This 14 minute video presents an accurate depiction of the German WW-II Army
3-rotor Enigma Cipher Machine in action. It begins with a German Officer
writing a message and handing it to an Enigma operator. The Enigma operator
sets the special code-book determined day's key and then types the message
into his Enigma while another officer writes down the Enigma-encoded message
text. The second officer then transmites the message by radio to a receiving
radio station.
At the receiving radio station, an Enigma operator receives the radio message
and then sets his Enigma to the same special code-book determined day's key.
He then types in the Enigma encoded message that has just been received. A
second Enigma operator writes down the Enigma decoded original text of the
message and then hands it to the officer to whom it is addressed. A short
descriptive sequence then shows how the light bulbs on an Enigma are tested.
This video is designed to supplement the material on a book Entitled:
Inside Enigma and other Historic Cipher Machines.
The contents and ordering information for this book are shown in:
The main ENIGMA Museum Page:
This video is available in a small 70MB file named: eia1w.mpg.
It is also available in a very large 623MB file named: eia1.mpg.
The size of the small file has been reduced to allow it to be easily downloaded from the
internet. This has resulted in a very small image.
A full-size version of the video is also available but it is 623MB in size and may be slow in loading.
To play either video, click on one of the links below and hope that your
computer is set up to recognize the mpeg-1 (.mpg) format file and begin playing
it.
Here is the link that should hopefully convince your computer to load and play
the mpeg-1 format video file named: eia1w.mpg: (Remember it is a very big
70MB file and may take a long time to download on a slow internet
connection).
CLICK HERE TO START THE 70MB 14 MINUTE MPEG-1 VIDEO:
CLICK HERE TO START THE LARGE 623MB 14 MINUTE MPEG-1 VIDEO:
Professor Thomas B. Perera
Montclair State University
Internet On-Line Telegraph & Scientific Instrument Museum:
http://w1tp.com
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