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DESCRIPTION Marconi -Stille Tape Recorder
MANUFACTURER Marconi Ltd, Chelmsford, Britain
INVENTOR/DESIGNER Kurt Stille (1873 -1957), Germany
DATE c.1933
MATERIAL Steel, paint
DIMENSIONS 1450 x1515 x760
PROVENANCE Gift of the BBC in 1953
LOCATION MCC
CAT. NO 1953.S.00281.00001 | |
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Marconi-Stille Tape Recorder | © Thinktank Trust | Stored at the Museum Collections Centre - look out for public open days
Prime Minister Winston Churchill made powerful motivational speeches. He inspired people to carry on despite the lack of food, long working hours and sleepless nights caused by air raids. This Marconi-Stille tape recorder was used by the BBC to record radio broadcasts. By taping them they could be repeated many times. Many Churchill speeches only exist because they were recorded on machines like it. News broadcasts on the radio and in the cinema were very popular. People wanted to know how the war was going. Reports were often vague as the media was heavily censored to stop German spies finding out if air raids were successful. MORE |
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