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Second World War code-breaking team members reunite after almost 70 years

Watch the reunion of two Ontario women who were sent to Britain during the Second World War to support the top secret code-breaking team portrayed in the Oscar-nominated The Imitation Game.

Nancy Lynn and Jean Powell have kept their secrets over the decades

Codebreakers reunited

10 years ago
Duration 2:21
Two Ontario women who supported top secret codebreakers during the Second World War meet up for the first time in almost 70 years.

Two Ontario women who were sent to Britain during the Second World War to support a top secret codebreaking team have reunited after almost 70 years.

The work of codebreakers at the British facility in Bletchley Park has gained prominence recently thanks to the Oscar-nominated film The Imitation Game, starring Benedict Cumberbatch.

Nancy Lynn and Jean Powell met this week at Toronto's Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, more than half a century after they provided round-the-clock support for the codebreakers in the U.K.

To watch the reunion and learn how well the two women have kept their secrets over the years, click the video to see the report by CBC's Philip Lee-Shanok.