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Published on Mar 8, 2012

A short film made by Google to celebrate Colossus and those who built it, in particular Tommy Flowers. Colossus was the world's first electronic computer, used for code-breaking at Bletchley Park during WW2. A working rebuilt Colossus can be seen at The National Museum of Computing in the UK. For more information see: http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2012/0...

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  • Seba Pagan

    Seba Pagan 1 month ago

    You should put subtitles

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    computingheritage 2 weeks ago

    Hey, there are subtitles already, at least in English. You just need to click the "CC" button underneath the video

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  • notrut

    notrut 1 year ago

    Brilliant inspiring story... but please delete the piano backing music..

    I have tinnitus and I want to hear what the old heroes are saying!

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    computingheritage 1 year ago

    I'm sorry I can't take out the music, but I've spent the morning preparing captions for it. If you press the "cc" button under the video and choose the 'english' option, then when they start speaking captions should appear. Hope this helps somewhat anyway :)

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  • trulygodsgrace

    trulygodsgrace 1 year ago

    After watching this, I feel immensely grateful to "team Colossus". Thanks for serving the world during its time of need.

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  • Famousagentman

    Famousagentman 1 year ago

    Who's here from Google+?

    P.S. Why did the uploader have to put a speed option on this video? It is physically impossible for me not to mess around with it.

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  • RetroGamerVX

    RetroGamerVX 2 weeks ago

    Wow, amazing video. I want to bring more attention to the pioneers of computing, would you have any issues if I mirrored this, complete on my channel? :o)

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  • Pure96ify

    Pure96ify 3 weeks ago

    inspiring story...... almost made me kiss my computer

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  • inglian02

    inglian02 2 months ago

    Very moving to see and hear some of the people who worked on this important machine.

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  • Paul WADE

    Paul WADE 2 months ago

    It is humbling, minds such as theirs, rare indeed.

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  • Ryan Collins

    Ryan Collins 3 months ago

    Thank you Tommy and also all those who helped with the construction of Colossus. We owe our modern lives to them today! They were such incredible people! Also, thank you for posting this video!

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  • calibrastard

    calibrastard 4 months ago

    Can't rightly begin to think of what I owe these heroic ladies and gentlemen. Victory in WW2 for a start, then pretty much everything to do with my life now including my job in IT. Slightly overwhelming to think about. What truly incredible people.

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  • notrut

    notrut 6 months ago

    Thankyou, clearly other viewers agree too...

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  • sythead

    sythead 6 months ago

    Thank you Tommy and the crew for your endevour.

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