Word: magnetophone
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Dates: during 1957-1957
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When the Allies captured Radio Luxembourg. Orr found out the secret: the Germans were using a "Magnetophon"' recorder with a magnetic tape far superior to familiar paper tapes or wire. The recording of a speech by Hitler was erased from a captured tape and a speech of Ike's recorded on the same tape for rebroadcasting. But the erasure was muffed and, in the middle of Ike's talk. Hitler's voice broke in loudly. Orders quickly came to manufacture some new tape. Orr tracked down Dr. Fritz Pflaumer, who had developed the original magnetic tape...
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