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School for Secrets

The Secret a Million Kept!

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Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.

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English
  • world war ii
  • radar
  • scientist
  • 1940s
  • battle of britain
  • luftwaffe

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  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical2 Jul 1952
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical23 Dec 1946

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School for Secrets was released on 23 December 1946.

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    CinemaSerf

    12/25/2025

    7/10

    Did you know that the word “boffin” was originally military slang and had more to do with a puffin that a scientist? Well you would after a few moments of this light-hearted wartime adventure that follows a group of top secret inventors who are charged with finding a way of creating a portable radar set that can be placed in airborne aircraft. Sent to a remote RAF installation, “Prof. Heatherville” (Ralph Richardson)…

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