Operation Crossbow
Documentary telling the little-known story about how the Allies used 3D photographs to thwart the Nazis' superweapons before they could devastate Britain.
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. 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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The Germans develop the V Weapon
Duration: 02:05
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Indochine
Le Lac (Farside Mix)
Credits
| Role | Contributor |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Samantha Bond |
| Executive Producer | Eamon Hardy |
| Producer | Tim Dunn |
| Director | Tim Dunn |
Broadcasts
Sun 15 May 201121:00
Sun 15 May 201123:20BBC HD- Mon 16 May 201120:00BBC HD
- Tue 17 May 201123:20
- Sun 11 Sep 201120:00BBC HD & BBC Two
- Tue 13 Sep 201123:20BBC HD
- Mon 16 Jul 201221:00
- Wed 2 Jan 201320:00
- Sat 12 Jan 201318:00BBC HD
- Mon 6 May 201321:00
- Tue 30 Jul 201322:30
- Tue 26 Nov 201322:50
- Tue 22 Apr 201422:50
- Mon 27 Jul 201523:30
- Mon 23 Nov 201500:05
- Wed 7 Sep 201621:00
- Mon 12 Sep 201600:30
- Sun 23 Jul 201720:50
- Thu 7 Mar 201921:00
- Thu 29 Aug 201922:00
