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Tom Jericho:
Every day, our Typex machines have to be set the same way the Germans set their Enigmas. And figuring out the settings is the hard part. That's where the code breakers come in. Hester Wallace:
What would Claire need to decipher the settings? Tom Jericho:
She'd need a crib. Let's say this tombstone was in code. If I knew more or less who's buried here, I'd have a pretty good idea what the code meant. You try to work out the settings and then type the coded message into the Enigma machine. If the message comes out nonsense, the settings are wrong. If it comes out "Mary Jane Hawkins," you've broken Enigma for that day
Every day, our Typex machines have to be set the same way the Germans set their Enigmas. And figuring out the settings is the hard part. That's where the code breakers come in. Hester Wallace:
What would Claire need to decipher the settings? Tom Jericho:
She'd need a crib. Let's say this tombstone was in code. If I knew more or less who's buried here, I'd have a pretty good idea what the code meant. You try to work out the settings and then type the coded message into the Enigma machine. If the message comes out nonsense, the settings are wrong. If it comes out "Mary Jane Hawkins," you've broken Enigma for that day
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Every day our Typex machines have to be set
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the same way the Germans set their Enigmas
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Otherwise you just get nonsense from nonsense
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And working out each day's settings is the hard part
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That's where the code breakers come in
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How Well you you need a crib
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I'll see you later then Suppose that gravestone was in code
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If I knew who was buried here more or less I'd know what the code meant
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That's a crib
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And when you've set the machine you type in the coded message
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If it comes out nonsense the settings are wrong
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If it comes out Mary Jane Hawkins
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you've broken Enigma for that day
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Movie Summary
A young genius frantically races against time to crack an enemy code and solve the mystery surrounding the woman he loves.
Actors
Tom Jericho
Hester Wallace
