1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:03,880 - Over time, governments And the people who work 2 00:00:04,000 --> 00:00:07,080 For they made strangers And even terrible things 3 00:00:07,200 --> 00:00:09,240 in the name of national interest, 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,240 including launch missions So extreme, 5 00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,000 They seem to defy belief-- 6 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:19,080 How to try to extract a 1,750-ton Soviet submarine 7 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:20,080 from the bottom of the ocean 8 00:00:20,200 --> 00:00:22,800 using a giant claw, 9 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,480 in secret. 10 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:28,640 - no one has ever tried So audacious 11 00:00:28,760 --> 00:00:31,200 rescue operation like this before. 12 00:00:31,320 --> 00:00:33,920 - or sending paratroopers on a secret mission 13 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:37,160 tied to a nuclear bomb. 14 00:00:37,280 --> 00:00:41,480 - A nuclear bomb appears and run. 15 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,040 That sounds crazy. 16 00:00:44,160 --> 00:00:46,560 - and even steal Soviet secrets 17 00:00:46,680 --> 00:00:48,760 400 feet below the waves. 18 00:00:48,880 --> 00:00:52,320 - If men are caught, They are under orders 19 00:00:52,440 --> 00:00:56,200 to blow up everyone on board. 20 00:00:56,320 --> 00:00:59,000 They cannot be taken alive. 21 00:00:59,120 --> 00:01:02,160 - now it's time to bring These extreme secret missions 22 00:01:02,280 --> 00:01:03,720 to illuminate. 23 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,320 [Dramatic music] 24 00:01:06,440 --> 00:01:12,560 ♪ ♪ 25 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,120 - It's the end of the 1960s, And the Cold War is raging. 26 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:20,480 A Soviet nuclear submarine sank 1,500 miles from Hawaii, 27 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,360 And a race is on to find her. 28 00:01:23,480 --> 00:01:25,840 The US can locate the submarine and recover your secrets 29 00:01:25,960 --> 00:01:28,080 Before the enemy does? 30 00:01:28,200 --> 00:01:32,920 This is the impossible mission Assigned to an American team. 31 00:01:33,040 --> 00:01:37,680 On March 1, 1968, Soviet sub K-129 32 00:01:37,800 --> 00:01:41,400 disappears from Soviet radar at the bottom of the Pacific, 33 00:01:41,520 --> 00:01:43,720 with 98 men on board, 34 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,400 a hidden prize at the bottom of the ocean. 35 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:50,320 Russians are frantically Looking for it. 36 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:52,400 The same happens with the USA. 37 00:01:52,520 --> 00:01:56,160 - K-129 could be the holy grail of intelligence. 38 00:01:56,280 --> 00:01:58,560 Think about what we would have access to-- 39 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:00,240 your codebooks, 40 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:01,920 your code breaking machines, 41 00:02:02,040 --> 00:02:03,680 guidance systems. 42 00:02:03,800 --> 00:02:07,680 We'd even catch our eyes in its nuclear missiles. 43 00:02:07,800 --> 00:02:11,400 This is completely valid effort and cost. 44 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,560 - to locate him, the Navy checks your acoustic data 45 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,480 For any sub signal. 46 00:02:16,600 --> 00:02:20,480 - If a submarine sinks, it will make a distinct noise. 47 00:02:20,600 --> 00:02:24,680 So when the K-129 sank, 48 00:02:24,800 --> 00:02:28,240 They were able to locate where The submarine may have crashed. 49 00:02:31,960 --> 00:02:35,800 So the US Navy sends your best reconnaissance submarine, 50 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:37,640 the USS Halibut. 51 00:02:37,760 --> 00:02:40,760 ♪ ♪ 52 00:02:40,880 --> 00:02:44,680 After more than 11 weeks to search meticulously, 53 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:49,280 Finally, the halibut camera capture the submarine. 54 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:52,280 It's 1,500 miles Northwest Hawaii 55 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:56,160 and 16,500 feet deep. 56 00:02:56,280 --> 00:03:00,000 - but recover the submarine It seems like an impossible task. 57 00:03:00,120 --> 00:03:02,600 The vessel is three kilometers deep underwater 58 00:03:02,720 --> 00:03:04,800 in a totally black environment. 59 00:03:04,920 --> 00:03:07,920 - to find out if they could take away the impossible, 60 00:03:08,040 --> 00:03:10,160 The CIA placed the head of science and technology, 61 00:03:10,280 --> 00:03:12,120 John Parangosky, in command. 62 00:03:12,240 --> 00:03:14,120 It comes with the suggestion 63 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,720 To increase elementary education to the surface 64 00:03:16,840 --> 00:03:18,760 using a giant metal claw, 65 00:03:18,880 --> 00:03:20,720 Like what would you find in an arcade game, 66 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:23,520 but attached to a ship. 67 00:03:23,640 --> 00:03:26,360 No one has ever tried So audacious 68 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,480 rescue operation like this before. 69 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:30,680 And what makes that Even more challenging? 70 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,600 Everything needs to happen without the Soviets knowing. 71 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,160 - Despite the odds, the CIA and the Navy 72 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:39,920 Decide to go ahead. 73 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:45,320 On July 1, 1969, the secret The mission is launched. 74 00:03:45,440 --> 00:03:48,000 It's codename Azorean Project, 75 00:03:48,120 --> 00:03:52,200 And the first step is projecting the claw. 76 00:03:52,320 --> 00:03:57,600 - Gripper design needs be 179 feet by 31 feet. 77 00:03:57,720 --> 00:04:00,200 No one has ever built one Big enough 78 00:04:00,320 --> 00:04:04,200 To lift a 1,750 ton submarine 79 00:04:04,320 --> 00:04:05,960 from the bottom of the ocean. 80 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,920 - Creating the claw it's the easiest part. 81 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:12,120 To use it, the US needs To anchor a huge ship 82 00:04:12,240 --> 00:04:14,160 for a month rescue operation 83 00:04:14,280 --> 00:04:17,160 This will definitely win Soviet attention. 84 00:04:17,280 --> 00:04:19,800 So the CIA Need a cover story. 85 00:04:19,920 --> 00:04:22,400 - They create an interesting idea. 86 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,560 If the mission is masked as one privately owned 87 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:27,400 business venture, 88 00:04:27,520 --> 00:04:29,800 No one should suspect that The government is involved. 89 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:32,760 - So they enlist the help of the celebrity industrialist 90 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:34,560 Of the days, Howard Hughes. 91 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:37,880 You made such a good cover story because everyone knew 92 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,720 that Howard Hughes it was kind of nutty. 93 00:04:40,840 --> 00:04:42,800 And he agrees To build this ship. 94 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:44,640 - They set it up fake press release. 95 00:04:44,760 --> 00:04:47,360 They announce that they were Going to my magnesium nodules 96 00:04:47,480 --> 00:04:49,040 from the bottom from the bottom of the ocean 97 00:04:49,160 --> 00:04:52,520 From a ship called The Glomar Explorer. 98 00:04:52,640 --> 00:04:55,760 - Six years later The US found K-129, 99 00:04:55,880 --> 00:04:57,920 It's finally time. 100 00:04:58,040 --> 00:05:01,880 ♪ ♪ 101 00:05:02,000 --> 00:05:04,280 - Glomar arrives at the mission location. 102 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:06,840 They are ready to go. They are gung-ho. 103 00:05:06,960 --> 00:05:09,400 But like this They are about to deploy, 104 00:05:09,520 --> 00:05:12,120 Here comes a Soviet ship. 105 00:05:14,320 --> 00:05:16,720 - Once the Soviet ship arrives, 106 00:05:16,840 --> 00:05:19,280 The Glomar crew is very worried 107 00:05:19,400 --> 00:05:22,320 that this operation is about to rise in smoke. 108 00:05:22,440 --> 00:05:24,840 - A helicopter takes off from the Russian ship 109 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,120 and starts to circulate. 110 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:30,280 And the Glomar team they are ontenthooks. 111 00:05:30,400 --> 00:05:33,800 The CIA invested hundreds of millions of dollars here, 112 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:37,160 more than a billion in today's money. 113 00:05:37,280 --> 00:05:40,000 Is this the end of the mission? 114 00:05:40,120 --> 00:05:42,440 - the captain of The Glomar Explorer 115 00:05:42,560 --> 00:05:45,440 radios the captain of the Russian ship. 116 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,160 He explains to him, We are a mining operation. 117 00:05:49,280 --> 00:05:52,000 We are by Howard Hughes corporation. 118 00:05:52,120 --> 00:05:55,560 Well, fortunately, a few hours Pass, the Soviet ship leaves. 119 00:05:55,680 --> 00:06:00,040 ♪ ♪ 120 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:03,600 - Once the Soviet ship leave the area, 121 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:07,200 They lower the claw in the water, 122 00:06:07,320 --> 00:06:10,000 unwind three kilometers of cable. 123 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,240 Go down to the bottom, 124 00:06:12,360 --> 00:06:14,280 connects to the Soviet ship, 125 00:06:14,400 --> 00:06:16,000 And then they start To lift you up 126 00:06:16,120 --> 00:06:17,400 from the bottom of the ocean. 127 00:06:17,520 --> 00:06:19,480 ♪ ♪ 128 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,200 - You don't want to pull up very quickly, 129 00:06:21,320 --> 00:06:23,800 'Cause if you try Lift it up very quickly, 130 00:06:23,920 --> 00:06:24,840 can separate. 131 00:06:24,960 --> 00:06:26,400 It is already a damaged vehicle, 132 00:06:26,520 --> 00:06:28,320 And it may fall Back to the bottom of the ocean, 133 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:30,160 And then you are left with nothing. 134 00:06:30,280 --> 00:06:31,960 - It was very stressful 135 00:06:32,080 --> 00:06:34,400 While they tried to lift this thing. 136 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:36,320 They were around 2/3 of the way, 137 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:39,560 And then K-129 fell apart. 138 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:44,280 About 2/3 of it broke and He went back to the bottom of the ocean. 139 00:06:44,400 --> 00:06:45,880 ♪ ♪ 140 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:49,080 - takes eight days to transport the remaining section 141 00:06:49,200 --> 00:06:52,120 from K-129 Back to the ship's hull. 142 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,920 - but before they even have a chance 143 00:06:54,040 --> 00:06:55,640 to analyze the wreckage, 144 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,120 The secret spills out. 145 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:00,560 Both "LA Times" and "New York Times" 146 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:03,840 Break the story of this top secret mission. 147 00:07:03,960 --> 00:07:06,800 - the first pages of the papers are covered with photos 148 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,280 from Hughes' Glomar Explorer, detailing rumors 149 00:07:10,400 --> 00:07:12,000 of a Soviet sub-recovery 150 00:07:12,120 --> 00:07:14,320 And Howard Hughes-Cia connection. 151 00:07:14,440 --> 00:07:17,080 - So this happens that Howard Hughes office 152 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:18,120 was robbed. 153 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:20,400 Burglars find this memo 154 00:07:20,520 --> 00:07:22,080 About the explorer Glomar. 155 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:25,440 They sell it to the "LA Times" who publishes it. 156 00:07:25,560 --> 00:07:28,960 This is the CIA Worst nightmare. 157 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:31,840 - Neither does the US government not the CIA 158 00:07:31,960 --> 00:07:35,360 Comment on the subject Until 1992. 159 00:07:35,480 --> 00:07:37,680 Only then is the mission publicly recognized 160 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:39,560 for the first time, When the CIA 161 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:42,400 Hand delivers a video for the Russian president, 162 00:07:42,520 --> 00:07:44,080 Boris Yeltsin. 163 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:46,040 - After the collapse of the Soviet Union, 164 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,560 Like a goodwill show, 165 00:07:47,680 --> 00:07:49,920 the American government presents a video 166 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:52,560 to Yeltsin burial at sea 167 00:07:52,680 --> 00:07:56,680 of Soviet sailors whose remains were found. 168 00:07:56,800 --> 00:07:59,560 Made international news all over the world. 169 00:07:59,680 --> 00:08:04,240 ♪ ♪ 170 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,240 - Whatever the secrets Azorean project unearthed 171 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,880 remain a mystery to this day. 172 00:08:10,000 --> 00:08:12,240 This mission was Obviously bold. 173 00:08:12,360 --> 00:08:14,880 But consider something Even more extreme-- 174 00:08:15,000 --> 00:08:18,840 US elite paratroopers Assigned to leap into the darkness 175 00:08:18,960 --> 00:08:22,360 carrying small nuclear bombs. 176 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,360 [Dramatic music] 177 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:27,680 ♪ ♪ 178 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:31,520 - In 1970, a highly secret The US Army mission is underway. 179 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:34,320 Two members of one elite special operations unit 180 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,640 jump out of the cargo hold US Army transport aircraft 181 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,960 in the black of night. 182 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:44,280 ♪ ♪ 183 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:49,040 - The team parachutes down to your drop zone. 184 00:08:49,160 --> 00:08:50,960 And they're about to deploy one of America's 185 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:53,720 most dangerous weapons in an operational environment 186 00:08:53,840 --> 00:08:55,400 For the first time in history. 187 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:57,640 - They always were in two-man teams. 188 00:08:57,760 --> 00:08:59,760 So if you can imagine jumping out of a plane, 189 00:08:59,880 --> 00:09:03,760 hurtling towards the earth with A bomb strapped to your back. 190 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:05,800 It was a huge challenge. 191 00:09:05,920 --> 00:09:08,840 ♪ ♪ 192 00:09:08,960 --> 00:09:11,160 - But that's no ordinary bomb. 193 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,040 It's a totally new Portable nuclear weapon. 194 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:19,600 And it can only be detonated by hand. 195 00:09:19,720 --> 00:09:22,160 - Once on the ground, men have to carry the nuclear bomb 196 00:09:22,280 --> 00:09:23,520 on your back for two days, 197 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,840 constantly dodging enemy patrols 198 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:27,800 and navigate the rough terrain. 199 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,520 ♪ ♪ 200 00:09:30,640 --> 00:09:32,840 - the disadvantage of This operational configuration 201 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:35,600 this is the detonation code is divided between two people. 202 00:09:35,720 --> 00:09:37,920 And so the bomb must be Set armed to avoid it 203 00:09:38,040 --> 00:09:41,200 being detonated, maliciously or accidentally. 204 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,560 The problem is, if one of the These soldiers can't, 205 00:09:44,680 --> 00:09:46,200 It's a mission failure. 206 00:09:46,320 --> 00:09:49,680 ♪ ♪ 207 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:52,080 - seems totally insane, right? 208 00:09:52,200 --> 00:09:54,280 Fired a nuclear bomb and run. 209 00:09:54,400 --> 00:09:55,720 Why would anyone do this? 210 00:09:55,840 --> 00:09:58,720 [Suspenseful music] 211 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:02,720 ♪ ♪ 212 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,200 - Because, fortunately, The bomb does not explode. 213 00:10:06,320 --> 00:10:07,680 And this bold mission 214 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:10,840 was not carried out in enemy territory. 215 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,040 It was actually a training run 216 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:15,800 taking place in the mountains from New Hampshire, 217 00:10:15,920 --> 00:10:17,360 part of an audition 218 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,720 To join one of the most Classified Army Units 219 00:10:19,840 --> 00:10:21,480 forever exist-- 220 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:23,720 The green light team. 221 00:10:23,840 --> 00:10:25,480 - The idea from the green light team 222 00:10:25,600 --> 00:10:27,680 come because It is thought 223 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,400 that the Soviets have more tactical nuclear weapons 224 00:10:30,520 --> 00:10:32,160 than us. 225 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:36,520 So the solution is just Carrier-carrying nuclear weapons. 226 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:38,200 ♪ ♪ 227 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:39,960 Brilliant, right? 228 00:10:40,080 --> 00:10:42,600 - also means that There is no signal in space 229 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:43,840 For the enemy to understand. 230 00:10:43,960 --> 00:10:45,960 So in many ways it's smart, 231 00:10:46,080 --> 00:10:48,160 It's clean, it's sophisticated. 232 00:10:48,280 --> 00:10:50,720 ♪ ♪ 233 00:10:50,840 --> 00:10:53,720 - has to be delivered right on target 234 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:55,120 and delivered by hand. 235 00:10:55,240 --> 00:10:57,840 So they needed to recruit Command types. 236 00:10:57,960 --> 00:10:59,640 ♪ ♪ 237 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:01,840 - These elite soldiers are handpicked 238 00:11:01,960 --> 00:11:04,560 of green berets, the US Navy Seals, 239 00:11:04,680 --> 00:11:06,560 and the Marines, all of whom 240 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:10,560 are no strangers to secrets missions behind enemy lines. 241 00:11:10,680 --> 00:11:13,400 ♪ ♪ 242 00:11:13,520 --> 00:11:16,520 - But in this case, it's just When the green light teams 243 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:19,120 Start training them realize your missions 244 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:21,840 will be different of the previous ones. 245 00:11:21,960 --> 00:11:23,520 - it is believed that there was an obligation 246 00:11:23,640 --> 00:11:26,960 keep the gun and Protect it until it triggers 247 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:28,600 your starter sequence, 248 00:11:28,720 --> 00:11:30,640 ensuring that the mission is being completed. 249 00:11:30,760 --> 00:11:33,240 But in doing so, They changed that too 250 00:11:33,360 --> 00:11:35,400 on a suicide mission. 251 00:11:35,520 --> 00:11:38,280 That would then leave no time For men to escape 252 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,040 the radius of the explosion. 253 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:41,400 - inside the world of intelligence 254 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:42,960 and special operations, We have a joke. 255 00:11:43,080 --> 00:11:45,280 We call each other "Too dumb to give up." 256 00:11:45,400 --> 00:11:46,960 Because when we receive a task, 257 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:49,400 No matter how crazy or suicide, it seems, 258 00:11:49,520 --> 00:11:51,280 It's also exciting. 259 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:55,040 - for a quarter of a century, these Incredible special operations teams 260 00:11:55,160 --> 00:11:57,680 and how they operate remains secret. 261 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:00,200 - Reach public knowledge, in 1984, 262 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:02,160 When journalists details discovered 263 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,520 of the plane inside of a scientific journal. 264 00:12:04,640 --> 00:12:07,040 The article describes that exist 265 00:12:07,160 --> 00:12:09,680 Bomb transport teams on standby 266 00:12:09,800 --> 00:12:11,840 If they are called by NATO. 267 00:12:11,960 --> 00:12:14,120 But fortunately, This never happens. 268 00:12:14,240 --> 00:12:17,240 - Green light teams are kept on high alert. 269 00:12:17,360 --> 00:12:19,360 And yet, They are never used in combat. 270 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:21,360 ♪ ♪ 271 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:28,400 - Cold War Berlin is a divided city of secrets. 272 00:12:28,520 --> 00:12:30,200 To gain crucial intelligence, 273 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:31,800 Governments are willing by green light 274 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:34,640 What does it look like impossible missions. 275 00:12:34,760 --> 00:12:37,640 [Dramatic music] 276 00:12:37,760 --> 00:12:39,400 ♪ ♪ 277 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,680 - Berlin, during that time, You have British, 278 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:45,640 American and Soviet spies all flocking to the city 279 00:12:45,760 --> 00:12:47,760 To try to take hands In any type of information 280 00:12:47,880 --> 00:12:50,600 that you can give your country Just a little advantage. 281 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,240 ♪ ♪ 282 00:12:52,360 --> 00:12:54,920 - Berlin has become a vast network 283 00:12:55,040 --> 00:12:57,880 underground communication channels 284 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,080 with several agencies, various intelligence groups 285 00:13:01,200 --> 00:13:03,040 Trading information. 286 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,120 It's a vast network. It's incredible. 287 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,960 - In 1954, the USA and Great Britain decide to collaborate 288 00:13:10,080 --> 00:13:13,160 in an audacious plan. 289 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,240 - The CIA, with Mi6, I want to build a tunnel 290 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:18,000 To ring telephone lines 291 00:13:18,120 --> 00:13:19,520 so we could hear 292 00:13:19,640 --> 00:13:21,600 For what did the East Germans were talking about. 293 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:24,480 - This is a high risk operation. 294 00:13:24,600 --> 00:13:26,200 East and west they are banging heads. 295 00:13:26,320 --> 00:13:29,480 The Soviets want the Berlin Americans. 296 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:30,760 If they discover this tunnel, 297 00:13:30,880 --> 00:13:34,280 That will be their excuse to expel them. 298 00:13:34,400 --> 00:13:37,080 - they need to build the tunnel without being detected. 299 00:13:37,200 --> 00:13:39,240 But to increase the challenge, 300 00:13:39,360 --> 00:13:41,440 CIA and MI6 agents 301 00:13:41,560 --> 00:13:45,160 are being constantly monitored by enemies Watchwowers 302 00:13:45,280 --> 00:13:47,440 and armed guards. 303 00:13:47,560 --> 00:13:50,120 - The area they select To do this 304 00:13:50,240 --> 00:13:53,240 is just 1,500 feet away of East Berlin. 305 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:55,200 But on the East Berlin side, 306 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:56,800 Where the phone lines are located, 307 00:13:56,920 --> 00:13:58,920 There are prying eyes and military patrols. 308 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:00,920 So they need a cover story 309 00:14:01,040 --> 00:14:02,680 If they will run away with this. 310 00:14:02,800 --> 00:14:04,360 ♪ ♪ 311 00:14:04,480 --> 00:14:06,280 So they create a plan to build 312 00:14:06,400 --> 00:14:09,720 a two-story structure over Where the tunnel will start. 313 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:13,440 It provides a cover To unload equipment, 314 00:14:13,560 --> 00:14:15,760 And then also removing dirt 315 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,840 This will be pulled of the tunnel itself. 316 00:14:17,960 --> 00:14:20,920 And this two-story structure then it will be disguised 317 00:14:21,040 --> 00:14:22,640 As a companion installation 318 00:14:22,760 --> 00:14:24,400 with one of the airports in the city. 319 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,400 They had to spend seven months laying the foundations 320 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:29,000 For this building. 321 00:14:29,120 --> 00:14:33,000 Once it was done, They started to advance the tunnel 322 00:14:33,120 --> 00:14:36,760 towards East Germany side of the border. 323 00:14:36,880 --> 00:14:40,720 It took three teams working all the time in shifts, 324 00:14:40,840 --> 00:14:43,000 locking work. 325 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:45,000 - tunnel operation it was very dangerous. 326 00:14:45,120 --> 00:14:47,720 German patrols are going back and forth. 327 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:50,040 To avoid the discovery of the tunnel, 328 00:14:50,160 --> 00:14:52,280 Americans have a lookout 329 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:54,280 that signals people making the tunnel 330 00:14:54,400 --> 00:14:57,560 to stop working when the The German guards get very close. 331 00:14:57,680 --> 00:14:59,720 - They move 3,000 tons of soil 332 00:14:59,840 --> 00:15:03,600 and then replace it with 125 tons of steel 333 00:15:03,720 --> 00:15:05,840 To reinforce the walls of the tunnel. 334 00:15:05,960 --> 00:15:08,360 - Six months later, This 1,400-foot tunnel 335 00:15:08,480 --> 00:15:09,880 is ready to go. 336 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:11,680 And it is installed with These teleprinters 337 00:15:11,800 --> 00:15:12,880 that are attached for switch frames 338 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,000 This record and printed communication. 339 00:15:15,120 --> 00:15:17,160 It's a beautiful notable achievement. 340 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,600 - This wiretap uncovers Some very interesting things 341 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,200 about the establishment of the East German army 342 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:26,840 and the training of that army. 343 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,840 It also reveals some controversies between 344 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:32,160 the border police and the army. 345 00:15:32,280 --> 00:15:35,000 - At the moment, The CIA and MI6 believe 346 00:15:35,120 --> 00:15:37,320 This tunnel will provide a continuous flow 347 00:15:37,440 --> 00:15:39,600 of intelligence for years. 348 00:15:39,720 --> 00:15:42,240 But Mother Nature have other ideas. 349 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,280 - 11 months and 11 days After completion 350 00:15:45,400 --> 00:15:47,840 of the tunnel, A freak rain event 351 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:49,360 Attacks the city of Berlin. 352 00:15:49,480 --> 00:15:52,880 And as a result very heavy rain, 353 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,240 Phone lines go out. 354 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:57,720 A team is sent to repair the telephone lines. 355 00:15:57,840 --> 00:15:59,960 ♪ ♪ 356 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:01,560 - And what did they find? 357 00:16:01,680 --> 00:16:04,400 They found a tap in your lines. 358 00:16:04,520 --> 00:16:07,840 ♪ ♪ 359 00:16:07,960 --> 00:16:10,480 And that wouldn't take at any time 360 00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:11,840 for them to discover 361 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:13,520 what was the underground allies, 362 00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:17,360 listening to theirs intelligence operations. 363 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:20,160 - the next day, The Soviets called 364 00:16:20,280 --> 00:16:21,400 a press conference, 365 00:16:21,520 --> 00:16:23,680 revealing the tunnel to the world. 366 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:26,960 They hoped that the exposure they will both shame the west 367 00:16:27,080 --> 00:16:30,600 and prevent them from loading all future operations. 368 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,520 ♪ ♪ 369 00:16:32,640 --> 00:16:34,520 - After the Soviets hold your press conference 370 00:16:34,640 --> 00:16:36,800 to reveal the discovery of the tunnel, 371 00:16:36,920 --> 00:16:40,320 Other Western nations are not Overwhelmed in discovery. 372 00:16:40,440 --> 00:16:42,000 They are impressed by technology. 373 00:16:42,120 --> 00:16:43,320 They are impressed that we were capable 374 00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,680 of something so bold. 375 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:49,400 - the stowaway of the west The mission is blown. 376 00:16:49,520 --> 00:16:51,600 But the operation remains one of the CIA's 377 00:16:51,720 --> 00:16:54,800 the most famous hits from the 50s. 378 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:57,360 While the CIA describes a report 379 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:01,120 in top secret mission in 2007, 380 00:17:01,240 --> 00:17:04,960 never fully disclosed the intelligence gathered. 381 00:17:05,080 --> 00:17:08,000 The rest in the vaults remains the top secret. 382 00:17:08,000 --> 00:17:08,240 ♪ ♪ 383 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:13,840 - Sometimes the hardest part of a mission 384 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,560 is not gathering intelligence, But get out of it alive. 385 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:20,440 In 1961, this challenge inspires use 386 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:23,160 of an unusual invention. 387 00:17:23,280 --> 00:17:26,480 [Dramatic music] 388 00:17:26,600 --> 00:17:28,960 - This US Navy pilot is flying over a remote section 389 00:17:29,080 --> 00:17:30,720 pack ice pack. 390 00:17:30,840 --> 00:17:32,320 And he looks down on an ice bloe, 391 00:17:32,440 --> 00:17:36,080 And he sees an abandoned Soviet Research Station. 392 00:17:36,200 --> 00:17:37,680 - This is exciting opportunity, 393 00:17:37,800 --> 00:17:39,960 Because if the Russians have left intelligence behind, 394 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:43,480 It could be a big win to the USA. 395 00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:47,320 The only way to find out is to send a secret team. 396 00:17:47,440 --> 00:17:48,800 - There's just one problem. 397 00:17:48,920 --> 00:17:51,760 The research station It's over 600 miles 398 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,000 from the nearest US air base. 399 00:17:54,120 --> 00:17:56,160 Releasing agents It won't be easy. 400 00:17:56,280 --> 00:17:59,720 But taking them away it seems impossible. 401 00:17:59,840 --> 00:18:02,680 Enter a guy named Robert Fulton. 402 00:18:02,800 --> 00:18:04,760 - The CIA is developing a piece of kit 403 00:18:04,880 --> 00:18:06,960 called the Skyhook system. 404 00:18:07,080 --> 00:18:08,760 But the main secret of technology, 405 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,560 And it's still in development by its inventor, Robert Fulton. 406 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:15,240 - Robert Fulton was an eccentric inventor 407 00:18:15,360 --> 00:18:17,480 and aviation enthusiast 408 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,760 who invented all kinds of different things. 409 00:18:19,880 --> 00:18:22,280 But he also became obsessed with the notion 410 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:23,880 that if it collides with a really remote one, 411 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,560 Austere location, 412 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,000 How could he understand extracted from there? 413 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:32,120 - If you could imagine James Bond meets WWF Wrestling, 414 00:18:32,240 --> 00:18:33,640 That's what the Skyhook was. 415 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,320 It looks exciting, And it looks sexy, 416 00:18:36,440 --> 00:18:38,760 But in reality it was ugly, And it was violent, 417 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:40,840 And it was sloppy. 418 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,240 - The device is Incredibly complicated. 419 00:18:44,360 --> 00:18:46,440 The agent on the floor has a suit 420 00:18:46,560 --> 00:18:48,680 and a harness that connects to a giant balloon 421 00:18:48,800 --> 00:18:50,560 This is sent into the air. 422 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,200 And the idea is that a plane Flying over 100 miles per hour 423 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,840 will come in, intercept the line, 424 00:18:56,960 --> 00:18:58,200 and rip the guy off 425 00:18:58,320 --> 00:18:59,480 right off the ground. 426 00:18:59,600 --> 00:19:01,880 I mean, what could go wrong? 427 00:19:02,000 --> 00:19:05,000 - It's scary, terrifying experience 428 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,720 Why are you going from a sitting position 429 00:19:07,840 --> 00:19:09,800 To fly through the air at 140 miles per hour 430 00:19:09,920 --> 00:19:11,640 almost instantly, 431 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:15,120 captured by a plane over A balloon hook in the sky. 432 00:19:15,240 --> 00:19:17,880 It's absolute insanity. 433 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:20,720 - Despite extensive testing, the Fulton device 434 00:19:20,840 --> 00:19:25,320 has not been implemented on a live mission so far. 435 00:19:25,440 --> 00:19:27,640 - So, considering that They want a small team 436 00:19:27,760 --> 00:19:30,440 landing on an ice cake 437 00:19:30,560 --> 00:19:32,880 This is really floating in the Arctic Ocean, 438 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,320 carry out your mission, And then get out of there, 439 00:19:35,440 --> 00:19:39,680 the Fulton extraction system becomes kind of the only way 440 00:19:39,800 --> 00:19:41,440 to get there and back. 441 00:19:41,560 --> 00:19:44,800 - Secret mission is done of a small specialized team, 442 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:47,640 and two elite agents are chosen for implementation. 443 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,800 ♪ ♪ 444 00:19:51,920 --> 00:19:53,360 - Military intelligence officers, 445 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:56,080 Major James Smith and Lieutenant Leonard Leschack, 446 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,560 parachute 1,200 feet below for the abandoned 447 00:19:58,680 --> 00:19:59,960 Soviet Research Station. 448 00:20:00,080 --> 00:20:02,000 ♪ ♪ 449 00:20:02,120 --> 00:20:03,680 - The two agents that appeared 450 00:20:03,800 --> 00:20:05,400 Spend 72 hours on the floor 451 00:20:05,520 --> 00:20:07,880 In this abandoned Soviet Research Station. 452 00:20:08,000 --> 00:20:11,160 And during this period, They recover documents, 453 00:20:11,280 --> 00:20:12,440 They recover equipment, 454 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,640 They regain 150 pounds of material 455 00:20:15,760 --> 00:20:17,200 This will be useful 456 00:20:17,320 --> 00:20:18,840 to the center Intelligence agency. 457 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:20,920 - and they call back to headquarters 458 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:22,520 that they are ready to be extracted. 459 00:20:22,640 --> 00:20:25,160 But now some mood tilted is moving, 460 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:27,280 And it gets kind of sketchy whether or not 461 00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:29,560 They will be able to get out of there. 462 00:20:29,680 --> 00:20:32,160 The team gets their balloons in the air, 463 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:33,840 But the winds are knocking them around. 464 00:20:33,960 --> 00:20:35,960 And so they're having to Digging your heels into the ice 465 00:20:36,080 --> 00:20:38,280 so that they don't be dragged. 466 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:41,440 The aircraft finally arrives, And he gets Leschack. 467 00:20:41,560 --> 00:20:43,720 - how he was caught, He turned to face 468 00:20:43,840 --> 00:20:45,680 the wind of 140 miles per hour. 469 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:47,120 He can barely breathe. 470 00:20:47,240 --> 00:20:48,800 It's a fight for survival. 471 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,160 ♪ ♪ 472 00:20:51,280 --> 00:20:53,600 - but both American officers 473 00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:55,600 are successfully extracted 474 00:20:55,720 --> 00:21:00,520 For what is one of the most Hollywood missions of all time. 475 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,680 - The mission, codename Cold Feet Project, 476 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,480 is revealed only decades later 477 00:21:05,600 --> 00:21:08,840 When the Navy publishes a book in 1996. 478 00:21:08,960 --> 00:21:10,600 The big news-- 479 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:13,720 It's a huge success. 480 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:15,920 - The team recovers 83 documents 481 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:17,480 and 21 pieces of equipment 482 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:19,720 Soviet-related Arctic Activities. 483 00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:21,840 - the most important piece of intelligence 484 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:23,640 This was gathered From this operation 485 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:25,360 is that now we understand Like the Soviets 486 00:21:25,480 --> 00:21:28,680 were tracking our subs in ice throughout the Arctic. 487 00:21:28,800 --> 00:21:31,400 This allowed us to create new ways to obfuscate 488 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,240 or silencing our engines so that the Soviets 489 00:21:33,360 --> 00:21:36,960 would not be able to track our Next generation of submarines. 490 00:21:37,080 --> 00:21:39,720 - The Skyhook system is considered so useful 491 00:21:39,840 --> 00:21:41,960 which is used during dangerous rescue in the mountains 492 00:21:42,080 --> 00:21:45,880 Missions until 1996. 493 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,800 But if it was used again on secret missions, 494 00:21:48,920 --> 00:21:51,400 Well, that's classified. 495 00:21:51,400 --> 00:21:52,000 ♪ ♪ 496 00:21:56,000 --> 00:21:57,760 - When a spy in disguise in Russia is committed, 497 00:21:57,880 --> 00:22:00,960 the chances of your survival Look slim. 498 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,200 That is, even a real life Miss Moneypenny 499 00:22:04,320 --> 00:22:06,520 receive the mission to extract it. 500 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,000 [Dramatic music] 501 00:22:08,120 --> 00:22:09,960 - The Soviet Union It doesn't end with a bang. 502 00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,280 It ends with a slow collapse. 503 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:13,680 Your secret services are sold out. 504 00:22:13,800 --> 00:22:15,480 Secrets are sold to the highest bidder. 505 00:22:15,600 --> 00:22:18,920 And there are suspicions what a mole 506 00:22:19,040 --> 00:22:23,000 infiltrated the ranks from the KGB itself. 507 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,960 And it turns out that those The suspicions are correct. 508 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:31,640 ♪ ♪ 509 00:22:36,200 --> 00:22:38,520 - It's early at night in Moscow, 510 00:22:38,640 --> 00:22:40,560 And there is a gentleman walking down the street, 511 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,280 Just an ordinary guy carrying a Safeway bag. 512 00:22:44,400 --> 00:22:46,960 ♪ ♪ 513 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:51,320 - Neither the bag nor the man holding it is common. 514 00:22:51,440 --> 00:22:55,000 Meet the KGB Double Agent Oleg Gordievsky. 515 00:22:55,120 --> 00:23:00,480 - The Safeway bag is a sign To your British coach 516 00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:02,240 that he has some problems. 517 00:23:02,360 --> 00:23:04,280 The fact that It's a plastic bag 518 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:06,120 From a British supermarket 519 00:23:06,240 --> 00:23:08,520 It's basically revealing your handler 520 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:11,400 that he has been completely committed, 521 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:14,560 And he needs to leave and needs to leave quickly. 522 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:17,680 - He was a British spy for almost a decade. 523 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,400 He was recruited in Denmark, 524 00:23:19,520 --> 00:23:21,480 and he had provided valuable information. 525 00:23:21,600 --> 00:23:24,840 But now Gordievsky was fearful for his life. 526 00:23:24,960 --> 00:23:27,960 Because if you betray the Homeland, you pay for this. 527 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:29,400 ♪ ♪ 528 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:31,240 - So on the other side from the street, 529 00:23:31,360 --> 00:23:35,760 there is a british safehouse Keeping an eye 530 00:23:35,880 --> 00:23:38,280 for the gentleman with the Safeway bag, 531 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,600 always anticipating so he might show up someday 532 00:23:41,720 --> 00:23:45,040 with that bag in hand, with this sign. 533 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:47,640 - The Mi6 manipulator, without speaking, 534 00:23:47,760 --> 00:23:51,280 no phone, have to show Gordievsky, 535 00:23:51,400 --> 00:23:53,080 I see what you're trying to communicate, 536 00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,200 And we will enact this plan. 537 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:57,760 So he grabs a Harrods bag, 538 00:23:57,880 --> 00:24:01,160 And he walks in the direction from Gordievsky 539 00:24:01,280 --> 00:24:04,520 Eat a bar from Mars so that both 540 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:06,840 make this contact without talking. 541 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:12,000 And this agreed code between the Mi6 handler 542 00:24:12,120 --> 00:24:14,280 and Oleg Gordievsky really starts 543 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,840 This whole Exfiltration Process. 544 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:20,160 - But the problem the british face 545 00:24:20,280 --> 00:24:23,200 It's how you extract a high-ranking KGB officer 546 00:24:23,320 --> 00:24:28,120 in one of the heaviest Borders policed in the world? 547 00:24:28,240 --> 00:24:31,280 - that night, Gordievsky goes home. 548 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:32,520 Something unusual happens. 549 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,680 He takes away from your bookshelf 550 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,960 a book of Shakespeare's sonnets. 551 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,880 ♪ ♪ 552 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:44,400 He was instructed, In the event of an emergency, 553 00:24:44,520 --> 00:24:47,120 to dip the pages in water. 554 00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,000 ♪ ♪ 555 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,440 The pages, Once immersed in water, 556 00:24:52,560 --> 00:24:54,680 will reveal A secret coded message 557 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:58,760 As for your escape will sweat. 558 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:01,720 - It is the first stage of a of the most extraordinary 559 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:04,680 and extreme missions in the history of the Cold War, 560 00:25:04,800 --> 00:25:06,600 Operation Pimlico. 561 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:11,160 Full details remain a secret for 35 years. 562 00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:12,840 ♪ ♪ 563 00:25:12,960 --> 00:25:14,760 - back home in Britain, 564 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,680 we have his handler, Valerie Pettit. 565 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:21,200 Pettit developed This escape route 566 00:25:21,320 --> 00:25:23,760 For Gordievsky to follow. 567 00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:28,080 It will take about 900 miles from Moscow to Vyborg, 568 00:25:28,200 --> 00:25:31,240 what is a city near the Finnish border. 569 00:25:31,360 --> 00:25:34,920 ♪ ♪ 570 00:25:35,040 --> 00:25:38,760 So Gordievsky normally A night run. 571 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:42,560 ♪ ♪ 572 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:45,640 Well tonight he It doesn't follow its usual route. 573 00:25:45,760 --> 00:25:49,200 It mixes in crowded streets of Moscow. 574 00:25:49,320 --> 00:25:51,320 ♪ ♪ 575 00:25:51,440 --> 00:25:56,000 Once Gordievsky realizes He lost his KGB trail, 576 00:25:56,120 --> 00:25:57,480 He launches the train. 577 00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,880 ♪ ♪ 578 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:02,440 Meanwhile, in London, 579 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:06,080 Pettit is organizing and structuring this escape route. 580 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,560 Part of the plan is to put Gordievsky 581 00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:10,520 on the back of the diplomatic trunk. 582 00:26:10,640 --> 00:26:14,280 Diplomatic cars are less likely to be searched and stopped. 583 00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,280 So it's a better plan to transmit it 584 00:26:16,400 --> 00:26:17,440 the Finnish border. 585 00:26:17,560 --> 00:26:20,320 ♪ ♪ 586 00:26:20,440 --> 00:26:22,160 - In the next three days, 587 00:26:22,280 --> 00:26:25,720 Gordievsky is going to the meeting point in Vyborg, 588 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,640 which is about 20 miles From the Russian border 589 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:30,000 with Finland. 590 00:26:30,120 --> 00:26:32,080 He hitchhikes, He catches trains, 591 00:26:32,200 --> 00:26:35,360 He takes cars to leave safely. 592 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,400 ♪ ♪ 593 00:26:37,520 --> 00:26:40,240 Four people arrive in a diplomatic car 594 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:42,400 At this meeting point, 595 00:26:42,520 --> 00:26:45,880 two MI6 agents and their wives, 596 00:26:46,000 --> 00:26:49,280 as well as a baby. 597 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:50,920 - Miss Pettit knew that they were using 598 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:52,800 heat seeking devices 599 00:26:52,920 --> 00:26:56,280 When they were leaving those Cars pass at the border. 600 00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:59,480 And so she planned to have an aluminum 601 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:02,960 heat blocking blanket prepared. 602 00:27:03,080 --> 00:27:06,640 - Gordievsky is wrapped up In this foil blanket. 603 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:10,560 He went back to the trunk, And the car drives away. 604 00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:13,320 All this takes eight seconds. 605 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,880 There are no pleasantries that are being exchanged. 606 00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:19,640 ♪ ♪ 607 00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,040 - Then the car pulls up to the border, 608 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,400 And they realized, Oh, my God, sniffer dogs. 609 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:28,400 [Suspenseful music] 610 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,640 ♪ ♪ 611 00:27:31,760 --> 00:27:33,920 - One of the wives take the baby 612 00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:35,440 outside the vehicle at the checkpoint 613 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:36,760 While the vehicle stopped 614 00:27:36,880 --> 00:27:38,880 and change your diaper in the trunk, 615 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,720 the trunk in which Gordievsky is below. 616 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:45,680 And the hope was that this would confuse these dogs 617 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:49,120 and throw them out of the perfume by Gordievsky. 618 00:27:49,240 --> 00:27:52,080 ♪ ♪ 619 00:27:52,200 --> 00:27:53,360 - Distraction works, 620 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,600 And the guards just wave the car. 621 00:27:57,800 --> 00:28:00,840 When they enter Finland, They stop, 622 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:03,600 And Valerie Pettit is waiting to greet the car. 623 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:07,320 - Back in Russia, authorities charged Gordievsky 624 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:09,480 with betrayal in his absence. 625 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,760 He is found guilty and sentenced to death. 626 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,920 He will never be able to return to Russia. 627 00:28:16,040 --> 00:28:20,120 - Your arrival in London is Headline news around the world. 628 00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:27,720 - but no one will talk about the real escape. 629 00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:30,760 In fact, Pettit maintains the Details of your secret plan 630 00:28:30,880 --> 00:28:32,880 for the rest of your life. 631 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:34,840 ♪ ♪ 632 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:40,400 - Inspiration for the impossible 633 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,440 It can come from unlikely places. 634 00:28:43,560 --> 00:28:47,760 In 1970, a man beats your childhood memories 635 00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:50,840 To access Soviet naval secrets. 636 00:28:50,960 --> 00:28:54,680 [Dramatic music] 637 00:28:54,800 --> 00:28:57,960 - For years, James F. Bradley, 638 00:28:58,080 --> 00:28:59,960 the director of submarine warfare 639 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,840 to the US office naval intelligence, 640 00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,720 He is trying To create a way 641 00:29:04,840 --> 00:29:07,000 of being able to secretly touch 642 00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,960 in Soviet lines of communication. 643 00:29:11,080 --> 00:29:14,640 - History says so During childhood holidays, 644 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,000 The family went out on a boat on the Mississippi River, 645 00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,080 And he realized how sometimes There were signs 646 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:22,680 who warned sailors stay away from that area 647 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,800 so that they don't drag their anchor 648 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:27,240 through underwater cables. 649 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,000 - He had this thought this somewhere 650 00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:31,440 around Soviet naval bases, 651 00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:33,160 there would be these communication cables 652 00:29:33,280 --> 00:29:37,040 this connected the Soviet high command 653 00:29:37,160 --> 00:29:38,880 for submarine bases. 654 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,560 He thought, it must exist somewhere. 655 00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:43,920 - and then we can touch it 656 00:29:44,040 --> 00:29:45,840 and intercept your messages. 657 00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:48,640 - Bradley proposes a top secret mission 658 00:29:48,760 --> 00:29:51,640 To use a submarine To search the Russian coast 659 00:29:51,760 --> 00:29:54,800 for signs Underwater cable warning. 660 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,200 ♪ ♪ 661 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:59,320 This seems like a crazy idea 662 00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:02,960 Because they need to search about 600,000 square miles 663 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,200 from ocean to something They're not even sure. 664 00:30:05,320 --> 00:30:07,160 But nevertheless, 665 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:08,600 Bradley understands the green light. 666 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,920 And in December 1971, 667 00:30:11,040 --> 00:30:13,600 Operation Ivy Bells is released. 668 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,000 ♪ ♪ 669 00:30:16,120 --> 00:30:18,440 - To accomplish this Mission Impossible, 670 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:21,520 the USS halibut is once put into action again 671 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,000 to lead the operation. 672 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,360 - Like so much intelligence collection operations, 673 00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:27,760 There is no smoking gun. 674 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:29,560 There is no evidence that there really is a cable 675 00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:31,120 for them to find Firstly. 676 00:30:31,240 --> 00:30:34,280 - But besides that, you are sending 677 00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:39,560 nuclear submarines deep inside Soviet territorial waters. 678 00:30:39,680 --> 00:30:41,400 You're putting an American submarine and crew 679 00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,440 at risk finding this. 680 00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:47,520 - Are you talking about a single submarine underwater 681 00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:51,040 for prolonged periods in freezing cold waters 682 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:53,400 that were controlled by Soviets. 683 00:30:53,520 --> 00:30:56,440 This was not an operation for the faint of heart. 684 00:30:56,560 --> 00:30:59,320 - Halibut is in the sea for more than a month. 685 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:05,360 And during that time, they had to dodge the Soviet navy. 686 00:31:05,480 --> 00:31:07,280 It was with fingers crossed that the captain extended 687 00:31:07,400 --> 00:31:10,480 the periscope 688 00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:12,400 and then scanned the island 689 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,200 It was in front of him. 690 00:31:14,320 --> 00:31:16,800 ♪ ♪ 691 00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,200 And if this was detected, the game is over. 692 00:31:19,320 --> 00:31:20,320 The breath of the mission. 693 00:31:20,440 --> 00:31:23,960 ♪ ♪ 694 00:31:24,080 --> 00:31:26,640 - They had to find this sign. 695 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:29,680 And they did. 696 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:31,240 They found the signal. 697 00:31:31,360 --> 00:31:33,960 So they had an idea where is this cable from? 698 00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:36,840 can cross water. 699 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:41,080 So they start searching the bottom of the sea to try to find it. 700 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,640 They could kind of see, Humps under the sea 701 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,880 where did they think Maybe. 702 00:31:46,000 --> 00:31:48,880 And then they found the cable that they were looking for. 703 00:31:49,000 --> 00:31:50,680 - It has to be a moment of joy. 704 00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:52,520 But it also has to be A moment of pure terror 705 00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,560 Because you realize that you stumbled upon a secret 706 00:31:55,680 --> 00:31:58,800 what the Soviets want Desperately to protect. 707 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:00,360 - But there is a big problem. 708 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,680 The cables are 400 feet Below the surface, 709 00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,240 Almost four times as deep than a standard scuba dive. 710 00:32:07,360 --> 00:32:12,400 That's a depth that will push the limits of human survival. 711 00:32:12,520 --> 00:32:14,720 - But James Bradley planned for it. 712 00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:16,360 ♪ ♪ 713 00:32:16,480 --> 00:32:18,560 Even before The halibut had sailed away, 714 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:20,640 The Navy had been experimenting 715 00:32:20,760 --> 00:32:23,160 with deep sea diving techniques, 716 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:26,520 one of which is a mixture of helium and oxygen 717 00:32:26,640 --> 00:32:29,920 This allowed the divers to fall to very deep depths. 718 00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:32,000 - Thanks to this innovation, 719 00:32:32,120 --> 00:32:35,040 Bradley's team could move forward with the mission. 720 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:39,040 - The divers finally come out the compression chamber. 721 00:32:39,160 --> 00:32:40,840 - This is the first time that they are doing this 722 00:32:40,960 --> 00:32:42,880 in enemy waters. 723 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:46,360 Then your divers fall to very deep depths. 724 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:48,680 - If men are caught, 725 00:32:48,800 --> 00:32:52,160 They are under orders to blow up everyone on board. 726 00:32:52,280 --> 00:32:57,280 ♪ ♪ 727 00:32:57,400 --> 00:33:01,880 They cannot be taken alive. 728 00:33:02,000 --> 00:33:04,000 - They have to get in the way in the darkness 729 00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,040 for about an hour before they find the cable. 730 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:09,840 They then have to fight it 20-foot long listening device 731 00:33:09,960 --> 00:33:12,720 in position on the cable. 732 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:15,040 - This is the pre-digital age. 733 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:17,840 Once this equipment it's on the cable, 734 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:22,320 the magnetic tape that is on it you have to start running. 735 00:33:22,440 --> 00:33:23,840 So what do divers have to do 736 00:33:23,960 --> 00:33:25,320 Before returning to the sub? 737 00:33:25,440 --> 00:33:27,280 They have to get it right the record button. 738 00:33:27,400 --> 00:33:31,400 ♪ ♪ 739 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,240 - Just a few months later, 740 00:33:33,360 --> 00:33:36,200 Naval intelligence receives the first recordings. 741 00:33:36,320 --> 00:33:38,360 And they realize They struck gold. 742 00:33:38,480 --> 00:33:40,240 - An incredible piece of intelligence 743 00:33:40,360 --> 00:33:42,480 that they found out that this was it The Russians had a strategy 744 00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:44,880 that in times of war, They actually withdrew 745 00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:48,120 its northern submarine forces under the Arctic limit. 746 00:33:48,240 --> 00:33:51,120 What this meant is that the United States can now predict 747 00:33:51,240 --> 00:33:52,760 What would the Russians do at the event 748 00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:56,160 of a large-scale conflict against the Americans. 749 00:33:56,280 --> 00:33:57,960 - As a result of this operation, 750 00:33:58,080 --> 00:34:01,520 Americans now know where to intercept the Soviet fleet 751 00:34:01,640 --> 00:34:03,320 In the case of World War II. 752 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,240 ♪ ♪ 753 00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,440 This is a very, very dangerous mission. 754 00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:10,560 It's not just a unique operation. 755 00:34:10,680 --> 00:34:14,640 They do it over and over again over a period of nine years. 756 00:34:14,760 --> 00:34:16,920 They have to send divers. 757 00:34:17,040 --> 00:34:18,920 They have to change the tapes. 758 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:20,960 So every time They do this mission, 759 00:34:21,080 --> 00:34:23,640 It's a life or death scenario. 760 00:34:23,760 --> 00:34:26,040 - but then in 1980, satellite images 761 00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:28,400 Show this fleet of Soviet warships 762 00:34:28,520 --> 00:34:31,040 about the exact location of the tap. 763 00:34:31,160 --> 00:34:32,800 When they finally leave the website, 764 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,680 The USS Parche is deployed To check things out. 765 00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,960 And the tap is nowhere to be found. 766 00:34:38,080 --> 00:34:40,400 ♪ ♪ 767 00:34:40,520 --> 00:34:43,960 - In the end, operation Ivy Bells is committed. 768 00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:45,720 And with that, ends with an end 769 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:48,280 one of the most successful maritime surveillance 770 00:34:48,400 --> 00:34:50,920 and signals intelligence recovery operations 771 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:52,120 already driven. 772 00:34:52,240 --> 00:34:54,240 ♪ ♪ 773 00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,240 - No one questions How the Russians found out 774 00:34:56,360 --> 00:34:59,400 operation until 1985, 775 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:02,320 When authorities learn a national Security agency employee 776 00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:05,320 Nominated Ronald Pelton has sold secrets 777 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:06,960 for the Soviets. 778 00:35:07,080 --> 00:35:09,600 ♪ ♪ 779 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:11,080 - It was during The Pelton trial 780 00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:13,320 that NBC news reveals the details 781 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:16,400 of this secret secret operation to the public. 782 00:35:16,520 --> 00:35:19,960 - but much of the intelligence gathered during the operation 783 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:21,720 remains classified. 784 00:35:21,840 --> 00:35:24,880 - but believe that knowledge gained 785 00:35:25,000 --> 00:35:27,680 The mission became central for the project 786 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,640 of nuclear disarmament in 1979. 787 00:35:30,760 --> 00:35:31,880 ♪ ♪ 788 00:35:36,080 --> 00:35:38,120 - It's Europe, 1945. 789 00:35:38,240 --> 00:35:40,920 Allies are slowly Marching to victory. 790 00:35:41,040 --> 00:35:44,640 But 150,000 enemy troops stay in Norway. 791 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:47,880 If they escape, They can regroup in Germany. 792 00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,800 To stop them, the allies choose For an impossible mission. 793 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,240 [Dramatic music] 794 00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:57,360 - It's 1945. 795 00:35:57,480 --> 00:35:59,120 We are coming to the end of the Second World War, 796 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:01,120 and the allies were Successfully fighting your way 797 00:36:01,240 --> 00:36:02,280 across Europe and freed 798 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:04,920 France, Belgium and Italy. 799 00:36:05,040 --> 00:36:06,800 They are preparing For this final confrontation 800 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:11,320 in Germany itself to get rid of of the Nazis once and for all. 801 00:36:11,440 --> 00:36:14,680 But there is still a considerable German force in Norway. 802 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:16,360 Now they are trying to escape back home. 803 00:36:16,480 --> 00:36:18,840 But to do this, They need to cross Norway 804 00:36:18,960 --> 00:36:20,520 to reach ports on the coast. 805 00:36:20,640 --> 00:36:22,800 - to avoid them arriving in Germany, 806 00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:24,560 allies target a lane, 807 00:36:24,680 --> 00:36:26,680 The Nordland railway line. 808 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,480 - If you could avoid them to use the 809 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,080 and only railway line, You could stop them 810 00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:35,600 to be part of Germany's final defense. 811 00:36:35,720 --> 00:36:40,080 - The man in charge of creating One plan is Major William Colby. 812 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:42,720 - He was very experienced In the general landscape 813 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:45,760 special operations warfare. 814 00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,240 He had planned to kidnap a train that would then go 815 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:50,040 Allow them to move from point to point, 816 00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:53,280 blowing things up like they do retreated towards the south. 817 00:36:53,400 --> 00:36:55,680 And then they would get the devil out of dodge 818 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:57,840 covering a distance of about 40 miles 819 00:36:57,960 --> 00:36:59,840 To cross the border in Sweden, 820 00:36:59,960 --> 00:37:04,280 neutral territory where they would be safe. 821 00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,320 - The plan is certainly ambitious, 822 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,920 and is named Operation Rype. 823 00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:15,880 - March 24, 1945, Operation Rype is ready to go. 824 00:37:16,000 --> 00:37:18,440 Colby and his team are secretly parachutes 825 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:22,320 in the mountains of Norway, Deep behind enemy lines. 826 00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:23,680 - What should have been a relatively 827 00:37:23,800 --> 00:37:26,280 direct Sabotage Mission 828 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,160 soon becomes impossibly difficult. 829 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,040 - from the beginning of the mission, 830 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:32,280 Things are going wrong. 831 00:37:32,400 --> 00:37:34,320 To begin with, American planes are 832 00:37:34,440 --> 00:37:37,040 forced to operate in Too edge of your reach 833 00:37:37,160 --> 00:37:40,480 and navigate under impossible climatic conditions. 834 00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:45,240 And an aircraft accidentally It does its aerial tack in Sweden. 835 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:47,960 - That means Only 20 of Colby's men 836 00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:50,320 are successful left on target, 837 00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:54,160 right outside The Norwegian city Trondheim. 838 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:57,440 - It's a grueling 72 mile tree Just for them to reach 839 00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,480 the point of view overlooking the bridge, 840 00:37:59,600 --> 00:38:00,920 where will they kidnap the train. 841 00:38:01,040 --> 00:38:02,640 - When they receive for your location, 842 00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:04,240 They keep watching the bridge While they wait 843 00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,120 for reinforcements to arrive. 844 00:38:06,240 --> 00:38:11,240 But what they don't know is that the reinforcement flight 845 00:38:11,360 --> 00:38:13,080 it's not coming 846 00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:15,120 Why is it stuck? on a mountain, 847 00:38:15,240 --> 00:38:20,000 and all 12 on board they died instantly. 848 00:38:20,120 --> 00:38:23,480 So no one is coming To help these guys. 849 00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,160 - Colby and his men realize Which is a race against time. 850 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,760 They see it There are already Germans 851 00:38:28,880 --> 00:38:30,440 who are evacuating. 852 00:38:30,560 --> 00:38:32,400 And then they go miss the opportunity 853 00:38:32,520 --> 00:38:35,880 To avoid force majeure to join the battle 854 00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,200 in Germany itself. 855 00:38:37,320 --> 00:38:40,240 - Colby opts for a change of plan. 856 00:38:40,360 --> 00:38:43,000 He and his men immediately Get back to work, 857 00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,480 placing all the explosives They have with them, 858 00:38:45,600 --> 00:38:49,160 180 pounds of TNT, under the bridge. 859 00:38:49,280 --> 00:38:51,920 - They move to A minimum safe distance 860 00:38:52,040 --> 00:38:54,040 And watch the bridge explode-- 861 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,720 ♪ ♪ 862 00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:58,280 Which I'm sure was A very good feeling 863 00:38:58,400 --> 00:38:59,960 that they all knew it They had carried out 864 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,040 your mission at that time. 865 00:39:02,160 --> 00:39:04,360 - but their ordeal It's not over yet. 866 00:39:04,480 --> 00:39:08,280 Now they have to go back for security. 867 00:39:08,400 --> 00:39:09,920 - They are ready to move on to the next phase 868 00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,200 of the operation, which is exfiltration. 869 00:39:12,320 --> 00:39:13,880 To go out. 870 00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:16,320 They have to cover 40 miles through the Norwegian tundra 871 00:39:16,440 --> 00:39:18,560 To achieve security from the Swedish border. 872 00:39:18,680 --> 00:39:20,960 And they only have a bridge exploded. 873 00:39:21,080 --> 00:39:23,520 So every German in Norway at this point 874 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:24,920 starts chasing them. 875 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:26,480 They are pursued on land, 876 00:39:26,600 --> 00:39:29,440 And they are also persecuted in the air. 877 00:39:29,560 --> 00:39:31,960 ♪ ♪ 878 00:39:32,080 --> 00:39:35,160 - in freezing conditions, 879 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,800 This team is moving and skiing 880 00:39:38,920 --> 00:39:41,240 through Just super hard terrain. 881 00:39:41,360 --> 00:39:42,560 And they're reaching the limit 882 00:39:42,680 --> 00:39:44,200 than they are physically able to. 883 00:39:44,320 --> 00:39:46,400 ♪ ♪ 884 00:39:46,520 --> 00:39:48,120 - Colby and his team They are not new to this. 885 00:39:48,240 --> 00:39:50,160 They know exactly what They are against it. 886 00:39:50,280 --> 00:39:52,160 If the Germans find us, We already know 887 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,040 that they will kill us. 888 00:39:54,160 --> 00:39:56,200 They realize, we're not going be able to stop to rest. 889 00:39:56,320 --> 00:39:58,360 And then they brought Amphetamines. 890 00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:03,000 They take pills That kind of amplifies them. 891 00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,400 And it's a good thing what they did 892 00:40:05,520 --> 00:40:09,800 Because this journey took them three days to complete, 893 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,720 Just because They never stopped to rest. 894 00:40:12,840 --> 00:40:16,200 ♪ ♪ 895 00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,320 This was one of the most daring missions at all 896 00:40:18,440 --> 00:40:21,280 Second World War, carried out by people 897 00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:23,560 which exhibited the greatest possible bravery. 898 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:26,760 - Despite being the only US military operation 899 00:40:26,880 --> 00:40:29,400 on Norwegian soil During World War II, 900 00:40:29,520 --> 00:40:32,280 remained below a cloak of secrecy for decades, 901 00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:35,880 with men unable to speak about this for many, many years. 902 00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,120 ♪ ♪ 903 00:40:38,240 --> 00:40:43,760 - In 1973, Colby becomes the director of the CIA. 904 00:40:43,880 --> 00:40:45,960 When he retires three years later, 905 00:40:46,080 --> 00:40:48,280 He publishes His autobiography, 906 00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:52,080 which includes a first-hand account of the operation. 907 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:55,400 ♪ ♪ 908 00:40:55,520 --> 00:40:59,640 Few people are brave enough To take on extreme missions. 909 00:40:59,760 --> 00:41:04,720 But when they do, the result can change the world. 910 00:41:04,840 --> 00:41:06,320 I'm David Duchovny. 911 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,360 Thanks for watching "Declassified Secrets."