Sentences with phrase «park codebreaker»
The Imitation Game, about Alan Turing's time as a Bletchley Park codebreaker, scored nods for Benedict Cumberbatch's lead performance and Keira Knightley's supporting, as well as best picture, best director, best adapted screenplay, best editing, best production design and best music.
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Tying for second place (with five nominations apiece) were two definite dramas: Boyhood, Richard Linklater's coming - of - age tale filmed over 12 years, and The Imitation Game, which stars Benedict Cumberbatch as Bletchley Park codebreaker Alan Turing.
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Sidenote: I bet that the reason the British government knew women would make excellent codebreakers at Bletchley Park during World War II is because someone high up in the military happened to catch sight of a shawl knitting pattern and thought, «Whoever can decipher that shawl pattern could probably defeat Hitler.»
David Cameron said the work by codebreaker Alan Turing and others did at Bletchley Park in Buckinghamshire was «absolutely vital» in winning World War 2.
Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge, wearing an Alexander McQueen outfit, visits Bletchley Park (where her grandmother was a codebreaker) in Bletchley on July 18, 2014
The large majority of the film deals with his time working for the British government at Bletchley Park during World War II as part of a team of codebreakers to crack the Enigma code.
Careless Talk Costs Lives explores the everyday lives of Bletchley Park's Codebreakers, central to which was the necessity to keep quiet about their work, often lying to their closest friends and relatives.
Block C, now the Visitor Centre, features an immersive introductory exhibition, Secrets Revealed, which gives an overview of life and work at Bletchley Park, starting from the moment the Codebreakers would have stepped off the train at Bletchley Station.
The story of Bletchley Park's Codebreakers will fascinate schoolchildren of all ages and there is no better way to learn about their work than in the capable and inspiring hands of the heritage attraction's learning department.