,240 --> 00:05:58,920 that was close to cape canaveral, 99 00:05:58,960 --> 00:05:59,999 at the same time 100 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:00,160 at the same time 101 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:04,040 the town of homestead was looking to bring some developments 102 00:06:04,080 --> 00:06:05,560 to its area. 103 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:08,840 So, aerojet and homestead came to an agreement 104 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:12,800 that aerojet would build a massive industrial facility 105 00:06:12,840 --> 00:06:15,520 out in the swamps of the everglades, 106 00:06:15,560 --> 00:06:18,120 far enough away from the city 107 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:20,920 so that no-one would be hurt if something blew up. 108 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,320 Within a year, 109 00:06:24,360 --> 00:06:27,440 the aerojet dade rocket development facility 110 00:06:27,480 --> 00:06:29,120 was a hot bed of activity. 111 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,880 The company's greatest minds 112 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:34,680 focussed on creating the biggest solid fuel motor 113 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:36,000 the world had ever seen. 114 00:06:42,560 --> 00:06:44,520 The solid rocket fuel 115 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:46,496 in comparison to the liquid rocket fuel 116 00:06:46,520 --> 00:06:50,000 was a lot more powerful and had a lot more thrust, 117 00:06:50,040 --> 00:06:51,760 it was very volatile. 118 00:06:51,800 --> 00:06:54,560 These chemicals are incredibly hazardous 119 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,000 and dangerous to work with. 120 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,999 Solid rockets are like big fireworks, 121 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:00,800 solid rockets are like big fireworks, 122 00:07:00,840 --> 00:07:04,920 you make this cake of explosive chemicals 123 00:07:04,960 --> 00:07:08,000 and then you light the end of it, and boom, 124 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,240 you get tonnes of thrust out of it. 125 00:07:12,160 --> 00:07:15,000 This thrust was the key to reaching the moon. 126 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:17,200 To break completely free 127 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,216 from the gravitational pull of the earth 128 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:20,920 and then sail on to the moon, 129 00:07:20,960 --> 00:07:25,680 you need a rocket that can travel about 25,000, 26,000mi per hour 130 00:07:25,720 --> 00:07:29,880 and do it while carrying a load of about 90,000 pounds. 131 00:07:29,920 --> 00:07:33,240 This looks to be one of the labs for the aerojet facility, 132 00:07:33,280 --> 00:07:36,400 this could have been a white board that they used, 133 00:07:36,440 --> 00:07:38,776 but they've got the very typical fluorescent lights 134 00:07:38,800 --> 00:07:40,640 that they need for a laboratory, 135 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:43,120 so, this area was obviously very important. 136 00:07:44,960 --> 00:07:46,840 But aerojet had a problem, 137 00:07:46,880 --> 00:07:50,720 the rocket booster they were planning to build 138 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,600 was going to be 150ft long, 139 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,560 packed full of rocket fuel and extremely heavy, 140 00:07:57,600 --> 00:07:59,999 there was no way you could put that on a railcar or a truck. 141 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,761 There was no way you could put that on a railcar or a truck. 142 00:08:04,400 --> 00:08:08,320 Aerojet needed to find another way to get its giant rocket motor 143 00:08:08,360 --> 00:08:10,840 to the cape canaveral shuttle launch site. 144 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:16,520 So, the plan was to transport it by barge, 145 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:19,840 so, they dug a canal over 15mi long to the coast. 146 00:08:22,040 --> 00:08:24,680 When it was built, there was a lot of controversy, 147 00:08:24,720 --> 00:08:26,656 when a canal is dug in the everglades, 148 00:08:26,680 --> 00:08:28,816 it completely cuts off the water flow 149 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,080 since the everglades is essentially a slow moving river. 150 00:08:33,360 --> 00:08:35,960 That canal runs from... 151 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,000 Deep in the everglades, 152 00:08:39,039 --> 00:08:44,600 a river of freshwater that supports a unique ecosystem. 153 00:08:44,640 --> 00:08:48,080 The canal drains a good deal of that water 154 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:51,760 off to the east, out in to the Atlantic ocean 155 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:55,880 when in fact that water is needed to replenish and supply 156 00:08:55,920 --> 00:08:58,280 the southern portion of the everglades. 157 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:00,000 And so it's really bad for the environment, 158 00:09:00,001 --> 00:09:01,336 and so it's really bad for the environment, 159 00:09:01,360 --> 00:09:02,936 despite that, they decided to go ahead 160 00:09:02,960 --> 00:09:04,040 and build the canal. 161 00:09:05,680 --> 00:09:09,440 Now, the race was on for aerojet to prove its design, 162 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:13,600 the aj260, was ready to take man to the moon. 163 00:09:15,040 --> 00:09:16,040 The question is 164 00:09:16,080 --> 00:09:19,760 did the biggest solid rocket fuelled engine ever built 165 00:09:19,800 --> 00:09:21,920 have any chance of actually working? 166 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:25,760 One of their key needs 167 00:09:25,800 --> 00:09:29,840 is to have a way to test this giant rocket, 168 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,440 but this rocket's going to be so powerful 169 00:09:32,480 --> 00:09:35,920 you can't just put it in a stand and light it, 170 00:09:35,960 --> 00:09:39,520 it would probably break through any kind of restraint system 171 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:40,640 you designed. 172 00:09:42,120 --> 00:09:43,840 So, the way they tested the engine 173 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:46,280 was by putting it in a hole in the ground. 174 00:09:47,840 --> 00:09:51,320 Measuring 150ft from top to bottom, 175 00:09:51,360 --> 00:09:53,160 it was one of the deepest silos 176 00:09:53,200 --> 00:09:55,560 ever excavated in the state of Florida. 177 00:09:58,080 --> 00:09:59,999 So, directly below us is the drop 178 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:01,216 so, directly below us is the drop 179 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,040 where the rocket is not even 10ft away from us. 180 00:10:05,080 --> 00:10:07,800 It looks like about half of the hole 181 00:10:07,840 --> 00:10:11,240 is submerged in water, 182 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:14,600 but you can still see the top half of the rocket 183 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:16,640 to the right. 184 00:10:16,680 --> 00:10:19,960 They tested the rocket in this location three times 185 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:22,656 and the way that they did it was that they turned it upside down 186 00:10:22,680 --> 00:10:24,120 so, that the nozzle was pointing up. 187 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:30,280 And then they could ignite it and test it without worrying 188 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:32,680 that it was going to fly off somewhere. 189 00:10:34,920 --> 00:10:38,160 Each time it must have been an amazing sight to see, 190 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:42,600 the tower of flames shooting up out of the middle of the everglades 191 00:10:42,640 --> 00:10:45,440 was something you could see from miles and miles away. 192 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:49,760 The early tests were a resounding success 193 00:10:49,800 --> 00:10:51,856 and the team at aerojet were confident 194 00:10:51,880 --> 00:10:54,280 their launch vehicle was fit for purpose. 195 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:58,160 Aerojet was making great strides, 196 00:10:58,200 --> 00:10:59,600 building and testing 197 00:10:59,640 --> 00:11:00,000 the monolithic solid fuel rocket NASA wanted. 198 00:11:00,001 --> 00:11:05,000 The monolithic solid fuel rocket NASA wanted. 199 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:09,240 And the rocket seemed to perform as predicted. 200 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:10,880 So, you have all these engineers 201 00:11:10,920 --> 00:11:13,016 and scientists high-fiving each other, 202 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:15,520 they're excited, "we did it, we did it." 203 00:11:15,560 --> 00:11:17,800 But then in 1967, 204 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:20,200 NASA changed course. 205 00:11:20,240 --> 00:11:22,960 NASA decides to ditch solid rocket engines 206 00:11:23,000 --> 00:11:26,560 and there are a million and one technical reasons why that was, 207 00:11:26,600 --> 00:11:30,800 but essentially a solid rocket just wasn't the right choice. 208 00:11:30,840 --> 00:11:32,400 The final rocket 209 00:11:32,440 --> 00:11:37,360 which became known as the saturn 5 used exclusively liquid fuel. 210 00:11:41,640 --> 00:11:45,120 Just six years after work at the facility began, 211 00:11:45,160 --> 00:11:47,480 aerojet's funding was withdrawn 212 00:11:47,520 --> 00:11:50,240 and the pioneering project was mothballed. 213 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:55,280 So, although it was a lot more powerful 214 00:11:55,320 --> 00:11:58,120 to use solid fuel, liquid fuel 215 00:11:58,160 --> 00:11:59,960 just became more controllable 216 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:03,920 and they shut this entire place down. 217 00:12:03,960 --> 00:12:04,960 It was useless. 218 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,200 A lot of the things were removed from the factory when it closed, 219 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,960 but there is one thing that remains, the aj260 itself. 220 00:12:13,000 --> 00:12:17,040 It's buried under a concrete slab never to be seen again. 221 00:12:23,920 --> 00:12:25,760 One of the ironies of this story 222 00:12:25,800 --> 00:12:28,840 is that when NASA was looking for a way 223 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:31,680 to replace the giant saturn 5 224 00:12:31,720 --> 00:12:35,040 with a more affordable, reusable system 225 00:12:35,080 --> 00:12:40,480 they returned to the idea of using solid fuel rockets. 226 00:12:41,640 --> 00:12:45,840 The ground-breaking work carried out here wasn't wasted. 227 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,400 The technology developed during those years 228 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:52,200 was used in the solid fuel boosters of NASA's new space shuttle. 229 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,856 If you remember those iconic pictures of the shuttle, 230 00:12:55,880 --> 00:12:59,999 the two long tubes on either side were two solid fuel boosters. 231 00:13:00,000 --> 00:13:02,840 The two long tubes on either side were two solid fuel boosters. 232 00:13:03,520 --> 00:13:05,360 The feats, the achievements 233 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,336 that took place in the American space program 234 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:08,600 at that time 235 00:13:08,640 --> 00:13:13,440 is really a testament to human ingenuity and imagination. 236 00:13:13,480 --> 00:13:16,920 I mean, to boldly go where no man had gone before 237 00:13:16,960 --> 00:13:18,480 was their literal mission. 238 00:13:24,080 --> 00:13:27,360 On the Indonesian island of sulawesi, 239 00:13:27,400 --> 00:13:31,000 a gentle sea laps the coastline of palu city. 240 00:13:38,960 --> 00:13:41,360 There's this beautiful mosque 241 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,280 that kind of sits right on the water line. 242 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:48,880 But inside things soon turn ugly. 243 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:55,120 The walls are mainly beige and tarnished by sea water. 244 00:13:56,200 --> 00:13:59,720 All along the coast are signs of destruction. 245 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:00,000 You can see either side of the river that there used to be 246 00:14:00,001 --> 00:14:02,760 you can see either side of the river that there used to be 247 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,160 a massive bridge here. 248 00:14:06,600 --> 00:14:11,040 And two miles inland is a scene of complete devastation. 249 00:14:13,480 --> 00:14:14,480 To this day, 250 00:14:14,520 --> 00:14:17,160 scientists are still trying to uncover 251 00:14:17,200 --> 00:14:18,280 what happened here. 252 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:25,160 The obliteration of these sites appear to be linked, 253 00:14:25,200 --> 00:14:26,240 but how? 254 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,920 Like many residents, writer and researcher neni muhidin 255 00:14:39,960 --> 00:14:42,400 understands the importance of his hometown's 256 00:14:42,440 --> 00:14:43,960 most distinctive mosque. 257 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,960 (Speaks foreign language) 258 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:00,896 The idea of a mosque the idea of a mosque 259 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,840 that seems to be levitating above the water was very poignant 260 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:06,640 and beautiful for a lot of people. 261 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:11,480 On 28 September 2018, 262 00:15:11,520 --> 00:15:14,760 worshippers gathered in the mosque as usual. 263 00:15:14,800 --> 00:15:16,976 And the surrounding beaches were full of people 264 00:15:17,000 --> 00:15:19,360 preparing for an annual music festival. 265 00:15:20,200 --> 00:15:21,560 At the floating mosque, 266 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:24,320 the (indistinct) Was about to call for prayer. 267 00:15:27,400 --> 00:15:30,400 (Speaks foreign language) 268 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:40,320 Without warning, disaster struck. 269 00:15:41,680 --> 00:15:47,080 Suddenly around 6:00pm about 48mi north of palu city, 270 00:15:47,120 --> 00:15:51,120 there was an earthquake of 7.5 magnitude. 271 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:54,160 (Speaks foreign language) 272 00:16:07,560 --> 00:16:09,840 Indonesia lies in one of the most 273 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:12,920 geologically active regions on earth, 274 00:16:12,960 --> 00:16:15,040 the ring of fire 275 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:19,480 and palu city sits between two major faults. 276 00:16:20,960 --> 00:16:23,960 (Speaks foreign language) 277 00:16:36,240 --> 00:16:37,800 Neni watched in horror 278 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,280 as the powerful quake destroyed his city's infrastructure. 279 00:16:48,560 --> 00:16:51,560 (Speaks foreign language) 280 00:17:05,839 --> 00:17:10,640 The earthquake caused great damage right across palu city. 281 00:17:10,680 --> 00:17:13,096 But the devastation of the floating mosque 282 00:17:13,120 --> 00:17:15,480 was caused by something far more deadly. 283 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:22,200 About eight minutes later, 284 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:25,920 a Tsunami came roaring up the inlet. 285 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,560 The earthquakes are believed to have caused a landslide 286 00:17:40,600 --> 00:17:41,640 under the sea. 287 00:17:42,880 --> 00:17:45,960 Sending a Tsunami thundering towards land. 288 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:53,520 (Speaks foreign language) 289 00:18:02,360 --> 00:18:03,360 When it hit the coast, 290 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:07,680 the Tsunami was travelling at 250mi an hour. 291 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:12,440 (Speaks foreign language) 292 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:21,240 There were actually people praying in the mosque when it hit. 293 00:18:21,280 --> 00:18:23,736 The mosque was lifted from its pillar supports 294 00:18:23,760 --> 00:18:25,760 and crashed in upon itself. 295 00:18:25,800 --> 00:18:28,600 The people who were in it were washed, 296 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,200 some of them out to sea. 297 00:18:31,640 --> 00:18:33,840 But it wasn't just one Tsunami wave, 298 00:18:33,880 --> 00:18:36,040 it was a series of them 299 00:18:36,080 --> 00:18:39,120 and you can only imagine how terrifying it must have been. 300 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:47,880 (Speaks foreign language) 301 00:18:52,240 --> 00:18:54,640 The beaches were teaming with people 302 00:18:54,680 --> 00:18:57,560 and hundreds lost their lives to the killer waves. 303 00:18:58,720 --> 00:18:59,999 When neni headed inland, 304 00:19:00,000 --> 00:19:00,520 when neni headed inland, 305 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,280 he discovered that the horror was far from over. 306 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:08,040 The neighbourhood of balaroa 307 00:19:08,080 --> 00:19:10,840 which was way beyond the reach of the Tsunami 308 00:19:10,880 --> 00:19:13,240 had suffered an even worse fate. 309 00:19:17,600 --> 00:19:20,600 (Speaks foreign language) 310 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:46,280 Throughout the night, 311 00:19:46,320 --> 00:19:50,240 a series of relentless mud flows had engulfed balaroa. 312 00:19:53,120 --> 00:19:55,080 In the harsh light of day, 313 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:57,640 the destruction was clear for all to see. 314 00:19:59,080 --> 00:20:00,000 (Speaks foreign language) 315 00:20:00,001 --> 00:20:02,080 (Speaks foreign language) 316 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,880 But as balaroa lay far from the deadly flood waters, 317 00:20:39,920 --> 00:20:44,600 many struggled to understand why it had been engulfed. 318 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:47,640 (Speaks foreign language) 319 00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:59,160 Balaroa was built in the 1980s on top of a swamp. 320 00:21:00,680 --> 00:21:04,720 But was it really safe to build a residential area 321 00:21:04,760 --> 00:21:05,840 on a swamp? 322 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,440 There were many people who had their doubts. 323 00:21:11,160 --> 00:21:13,680 The concerns proved chillingly accurate 324 00:21:13,720 --> 00:21:16,160 when the 2018 earthquake struck. 325 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:19,520 When the waves of... 326 00:21:20,600 --> 00:21:22,816 An earthquake hit that kind of ground, 327 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:25,440 it forces water up into the soil. 328 00:21:26,560 --> 00:21:30,400 This makes the particles in the soil lose contact with each other, 329 00:21:30,440 --> 00:21:35,360 so soil which is solid loses those characteristics 330 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,000 and gains those of a liquid. 331 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:39,960 Essentially it flows. 332 00:21:41,360 --> 00:21:43,960 This process known as liquefaction 333 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:45,840 created the mud flows 334 00:21:45,880 --> 00:21:47,680 that had submerged balaroa. 335 00:21:49,680 --> 00:21:52,200 More than 1,700 homes 336 00:21:52,240 --> 00:21:55,360 and at least 600 lives were lost that night. 337 00:21:56,720 --> 00:21:59,760 Entire houses, livestock, and vehicles 338 00:21:59,800 --> 00:22:00,000 were swallowed by debris 339 00:22:00,001 --> 00:22:01,520 were swallowed by debris 340 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,440 and churned up with soil and sediment. 341 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:08,920 And the mosque itself was moved over 250m 342 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:11,320 from its original spot. 343 00:22:11,360 --> 00:22:14,360 (Speaks foreign language) 344 00:22:24,120 --> 00:22:27,240 The survivors tried to make sense of what had happened. 345 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:32,920 (Speaks foreign language) 346 00:22:58,160 --> 00:22:59,999 Today much of the devastation in palu city has not been repaired. 347 00:23:00,000 --> 00:23:02,920 Today much of the devastation in palu city has not been repaired. 348 00:23:04,680 --> 00:23:06,280 You can still see the scars 349 00:23:06,320 --> 00:23:08,576 of this disaster throughout the city, 350 00:23:08,600 --> 00:23:11,840 the residents have asked for it to be kept this way. 351 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:17,040 (Speaks foreign language) 352 00:23:31,760 --> 00:23:34,040 On Spain's balearic isles 353 00:23:34,080 --> 00:23:36,480 are the remains of an ibizan legend. 354 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:45,360 Breaking through the tree line, 355 00:23:45,400 --> 00:23:48,920 you see a very odd structure dug into the hillside. 356 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:52,240 There's this big amphitheatre 357 00:23:52,280 --> 00:23:55,560 and other outdoor spaces that look like they're set up 358 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,360 for certain kinds of performances. 359 00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,999 Clearly this site has been abandoned for some time. 360 00:24:00,000 --> 00:24:02,600 Clearly this site has been abandoned for some time. 361 00:24:03,280 --> 00:24:06,480 Pooling water on the floors, wires hanging from the ceiling, 362 00:24:06,520 --> 00:24:08,880 chunks of concrete littering the rooms, 363 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,760 this place looks broken. 364 00:24:10,800 --> 00:24:12,976 As you peer out of what used to be a doorway, 365 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:15,760 there's this pile of burnt out cars. 366 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:21,200 On the artwork covered walls are some tantalising clues. 367 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,136 A lot of people have come here 368 00:24:24,160 --> 00:24:28,840 specifically to make some kind of creative expression. 369 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:33,320 Some of it very almost trippy and mystical. 370 00:24:34,600 --> 00:24:37,840 The graffiti on the steps say, "don't stop the music." 371 00:24:39,040 --> 00:24:43,400 These defaced ruins are part of the story of how Ibiza 372 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:46,320 became the party capital of the world. 373 00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:55,000 In the 1960s, 374 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:59,120 this area like much of the island was rural and quiet. 375 00:25:00,760 --> 00:25:03,680 Vicente mari tur grew up less than a mile away. 376 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:08,840 (Speaks foreign language) 377 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:19,200 In 1969, when construction began, 378 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:22,080 the owners had to bring everything in 379 00:25:22,120 --> 00:25:24,400 from the power to the water supply. 380 00:25:25,600 --> 00:25:28,360 They even had to build the road to get there. 381 00:25:30,440 --> 00:25:33,080 This is festival club. 382 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:39,736 This place is one of the first on the island 383 00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:44,120 to put together the concept of a large multi-purpose nightclub. 384 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:51,040 The festival club was meant to be a kind of 360 entertainment zone, 385 00:25:51,080 --> 00:25:53,240 not unlike a Disney world 386 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:56,120 or a combination of a music venue 387 00:25:56,160 --> 00:25:58,760 and an amusement park and a cultural centre. 388 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,640 Its doors opened in 1972. 389 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,880 Vicente remembers the first time he came here. 390 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,920 (Speaks foreign language) 391 00:26:29,560 --> 00:26:32,320 Drinks were not the only attraction, 392 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:36,000 live music was central to the experience. 393 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:39,040 (Speaks foreign language) 394 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:57,440 The main stage would have acts ranging from magicians, 395 00:26:57,480 --> 00:26:59,680 orchestras playing Spanish music 396 00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:00,000 and covers of famous songs from the time. 397 00:27:00,001 --> 00:27:03,120 And covers of famous songs from the time. 398 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:06,840 Apparently 'Delilah' by Tom Jones was a big hit here. 399 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:09,240 And of course 400 00:27:09,280 --> 00:27:11,376 there was the night time attraction of the, 401 00:27:11,400 --> 00:27:12,520 the grand discotheque. 402 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,520 Guests were also drawn 403 00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:19,120 to a very Spanish form of entertainment. 404 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,320 This strange circular structure, it wasn't a stage. 405 00:27:22,360 --> 00:27:23,560 It was actually a ring 406 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:25,920 where they used to put on bullfights. 407 00:27:26,880 --> 00:27:30,320 They didn't actually stage true bullfights, 408 00:27:30,360 --> 00:27:33,000 but they did demonstrations of what bullfighting 409 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:36,280 was like with young, not particularly dangerous bulls, 410 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:38,616 so people got a taste of bullfighting 411 00:27:38,640 --> 00:27:41,920 maybe the way someone in the us might go to a wild west town 412 00:27:41,960 --> 00:27:44,080 and see a staged gunfight. 413 00:27:44,120 --> 00:27:47,800 But, you know, no animals or people were harmed in the production. 414 00:27:49,120 --> 00:27:50,560 With everything on offer, 415 00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:53,480 the club represented a massive investment, 416 00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:55,960 especially for the early 1970s. 417 00:27:57,120 --> 00:27:59,999 Today we're so used to hotel resorts and entertainment complexes, 418 00:28:00,000 --> 00:28:01,416 today we're so used to hotel resorts and entertainment complexes, 419 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,360 but back then this would have seemed quite massive. 420 00:28:04,400 --> 00:28:09,280 They really needed to have a few good seasons in a row 421 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:11,680 in order to get this thing in the black. 422 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:14,480 The business model was based 423 00:28:14,520 --> 00:28:18,040 on a supposedly guaranteed source of revenue 424 00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:21,920 provided by a revolution in international travel. 425 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,320 The package holiday was bursting on to the scene 426 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:28,400 with all your flights, accommodation, and entertainment 427 00:28:28,440 --> 00:28:30,680 all rolled in to one price. 428 00:28:32,440 --> 00:28:35,080 Travellers would just pay an agency 429 00:28:35,120 --> 00:28:38,520 that would put them on a plane, then put them on a bus 430 00:28:38,560 --> 00:28:41,480 and large busloads of people 431 00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,960 were expected to be rolling up to the gates 432 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:45,440 of the festival club 433 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:47,760 as part of these package tours. 434 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:51,440 But an evening here was a far cry 435 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:55,440 from partying in one of Ibiza's modern clubs. 436 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,480 (Speaks foreign language) 437 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:22,160 And the guests were expected to behave accordingly. 438 00:29:23,640 --> 00:29:25,440 This is the waning days 439 00:29:25,480 --> 00:29:30,120 of the generalissimo Franco dictatorship. 440 00:29:30,160 --> 00:29:33,480 It was a very conservative country both politically and religiously, 441 00:29:33,520 --> 00:29:35,560 very catholic country. 442 00:29:35,600 --> 00:29:39,160 So much so, a bishop even opened the club. 443 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,200 (Speaks foreign language) 444 00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:11,760 Despite occasionally offending local sensibilities, 445 00:30:11,800 --> 00:30:14,136 the club continued to attract visitors 446 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:15,200 from around the world. 447 00:30:16,560 --> 00:30:21,040 But only one year after it opened, tragedy struck. 448 00:30:21,080 --> 00:30:25,200 Events thousands of miles away would spell the end of the party 449 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:27,280 at the festival club. 450 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:29,480 In 1973, opek, 451 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:33,680 a group of oil producing states decided to protest 452 00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:35,896 the way various countries around the world 453 00:30:35,920 --> 00:30:40,880 were dealing with Israel by embargoing their oil. 454 00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:43,680 All those tour operators 455 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:47,120 who'd made huge profits bringing tourists to the island 456 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,560 found themselves facing higher costs 457 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,280 and they passed those costs on to their customers. 458 00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:55,280 As a result, 459 00:30:55,320 --> 00:30:58,960 50,000 fewer tourists made the trip to Ibiza. 460 00:31:00,840 --> 00:31:02,920 Faced with a lack of visitors, 461 00:31:02,960 --> 00:31:06,920 the owners just couldn't afford to keep the lights on, 462 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:10,480 and the festival club closed its doors in 1974. 463 00:31:15,320 --> 00:31:17,800 After the recovery from the oil crisis, 464 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:21,040 tourist numbers in Ibiza sky-rocketed 465 00:31:21,080 --> 00:31:24,640 and they've pretty much increased year on year ever since. 466 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:28,960 (Speaks foreign language) 467 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,880 Despite being abandoned in the 1970s, 468 00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:56,680 that wasn't the end of the music at the festival club. 469 00:31:59,920 --> 00:32:00,000 As the rave scene came to the fore in the '80s and '90s, 470 00:32:00,001 --> 00:32:03,080 as the rave scene came to the fore in the '80s and '90s, 471 00:32:03,120 --> 00:32:06,320 the ruined club became the perfect location 472 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:07,720 for illegal raves. 473 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,840 Hundreds of people would descend on to the dance-floor 474 00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:13,800 with huge sound systems 475 00:32:13,840 --> 00:32:16,320 and the DJs would set up on the old stage 476 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:18,680 and party deep into the night. 477 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:23,280 When the authorities put an end to the illegal raves, 478 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,680 the ruined buildings became a mecca for graffiti artists. 479 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:33,240 For Vicente though there is beauty in the deserted festival club. 480 00:32:33,280 --> 00:32:36,280 (Speaks foreign language) 481 00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:59,640 In the Bulgarian seaside resort of sozopol, 482 00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:00,000 is an island of ghostly ruins which are impossible to ignore. 483 00:33:00,001 --> 00:33:03,720 Is an island of ghostly ruins which are impossible to ignore. 484 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:13,280 From the town, you can't help but be captivated 485 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,120 by the imposing structures standing on Saint kirik. 486 00:33:18,800 --> 00:33:22,840 A man-made breakwater connects the island to the town, 487 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:26,240 but public access is strictly forbidden. 488 00:33:26,280 --> 00:33:28,920 The main building used to be beautiful and grand, 489 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,880 but now it's decaying and full of weeds. 490 00:33:33,800 --> 00:33:36,920 At first glance, it looks like an embassy 491 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:39,280 or a government building of some sort. 492 00:33:40,200 --> 00:33:42,080 You definitely get the sense that 493 00:33:42,120 --> 00:33:45,000 at one time something vital was happening here. 494 00:33:46,360 --> 00:33:51,440 The depths of this ruin is a crumbling room 495 00:33:51,480 --> 00:33:54,840 with dusty photos on the walls. 496 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,760 These images are the remnants of a secret operation 497 00:33:58,800 --> 00:33:59,999 destined to alter the course of Bulgaria's history. 498 00:34:00,000 --> 00:34:02,840 Destined to alter the course of Bulgaria's history. 499 00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:07,280 This was part of an ambitious and covert plan for revenge. 500 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,040 (Speaks foreign language) 501 00:34:20,639 --> 00:34:22,480 Author Maria dimolareva 502 00:34:22,520 --> 00:34:27,120 has been researching the island of st kirik since 2004. 503 00:34:27,159 --> 00:34:29,040 But this is her first time here. 504 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:33,456 The island's most prominent structure 505 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:35,840 is shrouded in mystery. 506 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:38,880 Maria is on a mission to find out the real reason 507 00:34:38,920 --> 00:34:40,280 behind its construction. 508 00:34:42,480 --> 00:34:45,480 (Speaks foreign language) 509 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:05,160 The building was commissioned by the Bulgarian government in 1924 510 00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,120 for a staggering amount of money, 511 00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,160 equivalent in today's terms to $25 million. 512 00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,400 The official line was 513 00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:15,201 the Bulgarian government was establishing a fishery school. 514 00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:18,736 Which was notably unusual at the time 515 00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:22,200 when fishing was learnt at home, not in the classroom. 516 00:35:22,240 --> 00:35:25,240 Electricity and even central heating 517 00:35:25,280 --> 00:35:27,536 were going to be seen for the first time 518 00:35:27,560 --> 00:35:29,960 in this sleepy backwater. 519 00:35:30,000 --> 00:35:32,200 According to Bulgarian officials, 520 00:35:32,240 --> 00:35:34,800 there was a very good reason for the new venture. 521 00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:37,136 Since the beginning of the 20th century, 522 00:35:37,160 --> 00:35:40,120 Bulgarians had really gravitated towards the countryside 523 00:35:40,160 --> 00:35:42,120 rather than towards the coast. 524 00:35:42,160 --> 00:35:45,360 Now, the Bulgarian state needed a new generation of men 525 00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:47,880 that could take advantage of the coast 526 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:50,360 and use the sea to generate revenue. 527 00:35:55,840 --> 00:35:58,840 (Speaks foreign language) 528 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,440 The admission criteria for prospective students 529 00:36:18,480 --> 00:36:21,400 looked like an attempt to right past wrongs. 530 00:36:22,880 --> 00:36:25,240 The school was created 531 00:36:25,280 --> 00:36:27,880 with the goal of bringing in orphans 532 00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:31,080 or refugees from the first world war. 533 00:36:31,120 --> 00:36:33,560 It was a four-year course with full board 534 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:34,720 and the novice fishermen 535 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:36,656 were even given an interest free loan 536 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:39,160 to buy all the equipment they would ever need. 537 00:36:40,480 --> 00:36:42,736 The motives for establishing the school 538 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:43,880 appear to be sound. 539 00:36:46,080 --> 00:36:48,120 But all was not as it seemed. 540 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,440 There were rooms and features that really didn't add up. 541 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:56,040 The first sign something wasn't right 542 00:36:56,080 --> 00:36:58,440 surfaced when construction began. 543 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:00,000 The first stone was laid in 1924 544 00:37:00,001 --> 00:37:02,560 the first stone was laid in 1924 545 00:37:02,600 --> 00:37:04,456 and unusually the ceremony was attended 546 00:37:04,480 --> 00:37:08,240 by top governmental officials and even the king of Bulgaria. 547 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:14,200 During the ceremony, the king gives a rousing speech 548 00:37:14,240 --> 00:37:17,800 and the words are very evocative and emotional. 549 00:37:17,840 --> 00:37:20,840 (Speaks foreign language) 550 00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:43,600 It was a speech 551 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,440 that seemed better suited to naval cadets 552 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:47,760 than humble fishermen. 553 00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,920 (Speaks foreign language) 554 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,016 But what could the king but what could the king 555 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:03,520 really be trying to accomplish with all this? 556 00:38:04,480 --> 00:38:08,200 The king's inspiring words threatened to give the game away. 557 00:38:09,920 --> 00:38:12,920 (Speaks foreign language) 558 00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,640 But Bulgaria was prohibited from having a Navy 559 00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,880 or investing in any kind of military organisation. 560 00:38:35,200 --> 00:38:39,680 Post world war one was a really humiliating period for Bulgaria. 561 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:42,640 They had picked the losing side in the war 562 00:38:42,680 --> 00:38:45,200 joining the central powers cause. 563 00:38:47,120 --> 00:38:48,720 Like many of the defeated countries, 564 00:38:48,760 --> 00:38:51,880 Bulgaria was forced to sign a treaty ceding land 565 00:38:51,920 --> 00:38:55,080 and committing to drastically reduce its army and Navy. 566 00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:56,920 The prohibition 567 00:38:56,960 --> 00:38:59,999 on more than one service academy meant that 568 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:00,720 on more than one service academy meant that 569 00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:05,760 they would never be able to have a Navy again. 570 00:39:07,560 --> 00:39:11,160 Bulgaria was not going to take any of this lying down. 571 00:39:12,680 --> 00:39:15,440 The Bulgarians were quietly seething 572 00:39:15,480 --> 00:39:17,760 and they developed a plan 573 00:39:17,800 --> 00:39:20,680 to seize some of their territory back. 574 00:39:20,720 --> 00:39:24,960 The sozopol fisheries school was central to the ambitious scheme. 575 00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:28,480 Bulgaria was secretly preparing for war, 576 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,760 this wasn't just a fishery school. 577 00:39:32,320 --> 00:39:36,240 And this is going to be a way to maintain the capability, 578 00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,120 the skill set of navigation and ship management 579 00:39:40,160 --> 00:39:43,760 and all of the requirements for a naval officer 580 00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:48,160 in spite of the allied restrictions. 581 00:39:48,200 --> 00:39:49,200 Suddenly, 582 00:39:49,240 --> 00:39:53,040 the king's speech began to make sense. 583 00:39:53,080 --> 00:39:56,560 These seemingly innocuous apprentice fishermen 584 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,999 were actually secretly training to be naval warriors. 585 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:01,816 Were actually secretly training to be naval warriors. 586 00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:03,760 And in 1939, 587 00:40:03,800 --> 00:40:08,320 Bulgaria got the chance to put its plan into action. 588 00:40:08,360 --> 00:40:12,600 When world war ii started, Bulgaria sided with Nazi Germany, 589 00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:13,760 another country 590 00:40:13,800 --> 00:40:16,360 that shared its resentment at the peace treaty 591 00:40:16,400 --> 00:40:20,040 and a strong desire to return to its former glory. 592 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:21,480 During the war, 593 00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:25,160 the school became exclusively a military zone, 594 00:40:25,200 --> 00:40:27,760 all civilians were forbidden. 595 00:40:27,800 --> 00:40:29,240 After it became clear 596 00:40:29,280 --> 00:40:32,800 that Bulgaria had once again picked the wrong side, 597 00:40:32,840 --> 00:40:36,560 it looked like history was about to repeat itself. 598 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:39,280 That was until the Soviet red army 599 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,600 invaded in September 1944. 600 00:40:42,640 --> 00:40:44,816 The Bulgarian authorities very wisely seeing 601 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:47,480 which way the wind is blowing, switched sides. 602 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:51,400 They abandoned their Nazi allies and joined Stalin instead. 603 00:40:52,800 --> 00:40:55,640 Under the newly installed communist government, 604 00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:59,400 the military presence here was quickly expanded. 605 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:00,000 When Bulgaria became a satellite of the Soviet union, 606 00:41:00,001 --> 00:41:02,680 when Bulgaria became a satellite of the Soviet union, 607 00:41:02,720 --> 00:41:03,960 more buildings were put up, 608 00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:06,800 which you can see today encircling the original one 609 00:41:06,840 --> 00:41:08,080 from the 1920s. 610 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:12,040 St kirik became an official naval base, 611 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,640 home to two naval divisions and a repair depot. 612 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,680 (Speaks foreign language) 613 00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:41,560 After the collapse of the Soviet union, 614 00:41:41,600 --> 00:41:43,696 the island remained in military hands 615 00:41:43,720 --> 00:41:46,200 until shut down in 2007. 616 00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,696 The 38 buildings that remain on the island 617 00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:51,320 are all completely abandoned 618 00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:55,360 and there's no access to the public, they're very strict about this. 619 00:42:02,600 --> 00:42:05,800 Today, the Bulgarian government is still deciding 620 00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:08,360 what is next for the island of st kirik. 621 00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,320 The hope is that it can be reinvented 622 00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,200 as a place for the people. 623 00:42:16,400 --> 00:42:18,920 And now that Bulgaria... 624 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:24,680 Is no longer interested in exercising 625 00:42:24,720 --> 00:42:28,680 its force overseas with violence, 626 00:42:28,720 --> 00:42:34,320 this island can go back to being a regular island. 627 00:42:36,280 --> 00:42:39,480 There are talks of making the island into a tourist attraction, 628 00:42:39,520 --> 00:42:42,080 which makes sense considering its complex past, 629 00:42:42,120 --> 00:42:44,040 but nothing's really come of it yet. 630 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,560 (Dramatic music) 631 00:42:50,600 --> 00:42:53,599 Captioned by ai-media ai-media. 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