02729cgm a2200505 i 4500 1262033165 TxAuBib d 210118s2021||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9781531713416 1531713416 841887045162 AE62005 PBS Distribution (OCoLC)18085 TxAuBib rda The codebreaker : wife, mother, secret American hero / director, Chana Gazit ; producers, Chana Gazit, Hilary Klotz Steinmen, Vanessa Ruiz, Nancy Sherman. Arlington, VA : PBS Distribution, [2021] 1 videodisc (approximately 60 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. tdi rdacontent v rdamedia vd rdacarrier Based on the book The woman who smashed codes by Jason Fagone. Narrator, Kate Burton. 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. DVD, wide screen; NTSC, region 1; stereo. English. English SDH subtitles. Friedman, Elizebeth 1892-1980. Cryptographers United States Biography. Women United States History. World War, 1914-1918 Cryptography. Cryptography United States History. Historical television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Documentary television programs. Biographical television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Steinmen, Hilary Klotz, television producer. Ruiz, Vanessa, television producer. Sherman, Nancy, television producer. Gazit, Chana, television director. Burton, Kate, narrator. Fagone, Jason. Woman who smashed codes. PBS Distribution (Firm), publisher. American experience (Television program.)