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Title:
Breaking the code [videorecording] / by Hugh Whitemore. The Work of Alan Turing.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Edition:
Producer's Cut . Princeton Turing Centennial 2012.
Publisher:
Princeton Turing Centennial,
Copyright Date:
2012
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 96 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject:
Turing, Alan Mathison,--1912-1954--Drama.
Mathematicians--Drama.
Gifted persons--Drama.
Gay men--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Cryptography--Drama.
World War, 1939-1945--Great Britain--Drama.
Electronic digital computers--Drama.
Biographical films.
Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Turing, Alan Mathison,--1912-1954.
World War (1939-1945)
Biographical films.
Cryptography.
Electronic digital computers.
Feature films.
Gay men.
Gifted persons.
Mathematicians.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Great Britain.
1939 - 1945
Drama.
Other Authors:
Jacobi, Derek.
Armstrong, Alun.
Johnson, Richard, 1927-
Pinter, Harold, 1930-2008.
Root, Amanda.
Scales, Prunella.
Whitemore, Hugh.
Wise, Herbert.
Other Titles:
Masterpiece theatre (Television program)
Notes:
Based on the play of the same title by Hugh Whitemore, and on the book, Alan Turing : the enigma, by Andrew Hodges. Originally broadcast as an episode of the PBS television series, Mobil masterpiece theatre. Derek Jacobi, Alun Armstrong, Richard Johnson.
Summary:
The story of Alan Turing, British mathematical genius and designer of the computer that broke the German Enigma code during World War II, whose admittance to homosexuality at a time when it was illegal presented problems for him, for his family, for his colleagues, and for the State's preoccupation with national security. Originally released in 1997, this special producer's cut was premiered March 11, 2012 at Princeton University.
OCLC:
(OCoLC)881261030
Locations:
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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