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Operation Crossbow (2011)
Director: Tim Dunn
Cast: Samantha Bond, Dino A. Brugioni, Elizabeth Hick, Col. Robert S. Ehlers
Runtime59 min
RatingG
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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.
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Fans of historical documentaries and WWII stories will find Operation Crossbow (2011) directed by Tim Dunn to be a captivating exploration of the crucial role aerial photography and photo interpretation played in thwarting the Nazis' weapons of mass destruction before they could devastate Britain. The film brings together gripping personal testimonies and modern computer graphics to vividly recreate how the brave Spitfire pilots and brilliant RAF Medmenham analysts uncovered Hitler's secrets hidden in the intricate details of the photographs.
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Operation Crossbow is a 1965 British espionage thriller set during the Second World War. This film is loosely based on an actual series of events where British undercover operatives targeted the German manufacturing facilities for experimental rocket-bombs.
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