Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius

2015 · 59 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · DIR. Russell England, John Smithson

Bletchley Park: Code-breaking's Forgotten Genius poster

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 853 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:01 It's one of the most astonishing stories
00:02:02 in the English countryside near London,
00:03:53 Breaking it looked impossible.
00:05:55 to win the war.
00:07:43 the high-quality staff that would be needed.
00:09:54 And this meant that there was time to organize.
00:12:06 and if they could target these habits,
00:14:03 by the intended enemy recipient.
00:16:03 saying, "Where are you going?
00:17:58 in the darkest days of World War II.
00:20:11 as the Henry Ford of cryptography
00:22:11 I imagine that the powers that be in England
00:24:14 on a scale that would dwarf Hut 6.
00:26:24 His ideas were really a game changer.
00:28:32 because I was afraid that somehow or other
00:30:24 and he just kept reading the obituaries
00:32:23 busily discussing something,
00:34:21 They were delivering a message to him,
00:36:13 There was one final act
00:38:11 The strain was, was also coming
00:40:11 would the significance of that legacy become clear.
00:42:18 for Osama Bin Laden,
00:43:57 and traffic analysis that found the courier.
00:45:55 It's too bad he couldn't be here today.

Cast & Characters

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)
John Scarlett Himself - Chairman, Bletchley Park Trust, and Former Chief, MI6 (as Sir John Scarlett KCMG OBE)
Jennifer Welchman Herself - Gordon Welchman's Granddaughter
Robert R. Everett Himself - Former President, The MITRE Corporation
Eric Ellingson Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague
Larry Hill Himself - Gordon Welchman's Colleague

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed853
Dialogue density14.5 lines / min
First line00:00:01
Final line00:45:55

Production Record

DirectorRussell England, John Smithson
LanguageEnglish

Factoids

Rating source

IMDb rating preserved from the supplied subtitle archive; it may differ from the current IMDb rating.

Local subtitle archive