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NARRATOR:We start our journey
in the Indian town of Rishikesh.

The small town with about 70,000
inhabitants

is about 220km away
from the capital New Delhi.

The River Ganges flows through
the town

and every year thousands of pilgrims
come here to pray at its holy banks.

In 1968 this place suddenly got
famous

when the Beatles came here.

They lived in an ashram, a kind of
monastery,

and we're setting out to
find this place.

- Beatles ashram?
- Beatles ashram? Yes, yes.

- OK. Very good.

- There it is.
- Cool.

- Stop here?
- Yes, stop here.

NARRATOR:We couldn't make
an appointment in advance,

so first of all we ask if we're
allowed to film.

The signs say that
we have to pay an entrance fee.

For Indians, it is about $2

and for tourists it is $8.

But the guard looks sceptically at
our camera.

We're allowed to come in,
but our camera isn't.

So we'll try again the next day.

A little way away from
the riverbank,

we set off our drone.

And we see a huge area with
odd-looking domed structures.

Everything seems to be deserted.

A razorwire fence surrounds the
whole facility.

We're excited to see
if we'll still be able to find

any traces of the Beatles.

We're driving back into town in
order to find a hotel.

On our way, we notice how many
ashrams there are here.

Everywhere, yoga centres are
advertising their courses.

Rishikesh is a real magnet for
tourists.

But what makes this place
so special?

We ask a real Indian tourist.

# THE BEATLES: "Come Together"#

- Every Hindu should visit this
place at least once in his life.

But it so happens that once you come
here,

you feel like coming here
again and again.

It's like you don't feel like going
back.

NARRATOR: To find out what to expect
in the Beatles ashram tomorrow,

we're visiting one of the most
popular ashrams in town.

Thousands of pilgrims come here
every year.

A holiday in an ashram is very
popular among Indian

and foreign tourists alike.

Many stay here for a couple of weeks

and everyone only pays what they can
afford.

We're meeting one of the
employees, Laurie.

She explains the rules to us.

- And are there some kind of rules
if I come to the ashram?

- Well, there are a few rules,
very minimal, OK?

As you might be aware, Rishikesh is
a designated holy city.

Consequently,
there are no legal alcohol sales.

It is vegetarian, so there is no
meat or fish or eggs.

NARRATOR:These are the same rules
that applied to the Beatles.

And the day is completely
structured.

The food is vegetarian and the same
for everybody.

Also the same as when
the Beatles were here.

Today, deep-fried potatoes,
a vegetable curry,

rice and a spicy flatbread
are on the menu.

The price, 80 cents for lunch
and 20 cents for coffee.

Some only come here to eat.

We go looking for someone
who actually lives here.

- Hi. Sorry.
May I ask you a question?

- Yeah, of course.

-Are you staying here at the
ashram?

- I don't know yet.
-Do you want to?

- Yeah.
- Why?

- I'm a big Beatles fan.
- A big Beatles fan?

NARRATOR:The next morning, we are
on our way to the Beatles ashram,

this time with Vincent.

He's a big fan and wants to play one
of their songs where they stayed,

preferably where they slept.

Again, we ask for permission to
shoot here.

And this time we're allowed.

The guard gets a little pocket money
of 3,000 rupees, around 40 dollars,

and we're allowed to film inside
the ashram.

So this is the place
where the Beatles were.

The four Englishmen were the most
famous popstars back then,

and wherever the band showed up,
mass hysteria broke out.

Their song Yesterday is the
most covered pop song of all time!

# "Yesterday" #

NARRATOR:Although everything here
looks as if it were from yesterday,

back then this place was quite
luxurious.

There was even electricity.

So these strange-looking structures
used to be real houses

with two storeys.

Downstairs there is a small room
that was used for sleeping in.

And the view from upstairs is
phenomenal.

Apparently the Beatles slept
somewhere here. But in which house?

We carry on walking across the
compound

and see that there are over
100 honeycomb houses.

- Do you know where the Beatles
stayed when they were here?

- I think over there.

If you go straight, there's
a house.

And it says that the Beatles stayed
over there.

- OK, it's behind the meditation
hall on the left side?

- You have to go straight.
- OK. Thanks.

NARRATOR:But on the way, there is
more to see.

There is this abandoned hall in the
middle of nowhere.

But what is this supposed to be?

In order to find out,
we have a look inside.

# "Let It Be" #

NARRATOR:According to the walls,
many Beatles fans were already here.

This building, too, was used as
accommodation.

But we can't find any clues that
the Beatles slept here.

The stairs take us up to the roof.

In these domes. it was possible to
meditate in the shade,

as the sun burns down relentlessly
here.

We carry on searching for the
Beatles house.

But on the way, we first find where
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi lived.

He used to be the boss here back
then.

With his meditation technique,
he became very famous in the '60s.

In order to understand what
fascinated the Beatles so much

about a guru, we join into an aarti.

In these, the guru meets his
followers at the riverbank to pray.

We have asked for an interview,
but the guru will not decide yet

if he is going to speak to us
afterwards.

Then everything happens very fast.

We are picked up. The guru wants to
speak to us.

- Welcome home!
- Thank you.

(music)

NARRATOR:
We are not alone with the guru,

but in a small elected group.

We have to write our questions down
first

and are then allowed to ask
one of them.

- I would like to know
why do people look for a guru?

NARRATOR:Not the Guru himself, but
one of his assistants

answers the question.

- The word "guru" literally means
"the remover of darkness".

And so as we look at it,

we ask ourselves what darkness...

.. what darkness is it..

that we are needing to remove?

NARRATOR:A guru like this has a big
attractive force.

Just like the Beatles, we too are
fascinated by it.

# "Ticket To Ride" #

NARRATOR:Since 1990, there's
been mo guru at the Beatles ashram.

Now they are looking for a new one.

New life is meant to return here.

On our search for the Beatles house,

we find the meditation hall where
everyone comes together

in the morning.

The Beatles lived here for several
weeks.

48 songs were composed
in this time.

To be able to have some
peace and quiet,

there are over 50 meditation cells.

It was possible to retreat to these
to meditate,

sometimes for days at a time.

Now we want to finally find
the house of the Beatles.

But first we come across another
hall that is covered in graffiti.

Beatles fans drew these,

but originally this place was used
for prayer.

And in India this is always done
with lots of music.

- How cool is that?
(guitar music)

- (man sings)

(rhythmic music)

NARRATOR:This inspired the Beatles
to many songs back in the day.

We want to now finally find their
house.

- Is this the place where they
stayed?

- No...I don't know.
- OK.

NARRATOR:We simply can't find it
by ourselves.

So we ask the guard at the entrance.

- Do you know
where John Lennon slept?

- Nine number. Upside.

Number two gate. 9,10,11,12.
They slept upstairs.

NARRATOR:So the Beatles really
slept in a little hut like this.

We search for number nine...
and really find it!

A fan painted John Lennon's portrait
here.

And finally Vincent can fulfil
his dream.

The four mega stars will also have
sat here 48 years ago

to play the guitar.

# "Here Comes The Sun" #

NARRATOR:Suzhou in China.

Three hours' drive away from
Shanghai,

an exact copy of London's Tower
Bridge can be found.

We want to see what this copy is all
about.

How close to the original are the
replicas of well-known landmarks?

First of all,
the two do a selfie test.

Will other people notice that they
aren't actually in London?

Most don't notice.

But if they looked closely,
they would notice something.

Opposed to the original from
the River Thames,

this bridge is supported by four and
not two pillars.

But if observed from the right
angle,

the replica looks deceptively
genuine.

All around the bridge, we
see dozens of wedding couples

and numerous photographers.

The fake landmark seems to be a real
hotspot

when it comes to souvenir pictures.

(woman speaks Chinese)

NARRATOR: But that's not the
end of it.

NARRATOR:For the Chinese, it
is difficult to get a European visa.

So they just make Europe come to
them!

But not only Europe.
Las Vegas is also not far.

In Macao, a replica of the famous
gambling city is being built.

We want to find out if the Chinese
clone

can keep up with the American
original.

Since 2001, gambling has
been legal in Macao.

Since then, investors have been busy
building replicas.

The famous Venetian is even bigger
than the original:

It is the biggest casino
in the world.

But the original strip in Las Vegas
has a length of 6.8 kilometres.

In Macao, the street where
the casinos are located

is a mere 900 metres long.

So, the dimensions here are
completely different.

But can at least the replica of
the Venetian live up to its name?

Just as in America, the aim was to
create an atmosphere

like in Venice. So we are in the
Chinese imitation

of the American imitation of Venice.
Can this work?

(romantic music)

Atleast finding our room is similar
to the real Las Vegas experience.

It takes us almost 20 minutes to
reach our suite on the 39th floor.

And we can't complain about the
suite itself at all.

54 square metres of finest Italian
flair.

But at about $250, they are
significantly more expensive

than their American counterparts.

All in all, the biggest casino in
the world does impress us

with its size of around seven
football fields.

And after dark, some atmosphere does
arise,

even though more artists than
tourists are out on the strip.

(cheering)

NARRATOR:Everyone seems to be
inside the gambling halls

with their 3,400 machines
and 800 gaming tables.

But sometimes merely copying
the original just isn't enough,

even though it might look quite nice
at night.

We're leaving China and
we're travelling on to the USA.

Our journey starts in the middle of
nowhere

in the state of West Virginia, USA.

The small village of Green Bank
barely has 500 inhabitants

and it is cut off from the outside
world in a mysterious way...

..because mobile usage or internet
surfing are forbidden,

and not only are they forbidden,
but nothing actually functions!

While our reporters film
impressions of the village,

this strange vehicle comes up
to them.

- Excuse me, gentlemen. Are you
using some sort of wireless device

or something with wifi in it that's
on one of your cameras or whatever?

- I think the camera,
is that the problem?

- Well, I was picking you up
as I was doing a scan

for interference to the observatory
and I saw one that said GoPro,

and that looks like a GoPro.

NARRATOR:Chuck Niday is
Green Bank's radio signal police.

His truck is equipped with
measurement devices

to locate radio signals like wifi
or mobile phones.

- See right there? GoPro SSP.

That's probably your camera.

It has a very good signal here.

And your little device could cause
an interference to the telescope.

NARRATOR:
We turn off the camera'swifi

and are permitted to continue
filming.

But devices that transmit radio
signals are unwanted in Green Bank.

The reason is a very special
research station,

to which Chuck will take us now.

The Robert C Byrd
Green Bank telescope

is standing right in the middle of
this small town.

It's the largest radio telescope
in the world.

This is where we meet Mike Holstine.

He is the technical director of this
observatory, and he takes us along.

Thanks to him, we're allowed to get
very close to the telescope.

But only with a diesel vehicle!

- The telescope is
extremely sensitive

to any radio frequency interference.

The gasoline engine has a spark plug

that provides the combustion
to allow the engine to go.

That spark in the spark plug

actually is a form of explosive
energy.

So it gives off radio frequency
interference

that the telescope can see.

It can drown out the data
the astronomer is looking for.

NARRATOR:The telescope is
147 metres high.

The dish itself is as large as
a soccer pitch.

The scientists receive radio signals
from space.

These signals are very, very weak.

That's why the telescope
is extremely sensitive.

The larger the dish of a telescope,
the more sensitive it is.

Radio signals are invisible
to the human eye.

With radio telescopes, scientists
can look into other galaxies

as far away as ten billion
light years.

- That's equivalent to
the energy given off

by a single snow flake
hitting the ground.

So a single cell phone on Mars

would be the brightest radio object
to us in the sky.

NARRATOR:Universities and NASA use
the telescope to learn more

about gas clouds, other galaxies
and the sun.

Wolfgang Baudler,
IT expert from Germany,

is jointly responsible for
the computer centre.

Wolfgang has been working
at the institute for 15 years.

Since then, he' been living in Green
Bank, without a smartphone or wifi.

This National Radio Quiet Zone was
installed in 1958.

In this area, any kind of electronic
transmitters are prohibited.

The residents within spitting
distance of the telescope

are not allowed to use wifi.
Chuck Niday makes sure they don't.

But technological progress doesn't
stop short of Green Bank.

(receiver hums)

- And we have one already.
There's two, there's three. Four.

NARRATOR:Wifi or mobile phones

sending signals in a specific
frequency range

interfere with the measurements.

- We go and ask if
they'll shut it off.

Most of the time they will.

There are some that refuse.

We have no enforcement powers.

We can't tell people they have to
turn off their device.

NARRATOR:If you use wifi, you have
to pay a fine of 50 dollars.

Living without a mobile phone
is unthinkable for many people,

especially for young people.

For the inhabitants of Green Bank,
it's part of their everyday life.

Most people actually like it.

Debbie is 24 and works at the only
supermarket in town.

She likes living in a mobile-free
zone.

- I guess where I'm from, I was just
used to having it all the time.

Here you just adapt to
not needing it all the time.

I still have one,
but for when I take trips.

So most of the time it stays
in my purse.

It's so much more personal
to talk face to face.

Your can see the emotion
and the connection, you know.

NARRATOR:Communication in Green
Bank is like in the good old days -

via landline and telephone booth.

Calling Debbie costs 50 cents.

She moved to Green Bank out of her
free will,

because of the radio silence.

TV, microwave oven, coffee machine.

It's all there. What she doesn't
have is wifi and a mobile phone.

- Bill paying is definitely
an inconvenience.

I have to send everything off in
envelope form, which is old-school.

You can pay your bills on
the internet all the time,

like most people do.

NARRATOR:Debbie doesn't use
the internet at all.

She makes appointments via landline
telephone.

That takes some getting used to.

- I was making an appointment
for my son at the allergy clinic.

Obviously I didn't get a hold of
them,

so I'm gonna have to wait for them
to call me back.

I can't just head out and drive down
the road to work

or go pick up my son and have
a call saying, "Bring him in!"

I have to wait by my phone at home
or at work for their phone call.

NARRATOR:She also has to make
concessions in her private life.

There are not many jobs in Green
Bank.

That's why her husband works
in a different state

and can only come home
for the weekends.

But what do the local teenagers say,

growing up without modern
technology?

We ask the kids at the local
high school.

Many parents would probably be
delighted to hear the answers.

- I think privileged to not have
cell phones all the time,

because we're more connected with
the community around us

and our environment.

I personally am glad I don't have to
deal with having a cell phone.

NARRATOR:Teenagers who actually
talk to one another,

instead of chatting on their mobile.

Maybe every school should be
declared a no-go area

for electronic devices.

I like it. We shouldn't be able to
be on the internet all the time.

It helps me be more social
with everybody.

I know almost everybody in the
school and I talk to them a lot.

Whereas I know in Greenery East,
pretty close to here,

it's a big school. They hardly talk
to anybody.

You talk to your friends
and that's all you talk to.

I think it's good that we don't have
internet.

NARRATOR:For the very first time,

the teenagers will experience
at university

what it's like to be constantly
online.

Debbie chose Green Bank
on purpose.

She wants her son Colton to grow up

without the distraction of computers
and the internet.

- In my opinion this is one of the
best places to be and have children!

NARRATOR:The inhabitants of Green
Bank live in their mysterious place

as if they were in a bubble

so the scientists can listen to
sounds from outer space unhindered

and maybe one day find
another form of life there.

From the USA, it's on to Natal
in Brazil.

The city is known for its long sandy
beaches and widespread dunes.

But apparently here there is also
a One Tree Park.

We ask the locals.

- (speaks Portuguese)

NARRATOR:Cashew nuts are sold
here in lots of variations

on every corner.

In this place,
everything is about cashews!

So we can't be too far away from
the One Tree Park anymore.

- (speaks Portuguese)

NARRATOR:A few kilometres on,
we discover the viewing platform

that was also in the picture.
We have arrived!

The view is tremendous.

And this is all supposed to be
one tree?

From above, it looks more
as if many trees were stood

very close together.

So we delve down into the park.

Underneath the leaves, it feels as
if we were completely cut off

from the outside world.

Especially constructed paths lead
through the many branches.

It feels like being in the woods.

From here, too, it looks more like
many trees.

It is unbelievable that this is
meant to be just one tree.

We speak to the head grounds-keeper
Joao Maria.

He is the only person allowed to
cut or clip anything here.

The giant cashew tree needs
special attention

because the reason for its
incredible growth

are two gene mutations.

So does this mean that the tree
is sick?

- (speaks Portuguese)

NARRATOR:Some of the branches
are so heavy and long

that they need to be supported
in order for them not to break.

Normal cashew trees look like this.
They grow to ten to 12 metres

and are relatively straight.

Only right at the end do they form
the crown of the tree.

The centrepiece of the huge cashew
tree is in the middle of the park.

The main stem.

We are in a sea of branches
that hang in the air

and lie on the ground like snakes.

And they all have one origin -
this tree trunk.

Over the past 115 years, the tree
has spread to its current size

from this place.

By the way, the shape of its nuts is
the reason for the name of the tree.

"Caju" means something like
"kidney tree" in Portuguese.

And that's exactly what the kernels
or the nuts of this tree look like.

Even outside of Brazil, everyone
knows these nuts by now.

Less well known are the fruit
of the cashew tree.

In Brazil, it is almost even more
popular than the cashew nut.

From the outside, it looks a little
bit like a pepper.

The special thing about the fruit:-
the nuts aren't IN it,

but on TOP of the fruit.

It is possible to eat the fruit as
a whole, including the skin.

The cashew fruit has a sort of solid
pulp and no seeds.

During our visit, the fruit was
out of season,

but at the beginning of the year,
the giant cashew tree

is also full of fruit.
But is it possible to eat them?

After all, the tree does have
a gene defect.

Francisco Candoso tells us
that it is.

He is the manager here
and responsible for the park.

- (speaks Portuguese)

NARRATOR:
In the shade of the main trunk,

the tourist guide tells us all about
the evolution of the tree.

Who originally planted it
isn't quite clear.

Some say that it was a fisherman
named Luiz de Oliveira in 1888.

But there is also a type of small
monkey that feed off the nuts.

As the outside of the nuts is
poisonous and has to be removed,

the monkeys bury them until it has
rotted away.

So maybe a buried nut
was simply forgotten

and then this tree grew from it.

All attempts of growing another
giant cashew tree from its seeds

have unfortunately failed
to this day.

In Brazil, the tree is a huge
attraction. 3,000 visitors per day

come to see the One Tree Park
during the main season.

But the guide tells us that there is
a problem.

The tree is simply growing
far too quickly.

Per year, it grows one metre
in every direction,

and around it, there isn't
any more space.

If this continues, the tree will
overgrow the whole neighbourhood

within the next decades.

For over ten years, the tree hasn't
been cropped

for fear of destroying it.

It already reaches far into
the street.

Which is cause for annoyance
to the neighbours.

Because this already causes problems
on the roads.

- (speaks Portuguese)

- (several residents speak)

NARRATOR:Of course for all the
souvenir shops around the tree,

the many tourists are a blessing.

But in the area
there are also many beach houses

and their owners have a different
view of the situation.

The park owners would like to buy up
the surrounding houses

and tear them down.

But many neighbours don't want this
to happen.

- (speaks Portuguese)

NARRATOR:It is a dispute that has
been ongoing for years.

How it will end,
only time will tell.

And in the future, even more
tourists could visit the tree.

At the moment an, application to
the Guinness Book of Records

is being reviewed, if the tree may
not only be called

the biggest cashew tree in the
world, but, because of its yield,

the biggest fruit-bearing tree
on Earth!

Apparently, the chances are
pretty good.

Our journey takes us on to Israel...

..to the Negev Desert.

It takes up 60% of the country,

but only 10% of the population
live here.

And then suddenly...bright
green mountains.

Is this art? A garden?

Or maybe even toxic waste?

No. From close up, you can see,
it is glass.

To be more exact,
bottles and shards.

Tons of it. And right behind them,
some kind of factory.

A quick look online shows us
this isn't a mirage.

There are really tons of glass here
in the middle of the desert.

The factory produces glass bottles
for Coca Cola, for example.

To be able to do so, among other
things it needs, recycled glass.

But what for, exactly?

And why is a huge bottle factory
like this

located right in the desert?
Isn't that completely crazy?

We want to take a closer look
and drive to the desert factory.

It is a three-hour drive away from
Tel Aviv in a small sleepy town.

In the factory we are first of all
given protective gear.

Safety shoes and clothing, too.
Despite the heat.

The outside temperature is at
45 degrees at the moment,

but safety is of the essence here,

as there are shards of glass
lying around everywhere.

Production manager Rothschild Kaziav
shows us the glass mounds

that we have up to now only seen
in pictures.

Some of these are 15 metres high!

30,000 tons are lying around here,
all sorted by colour,

depending on which colour of bottle
is to be produced.

- Waste for others is gold for us.

The value of this broken glass
this colour

is hundreds of thousands of dollars
for us.

NARRATOR:
Constantly new deliveries arrive.

Recycled glass is important for
the production of new bottles

because if it has already melted
once,

it will melt faster the second time.

Mixed with the other raw materials,
this shortens the melting process

during the production.
This saves energy and money.

For bottle production, it is enough
if 90% is of the same colour.

Only when it comes to clear glass,
it has to be 100%.

A single bottle of the wrong colour
would ruin everything.

We even discover beer bottles
from Germany.

The whole world is represented here.

Rothschild doesn't look at
the labels

to know where the bottles
originated from.

On each of them there are codes

with mysterious numbers and symbols
only legible to insiders.

- You can see the year that
the glass was produced,

you can see the sign of the factory

and also the mould number
it was produced from.

So you pretty much have a lot of
information on the bottle.

NARRATOR:We are battling with
the heat - 45 degrees.

But we don't even suspect that
this is nothing

compared to the heat inside
the production plant

where coke bottles are being made
right now.

It is somewhere between
70 and 100 degrees here.

But we will only find this out
later.

For the sand, the most important raw
material for the glass,

we first of all have to go even
deeper into the desert.

The extraction site is inside
this huge crater.

Three of these exist in Israel
and they are unique in the world.

The oldest sand layers here
are 200 million years old.

The dinosaurs probably already
walked on them.

Back to the glass factory.

To make glass, except sand,
you also need...

the recycled glass from the
glass mounds outside the factory,

in this case, clear glass
for the coke bottles.

Then limestone and other minerals
like soda, dolomite rock and potash

are added,
as well as colouring agents.

But not for clear glass, of course.

Everything is thoroughly mixed

and the compound is ready
for the melting process.

Speaking of melting, we are too!

But it's only about to be really hot
now. Off to the furnace!

- Guys, let's go. It's very noisy
and very hot inside. Be careful.

NARRATOR:The production manager
wasn't exaggerating.

It is between 70 and 100 degrees
in the production area,

depending on where exactly you are.

After five minutes we feel like
in a sauna.

Because it isn't just hot, but also
too noisy for an interview.

We communicate via mobile phone!

Rothschild types "I love to sweat!"
He must be a little bit crazy.

The reason for the incredible heat
are the huge brick furnaces.

It takes a devilish 1,600 degrees
to turn the sand mixture into glass.

It is only possible to look at this
hellish fire

through a special foil
or protective glasses.

Otherwise it would burn
your eyeballs off.

If one were to stand here
for too long,

one would at some point simply
catch fire,

even if the flames aren't
directly touched.

By now, our equipment is almost too
hot to touch.

Two tripods have even melted.

In a decommissioned furnace,
production manager Rothschild

shows us what it looks like inside.

- You can see here the entrance of
the raw material.

It comes through here.

And the combustion happens here.

The raw material flows over
the molten glass.

It melts gradually and
flows to the front side.

Then goes out of the furnace
through the throat.

NARRATOR: The furnace,
the centrepiece of the factory.

It takes 24 hours for the sand
mixture to completely melt

and pass through the oven.

1.6 metres. That is the height of
the smouldering raw material

in the oven.
During the melting process,

compressed air is pumped
into the oven from below.

This helps to evenly mix
the raw materials

and prevents impurities
in the glass.

In the control room, the oven is
under constant surveillance.

This is what the super oven
looks like from the inside

while it is in action.
It runs 24 hours per day

on 365 days of the year

and is never turned off.

It would take 16 days to get it back
to working temperature,

which would be far too expensive.

And then there is another reason
why it's never turned off.

The liquid mass would become solid
immediately.

This happens very quickly, as we can
see with this drop of molten glass.

If that were to happen, the glass
could block and destroy the oven.

Therefore it is constantly
in action.

After 24 hours, the sand mixture has
turned to glass

and shoots out of the oven.

It still has a temperature of
1,200 degrees!

A water-cooled machine cuts it into
easy-to-handle pieces.

Each of these has exactly the size
and the weight,

so that it is possible to form
one coke bottle out of it.

Here the pieces are shot into
the different production lines.

Then it's time for
the shaping process.

This machine gives the coke bottles
their typical shape

within just a few seconds.

And speed is of the essence here,

as up to a million bottles
are produced here per day.

Over and over, workers clean
the moulds

while the machines are running,

because they are never turned off,
as we already know.

In our opinion, this is the toughest
job in the factory.

It isn't quite as hot as next to
the furnaces

where the employees can only spend
short amounts of time.

Here, the staff spend eight hours
per shift, in 70-degree heat.

We can't even bear it for a couple
of minutes!

The only place for the workers
to cool off is the break room.

In a quieter corner, we ask one of
them how they manage.

- (speaks own language)

The freshly-formed bottles
are still extremely hot

and very fragile. A bit of cold
water and they burst.

This is what it looks like
in slow motion.

Therefore the bottles have to go
through a 550- degrees hot oven.

Despite its high temperature,
it is called the "cooling oven".

The still red-hot bottles
slowly cool down inside it.

When they come out,

they aren't quite as fragile
anymore.

A random sample is checked.

The hammer test proves if the bottle
can withstand impacts

in four different places.

This machine puts filled bottles
under pressure.

They have to cope with 20 bar
without exploding.

This one here bursts at 42.

After all, a bottle like this has to
go through a lot.

Like lying in the sun for hours.

Machines and employees screen and
check all the bottles in many steps.

The inspectors are looking for
little bubbles or tears,

and if needed, adjust the machines.

Clear glass is especially tricky.

Even the smallest imperfections
are visible.

But even when something does go
wrong, nothing is thrown away.

Faulty bottles and shards of broken
glass go one storey down.

Here, the glass is cooled down,
shredded and washed.

Then it's back onto the mound
in the desert.

The never-ending cycle of bottles.

And now finally we can water
the deserts in our mouths

with water from oven-fresh
coke bottles.

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