Nova...You couldn't get me to watch this show growing up...
:)
The Story:
In the early stages of WWII, only Britain remained in Europe to stop Hitler's advance. The British (and Americans) turned to the Spitfire, armed it with cameras, and had them fly over Hitler's Germany to gather intelligence.
Putting those films under stereoscope, the Allies gathered 3 dimensional information about what the Nazis were up to, and were better able to coordinate their attacks to do the most damage with the least amount of effort.
When sites are discovered and shelved due to not understanding what they have seen, the Allies will discover with great horror when they go back and check the film again that the Nazis have been working on the V-Series of rockets: The first weapons of mass destruction that can be, and ultimately were, launched at Great Britain.
Great information, much of it only recently declassified in the last few years, and a chance to once again marvel at the technology that the Allies and the Axis were using for their time, and how something so innocuous as photographs helped change the course of the war and curb the Nazi advance across Europe.
Highly recommended for... just about anyone, really. This is some fascinating stuff. A bit of the information is repetitive as the show plays, but it's an amazing hour of knowledge worth viewing.
Available to stream as of this writing on Netflix.
Final Grade: A-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: I'll keep this one in the queue and bring it up the next time we do history...or photography...or... : )
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