- This is a diathermic machine.
- A which?
- It's an instrument that generates high-frequency oscillations. Now, by stepping up the power with a transformer, I can send messages with it.
- You mean like radio?
- Yes. Ultra-shortwave impulses in Morse code.
20 seconds sound clip from Superman (1948) - Between Two Fire (Chapter 10).
You can hear this line at 00:08:58.693 in the Blu-ray version of the episode.
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- I doubt if we'll get much cooperation from Graham.
- He's proving to be unusually stubborn.
- I'm sure that you can find a way to make him cooperate.
- Before I explain it more fully, are you quite sure that you feel all right?
- Oh, sure. I'd like to hear more about this.
- This is a diathermic machine.
- A which?
- Yes. Ultra-shortwave impulses in Morse code.
- I thought it was about time you snapped out of the ether. I didn't hit you very hard.
- By the way, can he stay here? He can be of great help to me.
- Well, sure. The faster you work, the better.
- Yes.
- Jimmy hasn't phoned in anything on the Reducer Ray story.
- I can't even locate him at the university.
- Well, maybe he's running down an angle somewhere else.
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Actors: Kirk Alyn (Clark Kent / Superman), Noel Neill (Lois Lane), Tommy Bond (Jimmy Olsen), Carol Forman (Spider Lady), Pierre Watkin (Perry White)
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