MI6: World War Two workers in rare 'forbidden' footage - BBC News

[@robsmithracing]

Nice to see some non Coronavirus news.

[@iancolledge7769]

Oh I wouldn't be so quick to assume it's unrelated, there might be more to this coronavirus event than what you would imagine...

[@_Jfb]

@@iancolledge7769 don't tell me you're being serious, Ian

[@ulliamullace2012]

Herd imunity

[@josephbingham1255]

The persons being filmed are at ease and even jovial in the company of the person filming including military male and female Captains at 1:01/2:25/2:28. If cameras were indeed banned they are making an unofficial exception for a person they are very familiar and trusting with.

[@markdowse3572]

Whoever was brave enough to shoot the footage..... NAUGHTY, NAUGHTY ! 😉😉👍 But we thank you. Because you have caught something very special. A real moment in time. Wonderful. 😎 Priceless. 💰 Must be preserved forever.

[@az956]

Mark Dowse Agreed!

[@tmithc3106]

I suspect that it is official "unofficial" footage. That is to say filmed by an official authorised to capture people in "off duty" moments perhaps to be used for propaganda/recruitment purposes. Why do I suspect this? Well, none of the subjects objected to being filmed and if they really were involved in secret work they would have been briefed that filming was not allowed - and it's not covert filming as most of them look directly at the camera. As such I suppose they recognised the filmer as an authority figure who was allowed/given special dispensation to make these films. Also, the (released) footage does not show anything particularly sensitive/confidential only people in innocuous settings. Given that the film has suddenly been "discovered" after 75 years I imagine that the anonymous benefactor was "the State" as the official secrets act pertaining to the people on film had probably just expired at 75 years (one of the time cut offs for various levels of secret under the OSA). With the passing of the 75 year cut off perhaps "the State" was just spring cleaning and decided to give this entirely innocuous film to Bletchley museum for archiving.

[@bdale5231]

@@tmithc3106 Exactly! This wasn't taken with a mobile phone in someone's pocket lol

[@DanielFlores-hn9bd]

Thanks for the support mi6

[@senpaichio7446]

It feels like an old movie

[@ULYSSES-31]

It is an old movie.

[@yoboi4017]

Nice people with nice smile

[@manikkalore1630]

Very very rare footage of people chilling..😌

[@gixellia8455]

Fascinating and chilling at the same time. Thank you, BBC.

[@tonynikon]

After watching some grimm Coronavirus videos, this one comes as a breeze of fresh air. Not only as a piece of history almost lost and forgotten but also as the universal things that makes us human. Times were different and the enenemy back then was different too. But as human beigns, the spies on this secret video took time to relax, play around and enjoy themselves.. Exactly we all feel the same way now. We all humankind are dealing with a microscopic but mighty enemy, but also it is time for reflexion, insight and give the best of ourselves.

[@bdale5231]

Not forgetting, to follow government guidance. Remembering (courtesy of this little gem) how well they took care of the nation during WWll.. and all the other wars of course!

[@marksark1119]

I've seen a great amount of WWII footage shot in England, but nothing like this. Some of it shot in color, too. I wonder where the person or persons got the film to shoot this? And in the open, too. Wow. 👍✌

[@CaliforniaMISC]

the unit that won the war

[@tillanienaber3081]

Nostalgic Thank you

[@badfairy9554]

Thank you MI6. Saved many ships.

[@bdale5231]

Oh good! I hope there were people/supplies on board

[@PlanetImo]

That's awesome. :¬)

[@mattman8685]

Remarkable!

[@bdale5231]

Clips of land invasions by footers please. Want to see what that looks like.

[@jwardroper]

My mum was at Bletchley, she recently died in hospital of neumonia, 4 Feb , could she have had covid 19 , insidentally I attended corona academy in London when I was a kid

[@tmithc3106]

Could those who died of covid-19 have had pneumonia?

[@PeterSolarchannel]

Why are you showing this stuff now? Is your intention to prepare us for something bad coming in our way ?

[@junaidjohar4681]

You know I have seen so much of your comments on several videos,I keep in falling on your comment😂

[@fatimahseck4215]

I was gonna say are they prepping for World War III

[@asnekboi7232]

They were working on it before hand this was just when it was finished

[@fredfredrickson5436]

They don't show anything for nothing at the British Brainwashing Covenant.

[@PeterSolarchannel]

@@junaidjohar4681 Thank you!

[@tmithc3106]

Presumably these are edited cuts of longer pieces of film as some are in colour, some in b&w etc. I wonder if we will ever be allowed to see the surviving films in their entirety or find out who those involved are? Would make a cracking BBC History Documentary. Would at least have been nice to see the full delivery by the cricket bowler and response by the batsman which is presumably part of the surviving film and can hardly still be a state secret? (Unless it's being kept under wraps in case we need to use it in the Ashes ;-) Also interesting that the filmer considered it worthwhile to film a hunt as that would then have been a normal part of rural daily life. I am sure that all of us in coronavirus "lockdown" envy their freedom to enjoy socialising and sporting activities. It's a bit like seeing the films from The Man In The High Castle...

[@johnholdens]

I'm just now seeing this film. My mother, my Aunt Celia and my father are all there! In fact I think it might have been my dad who took the film - Capt. Ewart Holden. He's there smiling on the touchline of the football game.

[@ddd-ly3rv]

Wonder how they were selected?

[@jamie31415]

1:25 Is that Nanny McPhee?

[@reece7080]

Lol I thought that aswell

[@davidsweeney111]

I was approached by that lot as I’m a microbiologist going to international meetings I try to avoid them at all costs!

[@zentil267]

Good on you, although my Grandad did do sneaky spy work during WWII, tha was for a good cause though.

[@paulhoskin3286]

At least they don't have to worry about the virus

[@TheNoobPube]

@@KlintNorthwood they probably had better wifi in the blitz

[@bdale5231]

@Abdul Basheer M and now we have several others.

[@Spectre10139]

At least these people were smiling unlike the pathetic generation today who are crying about a lockdown

[@diyashikha93]

But there are always those who are the less fortunates and who work to have a day by day salary.. It's heart breaking for them..

[@Spectre10139]

@@diyashikha93 I agree

[@mattg8600]

Do old people get some sort of sexual gratification from insulting younger people through moronic generalisations or something?

[@nilanjanayuker1563]

The thing I remember here is Adolf hitler and I were born on the same day that is 20 April ...😥How should I react here.?

[@memonavaramirez6261]

So you are saying that you have the same born day an month as hitler? Man that's awesome.

[@stephensmith4480]

@@memonavaramirez6261 Has the Smithsonian been informed?

[@nilanjanayuker1563]

@@memonavaramirez6261 ..yeah I was born after 113 years of his death on same day and date.

[@MustangMedic]

Very cool. 🏆 @MustangMedicShow it’s a #MuscleCarThing every Tuesday on @MustangMedic

[@soficurl624]

I feel like I was there

[@YashKansalx]

Maybe reincarnation

[@SallyMangos]

1:44 Dem yats is bare Chong isn't it?

[@annaaleksanian4905]

Академик Араик Саргсян готов принять одну семью российских туристов, который не может вернуться в Россию из-за форс-мажорной ситуации. ruskline.ru/politnews/2020/04/04/akademik_araik_sargsyan_gotov_prinyat_u_sebya_odnu_semyu_rossiiskih_turistov_kotoraya_ne_mozhet_vozvratitsya_v_rossiyu_izza_forsmazhornoi_situacii

[@शुभमसिंह-भ8र]

😍👏

[@ajcook7777]

Over blown story, nothing really to see here...

[@Elephantstonica]

ajcook7777 Speak for yourself. I grew up nearby. Interesting to some.

[@adabell1833]

😮

[@gardenthingz1495]

MI6..... virus...?.....

[@headreallyhurts]

Obviously, it was so top secret, they didn't even allow dentists to work on them

[@dere1497]

Search Google play circle mosaic

[@urpainterurpainting9452]

New I'd

[@freesaxon6835]

More WW2 footage zzzzz typical BBC

[@ce1834]

Free Saxon lmao where would you be if the Allies lost, get a grip, a welcome story in the times we’re in

[@freesaxon6835]

@@ce1834 yeah I know what you mean, European people would not face extinction, no drag queen story time, no political correctness, no liberals, horrific to think we would have missed out on all that

[@_Jfb]

@@freesaxon6835 just genocide, the 'extiction' of everyone that wasn't blonde and blue eyed, no independent media...get out

[@freesaxon6835]

@@_Jfb please don't read propaganda, the BBC removed my full comment, they just don't like true debate,

[@freesaxon6835]

@@_Jfb My Lai Massacre

[@СтаниславИванов-о8п]

Her glance in the picture looks so maniacal 😈😂

[@RichieKtrends]

Hit 👍 if you're here too

[@bdale5231]

..and if we're not?

[@MitzvosGolem1]

Hero's . America will help you soon. We have antibody treatment and Dr Zev Zelenko MD NYS three part treatment saving lives in NYC now. Cheers

[@rbsentertainment]

MI5/MI6 - The organizations that are responsible for these 5G weapons towers...Is not pathetically being shown on the BBC..WHY?

[@tonebonetones]

......and a nice, little piece of propaganda from our friends at the BBC.

[@benjamins3520]

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