Time Traveler appears in 1928 film

[The Seeker]

A 1928 film clip from a Charlie Chaplin movie premier that appears to show a woman talking on a cell phone is sparking debate and controversy.

The short film, some 80 years old, is footage that was shot for Charlie Chaplin's film "The Circus."

The film shows people attending the 1928 premiere of the movie at the Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

In the footage, a woman dressed in black with a hat hiding most of her face is seen with what can only be described as a mobile phone device, talking as she walks alone.

The footage was studied and posted on YouTube by a man in Belfast named George Clarke.

Since then, the video has gone viral with thousands of people making comments and giving their opinion about what the woman is holding and what she is doing as she walks and talks.

Time Traveler appears in 1928 film

 

[Dilligaf]

Strange

 

[Dilligaf]

"It is a hearing aid that has a microphone in the purse. Just type in hearing aid 1920s in google and it will bring up the diagrams. Also she would be talking into it to test it and adjust the level... Presumably after the live music. This is a behind the scenes shot at a premier not the movie itself... They just happen to catch this woman testing her aid as she walked out of the film... She probably had to turn it down because of the live music that was played during the silent film."

I'll buy that theory

 

[The Seeker]

There was no such thing as a hearing aid in 1928 though...at least not an electronic one...just those horn things.

 

[Dilligaf]

http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Carbon/Acousticon/info/acousticonmodela.htm

 

[Dilligaf]

http://www.ropeofsilicon.com/article/hearing-aid-or-cell-phone-in-chaplins-the-circus-from-1928

 

[avion]

Scotty - beam me up!

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[The Seeker]

Well, perhaps they did have them then???

 

[Gromit]

Well if that's what people from the future looked like back then, then there's hope for me afterall. :y18:

Love these 'strange' clips and a good conspiracy theory!

 

[CarlS]

It has definitely been interesting reading! :y114:

 

[Dschief]

I saw this one posted everywhere a couple of weeks ago, and people were saying "it's a cell phone!". I asked them what carriers and towers were available in 1928, as Bell Telephone (ancient Verizon) had not yet gone wireless. That wouldn't come for almost another 50 years.
Funny how people don't think before they open their mouths.

 

[CarlS]

[quote author=Dschief link=topic=11093.msg53155#msg53155 date=1288818032]
I saw this one posted everywhere a couple of weeks ago, and people were saying "it's a cell phone!". I asked them what carriers and towers were available in 1928, as Bell Telephone (ancient Verizon) had not yet gone wireless. That wouldn't come for almost another 50 years.
Funny how people don't think before they open their mouths.
[/quote]

Most of the folks touting this "cell phone" theory can't even remember when there were no cell phones.

 

[DaveM]

[quote author=CarlS link=topic=11093.msg53464#msg53464 date=1289395046]
Most of the folks touting this "cell phone" theory can't even remember when there were no cell phones.
[/quote]

:tongue: You mean there was a time we did not have cell phones :tongue: How did we live :silent:

 

[CarlS]

I think we lived rather nicely with less stress!!

 

[Dschief]

If you had a problem, you used a payphone. Now days, only cheating husbands use payphones. If they can find one........