Bletchley Park: Code-breaking’s Forgotten Genius (2015)
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Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park. Filmed extensively at Bletchley Park, the centre for codebreaking operations during World War II, this documentary features the abandoned buildings where thousands of people worked tirelessly to crack the codes. Post-war, Welchman moved to the US to be at the centre of the computer revolution. Recently released top secret documents reveal that the case of Gordon Welchman reached the desk of the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, and then led to questions being asked in the House of Commons after Welchman’s untimely death. Welchman’s legacy continues to this day. Welchman’s pioneering work in the field of traffic analysis led directly to the modern secret surveillance state, and particularly the use of metadata – as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
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Gordon Welchman was one of the original elite codebreakers crucial to the allies defeating the Nazis in World War II. He is the forgotten genius of Bletchley Park. Filmed extensively at Bletchley Park, the centre for codebreaking operations during World War II, this documentary features the abandoned buildings where thousands of people worked tirelessly to crack the codes. Post-war, Welchman moved to the US to be at the centre of the computer revolution. Recently released top secret documents reveal that the case of Gordon Welchman reached the desk of the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, and then led to questions being asked in the House of Commons after Welchman's untimely death. Welchman's legacy continues to this day. Welchman's pioneering work in the field of traffic analysis led directly to the modern secret surveillance state, and particularly the use of metadata – as revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden.
Genres: Documentary
Original Title: Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius
Spoken Language(s): English
Rating: 5
Vote Count: 1
Status: Released
Release Date: September 7, 2015
Primary Year: 2015
IMDB Link: tt5011050
Runtime: 59min | 0h 59min
Production Countries: United Kingdom
Production Companies: BBC
Alternative Titles: The Codebreaker who hacked Hitler
- Steven Mackintosh – Himself – Narrator
- Brian Deacon – Gordon Welchman (voice)
- Rosamund Welchman – Herself – Gordon Welchman’s Daughter
- W. Gordon Welchman – Himself – Ex-Head of Hut 6, Bletchley Park (1939-1941) (archive footage)
- Sinclair McKay – Himself – Author, ‘The Secret Life of Bletchley Park’
- Jimmy Thirsk – Himself – Veteran, Hut 6
- Asa Briggs – Himself – Veteran, Hut 6
- Jane Fawcett – Herself – Veteran, Hut 6
- Tony Comer – Himself – GCHQ Historian and Former Analyst
- John Naughton – Himself – Vice President, Wolfson College, Cambridge (as Prof John Naughton)
- English – US
- Hungarian – HU
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