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  1. Cybersecrecy (1995 Video)

    Director
    Martin Durkin
    Producer
    Martin Durkin
    Subject
    Technology
    Distribution
    out of distribution, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1997 sale: £19.95 (+VAT +p&p)

    Cryptography, or code-making, is at the centre of a battle between governments, scientists and civil rights groups. Governments consider codes used by companies, political groups and criminals as a threat to...

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  2. Strange Life and Death of Dr Turing (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The story of Alan Turing, credited by many as the father of the modern digital computer. The programme highlights the importance of Turing’s early interest in logic and mathematics, as well as his later...

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  3. Codebreakers, The (1993 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 1997 sale: £30.00 (inc. VAT +p&p)

    Looks at the work of World War 2 codebreakers, who worked behind the scenes and eventually managed to capture the enemy’s most secret signals. This programme covers the war in the Pacific and the winning...

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  4. Spies in the Wires (1984 Video)

    Producer
    John Groom
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 50 min., 2000 sale: £99.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Looks at ways in which computer security can be breached and at efforts to prevent this and to preserve the privacy of electronic data. Discusses the Data Encryptation Standard (DES), used by the London...

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  5. Breaking the Codes (1999 Video)

    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. col/b&w. 145 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inclusive) (pair)

    Uses archive footage and interviews to relate the story of how the codes of the German fleet were cracked during World War 1. Examines codebreaking in World War 2: Bletchley Park - Station X - where the...

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  6. Code Breaker: The Alan Turing Story (2013)

    aka: Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story

    Director
    Clare Beavan
    Subject
    Drama; Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 60 minutes), £15.99

    Docudrama directed by Clare Beavan that explores the life of British mathematician Alan Turing and the events that led up to his death in 1954, when he ate an apple laced with cyanide following his...

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  7. Hackers, Crackers and Worms (1996 Video)

    Producer
    Andrew Law
    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    OUT OF DISTRIBUTION, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 29 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    Explains computer software security concepts by using analogies with the defences of Deal Castle in Kent. Tells of the Internet ‘worm’ virus of 1988, which disabled hundreds of computers world-wide and...

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  8. Network Security (2003)

    Subject
    Information technology
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 27 minutes), £35.00

    Examines data security in computer systems, looking at the threats to data and what steps can be taken to keep data safe. Throughout the programme, Monash University is used as a case study to highlight the...

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  9. Station X: The Codebreakers of Bletchley Park (1999 Video)

    Director
    Peter Bate
    Producer
    Peter Bate; David Darlow
    Subject
    History
    Distribution
    Sale, 2 videocassettes. VHS. b&w/col. 205 min., 1999 sale: £19.99 (inclusive)

    Series examining the work of the code-breakers at Bletchley Park, near Milton Keynes, during World War 2. Uses interviews with staff and dramatic reconstructions of events. In four parts: 1) The Keys to the...

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  10. Electronics Series (5 Parts) (2002)

    Subject
    Engineering
    Distribution
    Sale, VHS (PAL, 5 x 20 minutes), £25.00 (each part)

    A series of five programmes demonstrating applications of electronics in environmental control, industry, healthcare, transport and communications

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