Two Videos From My Visit to Bletchley Park
I recently had the opportunity to visit the historic Bletchley Park, home of British codebreaking efforts during the Second World War. Aside from the military historical significance, this mansion surrounded by temporary sheds is also important to the history of computing. It was there that several of the earliest computers were built, including the famous Colossus codebreaker. It was also where Alan Turing was stationed and worked on the new practical applications of his hitherto theoretical discipline of Computer Science (not that they would have called it that at the time).
Bletchley Park is also the site of the National Museum of Computing, and I was able to take some video footage of the fascinating machines they have there.
