Insiders Project
2016 · 26m · Documentary
Cold War bomb shelters, secret vaults and underground railway tunnels, abandoned factories and the highest rooftops become the objects of infiltration. Our team takes you along on their urban adventure to uncover the secrets of the hard to access locations. Urban exploration is a hobby that comes with inherent dangers and extreme situations may present themselves at any turn. Unstable structures, unsafe floors, chemical hazards, stray voltage - there’s a lot to overcome to make it to the bottom of that abandoned tunnel or to scale that building! Yet once you get in on the secret workings of the city and get to know the obscure spaces that are normally neglected, it makes it all worth it. It’s time to stop being oblivious to the urban wonders around us. Open a door, cross a fence, or sneak into a hole with our team and you have left the normal world, you are exploring. This is your city, but not as you know it!
Episodes
1. The house with the star26m · Add to Watchlist
Insiders Project Season 1 Episode 1
In this issue is shown a neo-classical Stalin-era building with common name 'The House With the Star'. Overcoming all sorts of obstacles and getting into emergencies, the TV show host together with the shooting crew passes through a labyrinth of the old building's internal communications to achieve the main goal of the feat - a five-pointed star, which is the highest point of the building
2. Underground tunnels of Arsenal factory26m · In this episode, the team sets on an expedition to Arsenal, which used to be a secret factory. Crawling inside narrow pipes, the shooting crew finds itself in the labyrinth of cellars connecting the whole factory underground. At the night the team gets out into the object's territory to walk through it all and see the power of Soviet industry - all the while avoiding military guard patrols.
3. Top of Kyiv's South Bridge26m · The shooting crew follows through the internal constructions of the South Bridge. Having passed the whole bridge inside, the team goes up vertical cables 300 meters long. A hand-made construction for ascent, strong arms and self-confidence - these are the only things the team relies on. Throwing a climbing hook with a rope, the shooting crew gets to the peak using a hand-made ladder.
4. Cold War bunker26m · This episode shows a big air-raid shelter from Cold War times. Through the system of tunnels at a big factory the shooting crew gets into the cellar of an industrial workshop. Overcoming all obstacles, the team penetrates the conserved shelter built in the 1970s.
5. Construction cranes cemetery26m · The team leaves the city on a cargo train and having covered 300 kilometers arrives at an abandoned coal quarry. The shooting crew explores industrial excavators in the submerged quarry and ascends the 80-meter-high peak of the digging machine, using thin metal cables.
6. Abandoned Kyiv Metro tunnels26m · In this issue the team sets out on an exploration tour of abandoned subway tunnels. The shooting crew penetrates internal communications of the underground. Running between trains along a functioning train line, the crew finds itself in a three-kilometer conserved tunnel.
7. Mechanical engineering plant "Bolshevik"26m · In this episode the shooting crew gets inside Bolshevik, a conserved factory. The team passes through the whole territory, hiding from dogs and patrol guards. In the end of the episode, the shooting crew finds a huge workshop where a seven-meter drill for building metro tunnels is kept.
8. Ancient underground river26m · The shooting crew explores ancient brick tunnels of the underground river. To get to the main course, they have to crawl for six kilometers along narrow wet pipes. In case of even the slightest precipitation the water in the underground river reaches up to the ceiling. One has to constantly watch the water level and if any hazard arises - to quickly get to the surface.
9. Chornobyl Exclusion Zone26m · This episode shows a 40-kilometer hike in Chornobyl exclusion zone. The shooting crew shows the zone through the eyes of a stalker. The team passes through empty and evacuated villages; it examines a military radar antenna. The episode also shows the challenges of human survival in the wild - swimming over the rivers, crossing the marshes, taking and purifying water from radioactive springs.
10. The dead city of Pripyat26m · This episode shows the dead city of Pripyat, its empty streets and evacuated houses. This is no excursion route. The shooting crew encounters unique objects on its way - a morgue, the death bridge, the red forest. In the end of the episode, the team reaches the unfinished nuclear power unit.More Like This
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