All language subtitles for The Lost U-Boats of WWII S01E04 1080p WEB h264-EDITH_track3_[eng]

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-In 1981, Darrell Miklos
and his father,

legendary treasure hunter
Roger Miklos,

obtained classified blueprints
of modified Nazi U-boats --

submarines allegedly altered
to move some of the billions

of gold and priceless artifacts
looted by Hitler out of Germany.

-My father searched
for these U-boats

until the day he died.

But I have something
that he didn't --

a chart by a former
U.S. Navy pilot.

And it shows the location
of not one, not two,

but seven possible U-boats
located near the Dominican.

-Armed with this naval chart...

-That's priority
target number one.

-...Darrell has assembled

a team of divers and experts
to pursue his father's dream.

-I'm looking for answers.

Can this chart lead us
to modified U-boats?

Were they carrying
valuable treasure and secrets?

Where were they headed, and why?

[ Cannon fires ]

[ Sonar pinging ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

-In the port city
of Montecristi,

in the Dominican Republic,

Darrell Miklos and his team

meet to determine
the best path forward.

-It's really important right now
that we start thinking

about how we're gonna dive
these sites,

because the weather pattern
that we're getting now

is only getting worse.

-There are still six targets

the team hasn't
crossed off the chart,

and with hurricane season
fast approaching,

this season's dive window
is beginning to close.

-Alright.
So, look, let's --

let's kind of go over
where we've been so far.

Target 3 -- we had
that coupling device

that I believe
was towing something.

[ Water splashes ]
-Three days ago,

while diving at the site
known as target 3...

...Darrell and the team

made an incredible discovery.

A coupling device,

which the team believes
may have been used to tow

a trailer filled with supplies,
weapons, or even treasure.

-Now that we have this coupling
device and can associate it

possibly with
one of those towed trailers --

I mean, they're tantalizing,
to say the least, right?

-I'm so excited about this.

-In addition
to the coupling device,

information
from local fisherman...

...and magnetometer data
suggests

something bigger could still
be found at target 3.

-So, we got a very
large gamma reading.

It's a gamma reading that's
a lot bigger than that coupling.

Something else is in this area.

And I think the only way
we're gonna figure that out

is to re-dive this area.

And I'm thinking that maybe
we even dive that tonight.

[ Dramatic music plays ]

Diving at night is never ideal,

but there's bad weather
moving in tomorrow morning,

and we need to take
every opportunity

we can to dive
these targets.

-It's worth a look.

I mean, it's definitely worth
another look,

particularly after finding
that coupling device.

-Absolutely.
-I'm all-in for that.

-Yeah.
Me too.

Let's make it a priority.

[ Seagull cries ]

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

♪♪

-Later that evening,
with skies still clear...

-You got it?
-Got it.

Alright, let's do this.

Do it!

-...Darrell and the team head
5 miles northeast

from Montecristi for their
second dive of target 3.

Having explored the majority
of this site

in their previous dive,
the team drops an anchor line

at the center of
the remaining search area.

-You got eyes on it?
-Yep.

-As Darrell and Steve
dive below...

...safety diver Lolo Wills

will monitor
the operation topside.

♪

♪

The wreck is far too massive
to be a towable mini sub,

but Darrell and Steve
carefully inspect the vessel

to determine whether it's one
of the modified U-boats

on their chart.

According to Darrell's
acquired blueprints,

these subs are suspected

to have a number
of identifying features,

including cannons
by the conning tower

and a jump wire used
to cut through enemy nets.

♪♪

-My heart really sank
when I realized

that this wasn't a U-boat
and it's also not a trailer

that may have been attached
to that coupling device.

But this is most likely
the massive iron shipwreck

that caused our magnetometer
hit at target 3.

-Although they don't locate
a U-boat at target 3,

the night dive provides
some value for the team.

With the discovery
of the merchant ship,

Darrell and Steve
are able to identify

another anomaly on their chart.

♪

We're not sure why this ship
met such a violent end,

but it's probably
not gonna provide us

with the clues in our search
for a U-boat.

-That was awesome.

-It's time to gather our team

and determine
our next course of action.

-That was a good time, bro.
-Oh, it was an awesome dive.

Wasn't a U-boat, though.

-Not a U-boat, but a merchant
ship, proper time.

It had the right amount
of growth.

It was the right type of ship.
-Yeah.

[ Thunder crashing ]

♪

-The next morning,

Darrell and the team regroup
at base camp

to decide their next moves
as a tropical storm

grounds their operation
for an entire day.

The weather has taken a turn
for the worse.

I mean, this is pretty bad.

Here's where we're at.

We dove target 3.

We found that -- that ship.

That was pretty amazing.

However, it is further proof
that there was a lot of activity

going on here, as far
as merchant ships getting hit.

Most likely, the hull of that
vessel was the source of the mag

hit, uh,
which is the object

that's marked
on the Navy pilot map,

as well as what keeps
snagging the fishermen's nets.

That ship was probably was sunk
during the aggressive campaign

against the merchant vessels
in 1941 and '42.

So we're finding evidence
of ships

that were truly attacked
by U-boats.

That said, I'm not really sure

if there is going to be
a U-boat in this area.

We've searched the entire area
in and around target 3,

and I think it's safe
to conclude

there's no treasure sub
down there.

So I'm trying to think
where we would move next.

So after that dive,
we just have to get

to these other places.
[ Suspenseful music plays ]

We're crossing
target 3 off the list.

But the fact that we found
a coupling device

at that location
is intriguing.

That coupling device
was towing something

and obviously being towed
by something else.

So as we move on to the next
target site,

we're keeping our eyes
peeled for both.

Let's go do target 5.

That one really had
a really interesting profile.

Target 5 is really unique
to all the other dive sites,

because it's surrounded by a
small group of islands, or cays.

These islands not only give us
protection from the weather,

but they could have also offered
our treasure sub safe harbor.

Fingers crossed this is it.

-I like it.
Yeah.

Let's get out there and dive.

-Absolutely.

♪

-As a new day
brings clearer weather,

treasure hunter
Darrell Miklos and his team

head 12 miles northwest
from Montecristi to target 5,

a location they'll be diving
for the first time.

-Out of all the targets,
this is the one furthest west,

and I don't think
that's just by pure coincidence.

I have a feeling it has to do
with these cays.

♪♪

This is unique and different
from all the other targets.

So many ideas are running
through my head.

Why here?

Were these hideouts?

Were these drop-off points?

If I was in a sub and we wanted
to make an escape

or whatever it is,

I would definitely
go to that island.

-You're really isolated, but you
still have these little islands,

these little cays.
-Yeah.

-You get protection,
a little reprieve maybe.

So I like it.

-Ready?

-Ready.

-And...

drop.
-Drop.

♪

-Yesterday's weather was
a wake-up call.

Hurricane season is coming fast,

and if we're gonna
have time to dive

all of target 5 in
and around these cays,

we're gonna have
to dive smarter.

[ Water splashing ]

-Although the team hopes to find
a fully intact submarine,

it's more likely the vessel lies
in pieces on the ocean floor.

Because of this,
Darrell and Steve

carefully search the ocean floor
for any clues or debris

that could lead them
to their target.

Even broken sections of a U-boat
could be large enough

to be the source
of their magnetometer hit

and still hold Nazi treasures.

-What are you guys
seeing down there?

A life jacket in the ocean
is nothing unusual,

but I can immediately
tell this is old.

-Darrell and Steve return
to the surface

to get Garth's
input on their discovery.

♪

-Lay it out, man.
Let's check it out.

-It was like
a flag waving to us.

It was --
It was creepy-looking.

Didn't know what it was
at first.

I just thought it was a piece
of trash, you know?

I just thought it was garbage
that just floated down there.

But as soon as I started
pulling it and then I saw this,

I knew right away
it was a life vest.

But I didn't know how old.

Does that look like
World War II-era?

-It does.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.

No, it absolutely does

'cause it's very --
it's -- honestly,

'cause it's not
very sophisticated.

-Yeah.
-And look at this.

See this --
this stitching and that?

-Yeah.
That right there -- that is,

like, all over the place
on backpacks and all that stuff.

It's just kind of the way
they did things.

-Right.
-Reinforced canvas.

Based off the stitching in the
canvas material and the straps,

this life jacket is consistent
with World War II technology.

Whether it came off a U-boat --
well, that's too hard to say.

-I'd say we're on a roll.

Let's get in the water.

Let's see what we find there.

-Well, I'm totally into that.
Yeah.

-Encouraged by their discovery,

Darrell and Steve
resume their dive

to search for the wreck
where the life vest

may have originated.

They've also yet to find

the source
of their magnetometer hit.

[ Water splashes ]

♪

Using an underwater
metal detector...

[ Metal detector humming ]

...the team attempts to pick up
the trail where they left off.

[ Metal detector pings ]

[ Metal detector pings ]

-While investigating
target 5,

Darrell and Steve
make an exciting find.

[ Metal detector squealing ]

-It's exciting
to find this valve

because these little discoveries
can turn out to be big clues.

At the same time, I'm concerned

because we've covered
a lot of ground.

If there is a U-boat here,
we should have seen it by now.

With oxygen tanks running low
and poor visibility

making it difficult to search,

Darrell decides to end
today's dive and regroup.

-Alright, so, we got this, uh --
It's like a valve.

-It's almost like a valve
of some sort.

It's a right-angle valve.

-Pressure valve.

-I'll let you take a look at it.

But there's some material
on the edges.

-It's got fabric here.

-Some kind of gasket
along there.

-Yeah. Is that rubbery on
the inside there, too?

-Yeah.
It's like a gasket.

-I don't know.

-We found this
near the life vest.

-Really?

-So that's another thing that's
really interesting to me,

because this seems to be like
the same type of material.

I don't know.

-Yeah, but you know who would
know exactly what this is, is --

is Bill Palmer.

We can find out what that is.

-Okay.
-Very cool.

-Yeah.

♪

♪

-Later that afternoon,
Garth meets again

with renowned
wreck diver Bill Palmer

at the team's base camp
in Montecristi.

-I got something here that's --
uh,

I'll be honest with you,
I have no idea.

You know way more
about this stuff than I do.

Do you have any idea
what that is?

-Well, let me take a look-see.

It -- It looks familiar to me.

-Palmer is famed as one of
the first recreational divers

to explore U-boat 853,
a German submarine

that was sunk off the coast
of Rhode Island in 1945.

Since diving the wreck in 1972,

Palmer has logged thousands
of hours diving

and studying U-boats.

-I, uh, on the U-853
found a life raft.

Now, there's --
there's 50 life rafts --

you know,
one for everybody on board.

And, uh, this looks like
the inflation device

that was affixed to a --

an air cylinder
to inflate the raft.

-So, these are one-man rafts?
-Yeah.

-One per man?
-One per man.

And what's interesting is
that they had every--

everything on the life raft.

They had a, uh --
a cup to catch fresh water.

They had a sea anchor
to hold them into the sea.

And they also had some --
some rations, as well.

-Mm.

-So, yeah, I mean, uh, it was --

it was definitely
a one-man deal,

which would sustain them
until hopefully rescue.

-Wow.

You know, we also found
an old life vest

right in that same area,

just off the shore of this
pretty good-sized cay.

So it makes perfect sense that,
you know --

that one would go
with the other.

Life vest, get the boat ready,
in the water, out of there.

-Sure.

-But I have to wonder, you know,

what were they getting off
the boat for?

-Yeah.

Again, my opinion, you wouldn't
leave the U-boat

if it was in good
operating conditions.

So, if it had severe
mechanical problems,

if the boat was sinking or,

for that matter, if they were
ordered to scuttle it,

those are the only three reasons
why you would leave the boat.

I mean, hell,
that's your ticket home.

-The practice of scuttling,

or intentionally
sinking a vessel,

was a common practice
among the German Navy

during World War II as a means
to prevent ships and cargo

from being seized
by the Allies.

Perhaps the most famous
example of this

occurred after the Nazi
surrender in May of 1945,

when an estimated 195 subs
were scuttled by the Germans

under orders from Grand Admiral
of the U-boat fleet Karl Donitz.

Could the life raft valve
the team found be evidence

that a U-boat
was scuttled near target 5?

And if so, why?

-You know, intentionally
ditching the boat,

and you're not intending
to go home.

-Following their defeat
at the end of World War II,

thousands of Nazi
fled to neutral countries,

including Argentina,
to avoid capture

and start new lives
under assumed identities,

most notable of which
were high-value Nazi officials

Adolf Eichmann
and Dr. Josef Mengele,

Auschwitz's "Angel of Death."

Eichmann was eventually
captured by the Mossad,

Israel's intelligence agency,

but Mengele lived
out his life there

until he died
in a drowning accident

off the Brazilian coast.

-What you need to do is get on
that cay and investigate.

Take a real good look

as to whether people
had landed there.

Hopefully, when you get there,

you know, you'll be able
to pick up and find something.

♪

-After speaking
with Bill Palmer,

who believes the artifacts
may be German,

Garth rejoins the team
to determine their next steps.

-When we were diving target 5,
we found the life-raft valve.

We found the life vest.

And in my mind, this is raising
a lot of different questions

about this particular area.

Finding a life vest
and that life-raft valve

makes me think that someone
or even possibly a group

were in the water in that area.

Where would they go?

There's no way in the world

they're traveling back
to Montecristi.

-Yeah. You don't want to show up
there with your life vest

and your life raft
and your survival gear,

you know,
and show up on the beach.

-It's gonna draw
too much attention.

I'm thinking that something

has to do
with this island here, this cay.

Because if we found
that material right next to it,

we got a huge mag
reading there,

could it be a sub
that was scuttled?

While it's too early to say
whether we're on the heels

of a scuttled U-boat,
the life vest and the raft valve

make me think
that it's a possibility.

You remember
when we were magging,

it was telling you that, nearby,

we tried to mag close to this

and we were getting a really
good, sizable gamma reading?

It was like 17,000 gammas.

But we couldn't get as close
as I wanted to

because there was reefs
jutting up out of the water

and intermittent, so we couldn't
weave our way through that.

When we originally magged
target 5,

we had to avoid the reefs
to protect the magnetometer,

so our reading of target 5
is incomplete.

You should go comb that island.

You and me dive that area
and get to where we couldn't get

with the mag, investigate,
and find out what --

what that anomaly reading
is on this side of the cay.

Maybe it was scuttled.

Maybe it was sunk.

We're not gonna know
until we get there.

♪♪

♪

-As a new day begins,
Darrell Miklos and his team

arrive at the small cay 12 miles
northwest of Montecristi

known as target 5.

-The information
that you have on the chart

is only for reference.

Come on.

The chart says
it's 20 feet deep,

but then you can see
that rock that's --

you know that's only, like,
a couple feet deep.

So you need to put an eye
on what you're doing.

[ Dramatic music plays ]

We've already found a life
vest and a valve

used to inflate
a life raft at target 5.

I want to take the team
and head to the cay

and find out
what dropped these objects.

-You want to get in, Darrell,

and we'll hand stuff
down to you?

-Were the Nazis using this spot
to offload riches or passengers

escaping Germany towards
South America?

-This is -- Careful with this.
-Okay.

-Got it?
It's fragile.

-And what might we find
in the shallows,

hidden just off the beach?

-I got you.
-Thank you.

-Because of the extremely
shallow waters

surrounding the cay,
which are home to natural reefs

capable of inflicting serious
damage to the boat,

the team needs
to anchor offshore

and access the island
with a smaller dinghy.

-Alright, we're ready.

-This will give the divers
the shortest swim

to the remaining search area
near target 5,

where magnetometer data suggests
a large, metal anomaly

lies somewhere
on the ocean floor.

-Okay.

You guys can get off right up
at the sandy spot.

-The plan is
to divide and conquer.

While Steve and I dive
from shore to see

if we can find the source
of the mag hit,

Garth will search the island
for any evidence

that the Nazis may have
used it during the war.

Steve and I are gonna be here.

You see those rocks
sticking out of that reef line?

-Sí.

We're gonna go right
beyond that,

because the anomaly,
as we were magging here,

was picking up something
on this side,

right here,
at this strongest point.

-I'll just run through here
with a metal detector,

and we'll see
what we see.

-Absolutely.
-So, back here in two hours?

-Yeah.
We shouldn't be more than that.

Alright?
-Alright.

-Let's get to work.
-Let's make it happen.

-Be careful out there, okay?
Let's stay together.

-As Garth begins
to search the cay

with a metal detector
for important clues...

-Well, I'm just gonna run over
this stabilized

part of the dune.

♪

-...Darrell and Steve
begin searching

the other side of the cay.

To reach their target,
they first must make their way

past nearly an acre
of jagged coral reef.

-Even for experienced divers
like Steve and I,

swimming through a shallow reef
like this is dangerous.

In some places, we're literally
inches from razor-sharp coral.

All it would take is one
rogue wave at the wrong time

and you could get
seriously hurt.

-As Darrell and Steve
continue to swim

toward their target area,

Garth carefully scans
the sandy cay

for buried artifacts
and other clues.

-I'm thinking that the
preservation of artifacts --

metal, whatever,
even possibly fabric --

is completely possible here,
you know?

Not getting many readings,
though.

Mostly plastics,
things like that.

Even though the circumference
of this island

is fairly small,
finding a clue,

something specific
to prove the Nazis were here,

isn't going to be easy.

I'm trying to find a needle
in a haystack

with a 6-inch-diameter
metal detector.

♪

[ Metal detector squealing ]

-20 minutes into his search,

Garth gets a promising hit
on the metal detector.

[ Metal detector squealing ]

♪

♪

-I can tell immediately
what this is.

It's obviously a nail.

But I can also tell that
it's probably from a ship.

Unfortunately, it's way too old
to be World War II period.

Probably Spanish colonial.

But I'm feeling encouraged.

If this cay can preserve
something like this nail,

something that's potentially
hundreds of years old,

then it can absolutely
be holding artifacts

from the 1940s.

-As Garth expands his search
to the interior of the island,

just offshore,
conditions have shifted.

♪

Intensifying winds have trapped
Darrell and Steve

between punishing
waves overhead...

...and razor-sharp coral below.

What was already
a dangerous dive

could quickly turn disastrous.

♪

-While attempting to swim
to target 5,

where the team hopes to find
a modified treasure submarine,

Darrell Miklos loses
communication with Steve Bender

just as a powerful
riptide separates the divers.

-[bleep]

-After a tense moment,
Steve's comms come back online

and is finally able
to reunite with Darrell.

The team quickly decides
to abandon their dive plan

and return
to the safety of shore.

But swimming back over
hundreds of feet of jagged reef

is more dangerous now
against the outgoing tide.

-[bleep]

-[bleep]

-[ Shouts indistinctly ]

After getting beat up by the
waves over that sharp coral,

seeing that sand was
a really welcome sight.

-Well, that was a [bleep] show.

-We got our asses kicked
[laughing] out of there.

-What the [bleep]

We lost some tide.

Shallowed out on us.

Wind picked up
while we were diving.

We got to dive
this early morning.

-Yeah, we have to.

-I think we reset, we come
back out on this mark.

-We survived that, so we know
not to do that again.

-Let's not do that again.
-No.

-While Darrell and Steve
are thankful

to be safely back on shore,

Garth is still struggling
to find any signs

of a Nazi presence
on the island.

-Yeah, that's, uh --

that's your modern, uh,
vodka bottle.

-As daylight begins to run out,

Garth decides to hold off
his search

on the interior of the island
until the next day.

♪

-Let's go.

-The next morning...

-Come closer.
There you go.

-...the team returns
to the cay near target 5

to make a second attempt
at diving the area

where they hope to locate
the source of a magnetometer

reading surveyed here.

-The hit is somewhere here.

-Yes.

-Diving from the beach yesterday
was way harder than we expected.

So we're gonna dive straight
from the dinghy today.

[ Water splashes ]

It's a longer swim
to the mag hit,

but at least we'll
get there in one piece.

-As Darrell and Steve
begin their journey

toward their target...

-Okay.

-...Garth returns once again
to the cay to investigate

further into
the island's interior.

-So, this -- this gives me
something here.

This is, uh, pretty much
the only shade on the island.

There's a couple little trees.
They got a --

It's got, like, a natural
canopy underneath there.

And I can see that somebody's
been camping under here.

So, I mean, this, to me,
seems like an obvious

place to hunker down.

Okay.

[ Metal detector squealing ]
Yeah.

Got some old,

but modern food cans,
an old fire.

There's another one over there.

[ Metal detector squealing ]

Yeah.

What we got here is --
oh, it's pretty modern.

It's got the, uh --

still got the finish
on the inside of it and stuff.

So that's -- that hits the --
the metal detector,

but it's definitely
not World War II vintage.

-As Garth continues
to search the campsite...

[ Metal detector squealing ]

...he gets a promising hit.

-That's a good one.
That's a good one.

Let's see here.

So, I'm clearing off this
really loose sand

that's on the surface here.

That is down there, too.
Let me see.

I bet you --
I probably just kicked it up.

[ Metal detector squealing ]
No.

Whoa.

No.
It's probably more over here.

What the hell is that?

♪

-While searching the cay
near target 5,

Garth Baldwin
makes an interesting find.

-What the hell is that?

Looks like a crucifix
of some kind.

It's obviously metal.

[ Metal detector squealing ]
Oh, yeah.

It's strange because it's --
it's sharpened at the base here,

and it's got a little dent
in it here.

I'm not sure what this is.

Strange.

Oh, it's really crusted
on there.

Geez.

If it is a cross,
it's a personal item.

We can, uh, clean it up.

Hopefully it has
somebody's name on it.

[ Suspenseful music plays ]

-Encouraged by his find,
Garth continues to search

the possible campsite
for other clues.

-Another modern can.

[ Metal detector squealing ]
Oh.

Cans with --
The labels are still on those.

There's a --
Oh, some fisherman was out here,

cracking open conch for eating.

Yeah, another fire with --
with more cans.

[ Metal detector squealing ]
And a big reading,

but there's a bunch of fish
hooks on the surface here.

[ Metal detector squealing ]

Feels good to narrow
my search radius

down to this single campsite,

but so many people
have used this site

over who knows
how many years.

It's like a thrift shop
of human activity.

There's a fish vertebra,
fish hooks.

So, after you've found
one thing,

you really need
to take a focused look

and expand your area
of search a little bit

to find
what else might be there.

There's that can again.

♪

[ Metal detector squealing ]

That's a big one.

[ Metal detector squealing ]

So, I'm trying to take off
some of this soil

so that I can get down here,
but every time you move

the soil,
you want to double-check it,

because whatever set off
the metal detector,

you could have just
scooped it out of the way.

It's like the law of
superposition in archeology --

you know, things laid
on top of each other.

So the further down you go here,
the older that it is.

Oh, it's like a different layer.

There's like a --

It's a tanner color
than this lighter, brown tan.

You can tell that it's --

it's just been there
a lot longer.

Double-check.

[ Metal detector squealing ]
Nope.

Still down there.

♪

Just, like, a burnt shell.

♪

[ Metal detector squealing ]

That's our culprit right there.

Wow.
That's interesting right there.

That's a...

It's got a lot of --
[ Metal detector squealing ]

Got a lot of --
It's setting it off that far --

far away from it,
so this is a --

this is a good find.
This is a good one.

Uh, it's coming out
of solid sand,

which means it's been here
for decades.

But this is just the kind
of thing I'm looking for.

This is a hand tool.

It's old.

So I'm gonna bag this,
take it back to the boat,

clean it up, show the guys.

♪

-Just offshore,
Darrell and Steve

are nearing the site
of where they located

a sizable magnetometer reading.

-I can feel there's something
down here.

And Steve and I aren't
the kind of guys to give up.

Something was going on here,
and we're gonna figure out what.

-On the next
"Lost U-Boats of WWII"...

-It looks to me as though it's
the cover for an ammo canister.

It appears that it might have
held 37-millimeter rounds.

-This is what airplanes shoot.

This is what boats shoot.

You know, the big machine gun.

He is convinced that
would have been a gun

only on a Type VII U-boat.

-Check that out!
-What is that?

♪

-I'm not sure what this is.

Holy crap!

♪

This is fantastic.