Bletchley Park: Codebreaking's Forgotten Genius (BBC)

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Biography Documentary hosted by Steven Mackintosh, published by BBC in 2015 - English narration

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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 trying to crack the codes; Hut 6, where Welchman pioneered his groundbreaking work; and the machines that Welchman helped design.

Post-war, Welchman moved to the United States to be at the nerve centre of the computer revolution. He was employed by the Mitre Corporation, a US defence contractor, and engaged in top secret work. Recently released top secret documents reveal that the case of Gordon Welchman reached the desk of the British prime minister, Margaret Thatcher, which then led to questions being asked in the House of Commons after Welchman's death.

Welchman's legacy continues to this day as Professor John Naughton and former CIA analyst Cynthia Storer reveal how 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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• Video Codec: x265 CABAC Main@L4
  
• Video Bitrate: CRF 21 (~1888Kbps)
  
• Video Resolution: 1920x1080
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC (Apple)
  
• Audio Bitrate: q118 VBR 48KHz (132/223Kbps avg/peak)
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Audio Gain: 3dB
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number Of Parts: 1
  
• Part Size: 853 MB
  
• Source: WEB (1080p/h264/50 6062Kbps VBR 2.55GB)
  
• Encoded by: JungleBoy

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• Video Codec: x264 CABAC High@L4.1
  
• Video Bitrate: 3009 Kbps
  
• Video Resolution: 1280 x 720
  
• Video Aspect Ratio: 16:9
  
• Frame Rate: 25 FPS
  
• Audio Codec: AAC-LC
  
• Audio Bitrate: 160 kb/s VBR 48 KHz
  
• Audio Channels: 2
  
• Run-Time: 59 mins
  
• Number of Parts: 1
  
• Container Mp4
  
• Part Size: 1.28 GB
  
• Source: HDTV
  
• Encoded by: Harry65

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• BBC

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• MVGroup.org (torrent)

[edit] Related Documentaries

• Code-Breakers: Bletchley Park's Lost Heroes (BBC)
• Enigma Station X - The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park
• Dangerous Knowledge
• The Battle of the Atlantic (BBC)
• The Codebreaker (PBS)
• Breaking the Codes
• Death of the Wolfpacks
• Code Breakers: Murder, War and Treason
• Inside the Mind of Edward Snowden
• The Joy of Data

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