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Operation Crossbow

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The heroic tales of World War II are legendary, but Operation Crossbow is a little known story that deserves to join the hall of fame: how the Allies used 3D photos to thwart the Nazis' weapons of mass destruction before they could obliterate Britain. This film brings together the heroic Spitfire pilots who took the photographs and the brilliant minds of RAF Medmenham that made sense of the jigsaw of clues hidden in the photos. Hitler was pumping a fortune into his new-fangled V weapons in the hope they could win him the war. But Medmenham had a secret weapon of its own, a simple stereoscope which brought to life every contour of the enemy landscape in perfect 3D. The devil was truly in the detail and, together with extraordinary personal testimonies, the film uses modern computer graphics on the original wartime photographs to show just how the photo interpreters were able to uncover Hitler's nastiest secrets.

Release Date : 2011-05-15

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : BBC

Production Country : United Kingdom

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Cast

Samantha Bond

Character Name : Narrator (voice)

Original Name : Samantha Bond

Gender : Female

Dino A. Brugioni

Character Name : Himself - Senior CIA Analyst, Ret.

Original Name : Dino A. Brugioni

Gender : Male

Elizabeth Hick

Character Name : Herself - Photographic Interpreter, RAF Medmenham

Original Name : Elizabeth Hick

Gender : Male

Col. Robert S. Ehlers

Character Name : Himself - US Air Force Intelligence, Ret.

Original Name : Col. Robert S. Ehlers

Gender : Male

Jimmy Taylor

Character Name : Himself - Reconnaissance Pilot

Original Name : Jimmy Taylor

Gender : Male

Allan Williams

Character Name : Himself - Researcher. Edinburgh University

Original Name : Allan Williams

Gender : Male

Wing Commander Mike Mockford

Character Name : Himself - Photo Interpreter

Original Name : Wing Commander Mike Mockford

Gender : Male

Major Chris Halsall

Character Name : Himself - Intelligence Corps, Ret.

Original Name : Major Chris Halsall

Gender : Male

John S. Blyth

Character Name : Himself - Reconnaissance Pilot

Original Name : John S. Blyth

Gender : Male

Geoffrey Stone

Character Name : Himself - Photographic Interpreter, RAF Medmenham

Original Name : Geoffrey Stone

Gender : Male

Col. Roy M. Stanley

Character Name : Himself - US Air Force Intelligence, Ret.

Original Name : Col. Roy M. Stanley

Gender : Male

Christian Muhldorfer-Vogt

Character Name : Himself - Peenemünde Museum

Original Name : Christian Muhldorfer-Vogt

Gender : Male

John Bell

Character Name : Himself - Bomb Aimer

Original Name : John Bell

Gender : Male

Eugene Black

Character Name : Himself - Mittelbau-Dora Inmate

Original Name : Eugene Black

Gender : Male

Margaret Hurley

Character Name : Herself - Photographic Interpreter, RAF Medmenham

Original Name : Margaret Hurley

Gender : Male

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