Abandoned Engineering — S01E05 — Quest for Power
2017 · 44 MIN · IMDB 7.2
Overview
How Europe's most advanced power station became a film set. Plus, the structures made by scientific pioneer Nikola Tesla in his thwarted quest to prove the US with free electricity.
Dialogue Timeline — 516 lines
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00:00:01 They were once the most advanced buildings and structures on the planet.
00:02:11 have been used to create the world's largest buildings.
00:04:22 The idea of an over-the-horizon radar was born in the late 40s,
00:06:16 which is needed to bounce the waves back from the ionosphere
00:07:57 the human brain can detect patterns that are not actually there.
00:09:50 They should have changed the frequency due to international complaints .
00:11:44 In the Istra forest near Moscow
00:13:33 they could cripple the US missile arsenal.
00:15:24 Every plane gets one or two electric shocks in a year.
00:17:29 Now all that remains of Wardenclyffe is a demolished laboratory building.
00:19:29 This unique capacitor is Tesla's most famous invention
00:21:24 and there was a rivalry between them, a real war between them
00:22:54 "No, direct current is the right thing to do because it's safer and cleaner."
00:24:52 experiments in creating artificial lightning.
00:26:55 many things had to be thought of when creating these things
00:28:48 Kelenföld was always famous for the latest technology
00:30:46 Concrete one- and two-man shelters were built throughout the station ,
00:32:37 Abandoned Buildings
00:34:33 the other is for math and analytics.
00:36:09 and by the influence of the winds blowing across the open country?
00:37:50 so they had to lift up, not up and aside,
00:39:45 Shabolovka mast completed in 1922
00:41:32 and the way in which it became important in both war and peace,
00:43:18 in many awe -inspiring abandoned structures.
Cast & Characters
Tom Ward
Self - Narrator
Andrew Gough
Self
Roma Agrawal
Self
James Corum
Self
Rob Bell
Self
Martin Archer
Self
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed516
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:43:18
Production Record
LanguageEnglish
Factoids
Episode
Abandoned Engineering, season 1, episode 5: Quest for Power.
https://www.themoviedb.org/tv/73693/season/1/episode/5
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