The Imitation Game · written by Graham Moore · 2014

In a bomb shelter, the parents distract their children with toys while the father keeps trying to solve Turing’s crossword amid explosions above.

Scene 41 of 130 · ≈ 1 min on screen · Act two

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Begins 34 min into a 1:57 film

The story so farBefore scene 41

At Bletchley Park, Alan Turing must persuade a skeptical team to build a machine that can break Enigma before the war is lost, while concealing the self the law condemns.

Scenes 1–12
Turing is investigated as a guarded outsider in 1951, then enters Bletchley in 1939 looking for the puzzle he can solve.
Scenes 13–30
He sees the scale of Enigma, believes a machine can solve it, and grows isolated from colleagues who make little progress.
Scene 36
Churchill’s order gives Turing command authority; he fires two linguists and begins reshaping the team around his approach.
Just before
Scene 38
A newspaper reader finds Turing’s crossword advertisement offering a secret job to anyone who solves the puzzle quickly.
Scene 39
People across different homes and workplaces attempt the difficult crossword as the recruitment challenge spreads.
Scene 40
As an air-raid siren sounds, the first reader gathers his family and takes the puzzle with them toward their shelter.
Scene 41
This scene

41INT. BOMB SHELTER - CONTINUOUS

The Man and his WIFE light candles in the safety of their underground BOMB SHELTER.

As BOMBS EXPLODE on the street above them, the Man passes TOYS and GAMES to his children, to keep them distracted during the assault.

He returns to Alan’s crossword puzzle, trying to solve it as just a few yards above him a city burnt to rubble.