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Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Cameras

Former CIA Chief of Disguise Breaks Down Cold War Spy Cameras

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During the Cold War, surveillance in Moscow was the most difficult kind of surveillance that the US had encountered around the globe. There are lots of was to collect intelligence, and cameras were former CIA Chief of Disguise Jonna Mendez's favorite. Jonna talks about all the different photography methods US spies used during the Cold War, from carrier pigeons holding tiny cameras to a variety of different spy cameras that could be hidden in pens, ties and pocketbooks. Check out Jonna Mendez-s most recent book The Moscow Rules or find more information about her on her website on Moscow Rules: Archival images courtesy of the International Spy Museum (SPY) in Washington, DC, a Guinness World Record recognized nonprofit with the largest collection of spy artifacts in the world. At the Museum, you can see firsthand some of these spy gadgets: Additional Archival Images Courtesy of: Images of Tolkachev are courtesy of a family friend, from The Billion Dollar Spy. You can find out more about the book here: Image of Matchbox Camera courtesy of the CIA, who does not endorse the contents of this production. Interspectral: Getty Library of Congress, Geography and Map Division
Date: 2022-07-06

Comments and reviews: 10


Plot twist: the microdot technology does not exist, but now tens of thousands of ruZ Zian counterintelligence technicians are checking each page of every English-language newspaper and magazine under microscope in search for them. Including British tabloids.
That's what you call the ultimate troll.

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In the 1970's my Grandmother had a small Cross on a chain, no bigger than an inch or so, it had a tiny jewel in the center and if you held the cross up to a light and looked through the tiny jewel you could read the text of the Lords prayer. Now I know it was a microdot and fresnel lens.
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Whenever people talk derogatorily or disrespectfully about old people I think of someone as impressive as this woman.
We keep forgetting that people stay great, impressive and good or despicable and bad no matter age. Also we keep forgetting how invaluable solid life experience is.

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you are a real HAWK. the sad thing about youR obession to intelligence is that you always want to be winning and on top of the GAME. you always want to be the number one. your EGO is as high as the sky it reaches to heaven. but you are a SAD wrecked SOUL.
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Few things about pigeons gets on my mind every now and then.
How can you even put a pigeon filming a target. You just let it go in the general vicinity of the area?
How can you get a pigeon to come back to you anyways. Is it the bond or what?

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It-s crazy to me that at those times these things even existed so before we people us normal folk even knew of technology they were using it absolutely incredible! What-s scary though is I can-t even imagine the things they are using today
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I believe the microdot viewing lens was called a -bullet- lens or Stanhope lens. (Maybe the lens crafter was Stanhope. I think Fresnel lenses are the ones with the circular ridges like those used in lighthouses.
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I could listen to her all day. I can only imagine what kind of stories she could tell, the ones not classified. Very intelligent and interesting woman. I bet she was a blast at Halloween lol
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Imagine finding one of these birds on the ground, and trying to comprehend what your looking at. Especially in that time period. Nobody would believe you, they would call you crazy.
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Micro dot.
Sure. i bet standart litho on fine grain film. I think the whole video is partialy fake. Cant imagine that no one sees a pregnant man with a camera.

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