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1 online resource (streaming video file) (48 min. 50 sec.) ; 295093556 bytes |
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Princess Spy, is the story of Noor Inayat Khan, an Indian princess, pacifist and British spy.Born a princess from a titled Indian Muslim family, Noor-un-nisa Inayat Khan was raised as a society beauty and soon became a successful children's author in France, taking the Parisian community by storm. But her glamorous days of Paris were not to last. War broke out with Germany; Noor and her family were refugees. She escaped to England by boat and resolved to fight the forces of oppression at all costs. In 1940, calling herself 'Norah Baker', she offered her services to the British Special Operations Executive. The Paris networks were desperate for agents and fast - Noor was night air landed behind enemy lines on 16th June 1943, before she had even completed her training.Noor would never return from this endeavour. Under the code name 'Madeleine', Noor became the first female radio operator in occupied France - and for four crucial months she served as the sole link between London and Paris. Always on the run, Noor narrowly escaped German capture numerous times, until her luck ran out: Noor was betrayed by a French woman for the price of 1000 francs. On 13th October she was taken and imprisoned by the Gestapo. Interrogated and brutally tortured, witnesses recall the painful screams coming from her cell at night. But even after being chained in a dark cell for 10 months, Noor never talked. Her spirit could not be broken. In November 1944, Noor was executed by a shot to the back of the head - while still shouting 'liberte'. Today, over 50 years after her death, her story is pieced together in Princess Spy. With new evidence and exclusive access to previously 'closed' files, Noor-unnisa Inayat Khan's legacy is revisited. Who were the friends, the lovers; the informants and the double agents? Trace her remarkable journey through the streets of Paris, as exclusive interviews from fellow members of the Resistance reveal new truths about this unbelievably courageous historical heroine. (From the UK, in English) (Documentary) |
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Broadcast 2010-02-04 at 19:30:00 |
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Classification: PG |
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Biography.
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Espionage, British.
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Khan, Noor Inayat, 1914-1944.
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Women -- Conduct of life.
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Women -- Crimes against.
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England.
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France.
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Streaming video
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Fisher, John Hayes, director
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Foot, Michael Richard Daniell, contributor
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Harper, David, contributor
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Helm, Sarah, contributor
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Khan, Hidayat Inayat, contributor
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Read, Michael, cast
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Small, Elizabeth, contributor
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