BASF Tape Transport Box (incl. tape)

Made:: 1944

maker:: BASF

BASF tape transport box (including tape), 1944. WWII-era metal transport case containing several empty spools, & 3 full spools of German military tape. The tape was made by BASF (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory) in Ludwigshaven & was used on Telefunken-designed & built "Tonschreiber" tape recorders. These machines, developed from the pre-war Telefunken "Magnetophon" recorder were capable of very high recording quality for the time. These tapes (plus a pair of recorders - now sadly missing) were presented to the BBC for evaluation in 1945 by Captain F.W. Trenouth of Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE) who had been studying the captured machines for possible military potential.

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Category:: Television

Collection:: BBC Heritage Collection

Object Number:: 2012-5118/178

type:: tape transport box (incl. tape)

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BASF Tape Transport Box

BASF tape transport box, 1944. Second World War era metal transport case containing several empty spools of German military tape.

Presented to the BBC for evaluation in 1945 by Captain F.W. Trenouth of Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE) who had been studying the captured machines for possible military potential.

Measurements:: overall: 240 mm x 490 mm x 235 mm,

Materials:: metal (unknown) and textile

Object Number:: 2012-5118/178/1

type:: box - container

BASF German Military Tape from WWII

Three spools of Second World War era German military tape, 1944.

The tape was made by BASF (Baden Aniline and Soda Factory) in Ludwigshaven & was used on Telefunken-designed & built "Tonschreiber" tape recorders. These machines, developed from the pre-war Telefunken "Magnetophon" recorder were capable of very high recording quality for the time. These tapes were presented to the BBC for evaluation in 1945 by Captain F.W. Trenouth of Signals Research and Development Establishment (SRDE) who had been studying the captured machines for possible military potential.