Abandoned Engineering (2020): S05E08 – Behind Enemy Lines

Introduction Documentary series focusing on ruined engineering projects that have been put to alternative use, including the site of the Chernobyl disaster, disused railway bridges and ship graveyards. Outline Investigated this time, an infamous and notorious asylum in America that was convinced that lobotomies were the only treatment for insanity, and in the Second World…

Andrew Marshall

12/09/2022

1–2 minutes

History, Military Documentary, Military Installation

Introduction

Documentary series focusing on ruined engineering projects that have been put to alternative use, including the site of the Chernobyl disaster, disused railway bridges and ship graveyards.

Outline

Investigated this time, an infamous and notorious asylum in America that was convinced that lobotomies were the only treatment for insanity, and in the Second World War, a small Albanian village, which was home to Allied secret agents, that was almost completely destroyed because of their resistance to the Nazi war machine.

Abandoned Engineering Series

You can find a full index and overview of Abandoned Engineering here.

Production & Filming Details

Release Date: 10 March 2020.
Running Time: 60 minutes.
Country: UK.
Language: English.

Video Link(s)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBBN-0soSho

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aW6JrrysXxE