Title
From codebreaking to computing : remembrances of bletchley park 50 years later
Catalog Number
102645557
Type
Moving Image
Description
In this 1992 interview Jack Good and Donald Michie discuss their cryptanalytical work during World War II at Britain's Bletchley Park. The technical aspects of Germany's Enigma and Lorenz Geheimschreiber, the code-breaking Bombe, Heath Robinson, and Colossus machines, and the personal contributions of Max Newman, Alan Turing, and Tommy Flowers are explored. Donald Michie, in the final part of the interview, offers some details on the origins of artificial intelligence research.
Credits
Good, I.J. (speaker); Michie, Donald (speaker)
Format
VHS
Subject
Computers--History
Credit
Gift of J.A.N. Lee
