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Rare Second World War Footage of Bletchley Park Emerges
- rjtobin 7y agoThe title "Rare Second World War Footage of Bletchley Park Emerges" isn't quite accurate. The footage is of Whaddon Hall, rather than Bletchley Park. Whaddon Hall was MI6, whereas Bletchley Park was GCHQ (GC&CS back then). The title of the linked article uses the wording "Bletchley Park-linked" which seems more accurate!
- tpmx 7y agoIndeed. Ended up being a little disappointed after first excitedly following the links to the source video. dang - the title should be updated.
- gpvos 7y agoThe actual film isn't linked from the article, but here it is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVaFE5O3eY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bvVaFE5O3eY
- choward 7y agoThat seems to be the norm in journalism these days. Link to ads instead of sources. Thanks for the link.
- mirimir 7y agoI wonder who shot the footage. It seems like they asked for something, in a playful way. Both the men and women seem amused, or even flirtatious. The woman at 1:27 is clearly flirting, and the women at 3:56 and 4:06 stick their tongues out. And a few of the men are winking.
- visualphoenix 7y agoIsn’t it linked in the article on the word “footage”? That’s what I see at least...
- sxg 7y agoI highly, highly recommend "The Code Book" by Simon Singh if you're interested in cryptography. It has a chapter on Bletchley Park and tells the stories of several of its cryptographers, including Alan Turing and the Enigma cipher.
- rajandatta 7y agoAn excellent and entertaining read! Highly recommended.
- flexd 7y agoLooks like he has written two with that name, or is that just Amazon with two different versions? The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography And The Code Book: The Secrets Behind Codebreaking Guessing the second one has more to do with Bletchley Park
- rrss 7y agoI know the first one covers the Enigma, haven't heard of the second one before. It looks like the second one is the young adult adaptation of the first one.
- flexd 7y agoOops, I didn't catch that when I posted. Hard to read small print on a phone. I'll pick up the first one!
- sxg 7y agoThe first one is the one I've read and recommend. I haven't seen the second one before.
- blendergeek 7y agoThat book has so much more than Bletchley Park. Buy it for that, and you will be amazed at how much you learn.
- bas 7y agoWhenever everyone can come out and play, I highly recommend a visit to Bletchley Park (conveniently located in Bletchley: https://bletchleypark.org.uk/ https://bletchleypark.org.uk/), and, adjacent to it, The National Museum of Computing (https://www.tnmoc.org/ https://www.tnmoc.org/).
- nick_kline 7y agocheck out the youtube comments, someone recognizes their grandfather. That would be a sweet gift, to see my family from that time.