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The Allies captured Enigma-related codebooks and machines about fifteen times during the War; all but two of these by British forces. The Royal Canadian Navy captured U-744 in March 1944 and the US Navy Coast Guard Cutter USS Campbell seized U-505 in June 1944. By this time, the Allies were already routinely decoding German naval Enigma traffic.
The naming of the Enigma-breaking machine "Christopher" after Turing's childhood friend, with Turing the only cryptographer working on it while others either did not help or outright opposed it. In reality, this electromechanical machine was named "Victory" and it was a collaborative, not individual, effort.
The film holds a 'fresh' 72% rating on review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, with the consensus reading, "The well-crafted, twist-filled Enigma is a thinking person's spy thriller." [ 6 ] Joe Leydon of Variety compared the film to works by Alfred Hitchcock , and remarked that, 'Overall, "Enigma" plays fair and square while generating suspense with ...
Film Year Description 1971: 2014: The documentary features the Citizens' Commission to Investigate the FBI and how it broke into a satellite FBI office. The group discovered and released documents about COINTELPRO, a secret domestic surveillance program that targeted "dissident groups, civil rights leaders and anti-Vietnam War activists".
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Breaking the Code is a 1996 BBC television movie directed by Herbert Wise, based on the 1986 play by Hugh Whitemore about British mathematician Alan Turing, the play thematically links Turing's cryptographic activities with his attempts to grapple with his homosexuality.
The metaphysical chamber drama, starring Andrew Scott, Paul Mescal, Claire Foy and Jamie Bell, is an emotionally overpowering new work from director Andrew Haigh.
The Strangers: Chapter 1 picked up with Maya and Ryan traveling cross country while planning their future together. The pair later discussed the idea of marriage when Maya mentioned she was ready ...