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Season 39 Episode 3

About the Episode

During World War II, Hitler's scientists developed terrifying new weapons of mass destruction. Alarmed by rumors of advanced rockets and missiles, Allied intelligence recruited a team of brilliant minds from British universities and Hollywood studios to a country house near London. NOVA tells the suspenseful, previously untold story of air photo intelligence that played a vital role.

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