Over 70 years ago, father of computer science Alan Turing developed the techniques which enabled quick and efficient decryption of the Nazis’ Enigma-scrambled messages. Now, the secrets behind his techniques — hidden away in research documents since the Second World War — have been declassified.
A group of creatives got together to create the Cryptographer, a machine that encodes digital messages on fabric, using bleach and… software.
It has World War II intrigue. An unsolved puzzle hiding a historic fortune. A Rube Goldberg machine escape. And it’s all gorgeously rotoscoped. The Thomas Beale Cipher, a short film by Andrew Allen, is worth your next 10 minutes.
