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The majority of research about Bletchley Park centres on the code breaking efforts during World War II. Work at the Park laid the foundation for today's modern computers. Most certainly, the Park is rich in telecoms history...

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Further Information


Books

Official Souvenir Guide
Official Souvenir Guide

This 28 page A4 size booklet is a handy guide to "The Secrets of Bletchley Park" and how to find your way around the site.


Britain's Best Kept Secret - Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park by Ted Enever
There are many books available, but an easy to read and well illustrated summary of both the history and preservation of the Park up to the end of the 1990s is Ted Enever's:-

"Britain's Best Kept Secret"- Ultra's Base at Bletchley Park.

This revised edition moves the story on from 1994 to events up to 1999.


Bletchley Park P E O P L E by Marion Hill tells the story of the Park in great detail and is packed with recollections from civilians, servicemen and women who all played a vital role in the war effort.

Harold 'Doc' Keen and the Bletchley Park BOMBE
Harold 'Doc' Keen and the Bletchley Park BOMBE.

Code name CANTAB by John Keen.

"It took an engineer of Keen's outstanding ability to translate that design (the code-breaking ideas of Alan Turing ) into a workable machine. The 'Bombe' a huge device with tens of thousands of separate parts, and 50,000 terminals for four miles of wiring."


The TV Video

STATION X - The Story of Bletchley Park was told in four parts on Channel 4:
The video is available from the Bletchley Park Trust or all good video shops!

Part Title First Showing 21:00 hrs Repeated 19:55 hrs
One The keys to the Reich Tuesday 19th January 1999 Saturday 23rd January 1999
Two

The goose that laid the golden eggs.

Tuesday 26th January 1999 Saturday 30th January 1999
Three The ultra secret. Tuesday 2nd February 1999 Saturday 6th February 1999
Four The war of the machines. Tuesday 9th February 1999 Saturday 13th February 1999

And further repeats...

Parts 1 & 2 on Saturday 26th February 2000 at 19:00 Hrs
Part 3 on Saturday 4th March 2000 at 19:00 Hrs
Part 4 on Saturday 11th March 2000 at 19:00 Hrs


Enigma - The Film

Enigma - The Film
Enigma - The Film

"Whirls with passion, murder, femmes fatales & espionage!"

Barbara Ellen -The Times


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