The codebreaker

Steinmen, Hilary Klotz, (television producer.). Ruiz, Vanessa, (television producer.). Sherman, Nancy, (television producer.). Gazit, Chana, (television director.). Burton, Kate, (narrator.). Fagone, Jason. Motion picture adaptation of (work) : Woman who smashed codes. (Added Author). PBS Distribution (Firm), (publisher.).

Summary: It tells the fascinating story of Elizebeth Smith Friedman, the groundbreaking cryptanalyst whose painstaking work decoding thousands of messages for the U.S. government would send infamous gangsters to prison and bring down a massive, near-invisible Nazi spy ring in WWII. A suburban wife and mother who led a secret double life, her remarkable contributions to the science of cryptology would only come to light decades after her death when classified government files were unsealed. But together with her husband, the legendary cryptologist William Friedman, Elizebeth helped develop the codebreaking methods that led to the creation of the powerful new science of cryptology and laid the foundation for modern codebreaking today.

Record details

ISBN: 0841887045162
ISBN: 1531713416
ISBN: 9781531713416
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
videodisc
DVD videorecording
Publisher: Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021]
Copyright: ©2021

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the book The woman who smashed codes by Jason Fagone.
Participant or Performer Note:	Narrator, Kate Burton.
Target Audience Note:	Rating: TVPG.
System Details Note:	DVD, wide screen; NTSC, region 1; stereo.
Language Note:	English dialogue; English subtitled (SDH) for the deaf and hard of hearing.