sunflogun Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 The images are not 100% clear, but it certainly seems that the woman is using a mobile phone! Thoughts? An old woman using mobile phone in a short clip from the DVD extras of Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus, 1928, spotted only in 2010 by filmmaker George Clark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travelist Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 This video is really interesting but this sounds me a bit fake. I mean if it's really the truth why this didn't get famous? Why this didn't aroused any attention by the most valuable scientest in the world? This would be a revolutionary video if it's real. Eventually how we are sure that what that woman was holding is a mobile phone? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgiTitor Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I would like to link to the Wikipedia article on the history of hearing aids. Some of the earlier models had an elongated shape (what we consider to be the candy bar profile for cell phones, now) and that many of these old videos could be nothing more than catching a passerby with nothing more than an early hearing aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FuZyOn Posted May 27, 2015 Share Posted May 27, 2015 I don't think this video serves your statement justice since it can easily be fake. I'm positive some things happened in that era but I'm not quite sure this is good evidence. Still, not a bad thought. I'm really curious to find more information since people are saying mobile phones were present among those years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darby Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 The images are not 100% clear, but it certainly seems that the woman is using a mobile phone! Thoughts?An old woman using mobile phone in a short clip from the DVD extras of Charlie Chaplin's film The Circus, 1928, spotted only in 2010 by filmmaker George Clark Oh, absolutely. That's a cel phone. I mean, everyone on the planet knows for a fact that in 1928 there were cel towers all across the planet. I mean, everyone who was anyone had a mobile phone in 1928. The guy in the photo is texting Charles Lindberg in the Spirit of St. Louis wondering why he doesn't kick it into Mach 2.5 to get to Paris and back in time for dinner in Chicago. Did you just fall off the turnip wagon or did you not know that the photo has been kicked around the web for years? " It certainly seems that the woman is using a mobile phone" my aching ass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CallipygianGamine Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Bit spurious, I think. Looking at the article @AgiTitor linked, a hearing aid seems like a more likely explanation for this. I’ve seen ear trumpets but not the early electronic models, so thanks for that link. Pretty fascinating stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerrTexas Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Oh look, they found who the 1928 time traveler was talking with ; another time traveler with cell phone in 1938. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV5GPfaTE5I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petesede Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Radio? But i think the biggest thing would be the lack of towers.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerrTexas Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Why assume they are 'cell' phones? Wouldn't satellite phones be more appropriate for a time traveler communication network? During that time period, and earlier, don't know if anyone would notice orbiting satellites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demon_skeith Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Not sure what that is, could be a tape recorder but I just know if it was a cell phone why wouldn't the person be more careful with using it? Why dress up to blend in but you are still talking on a cell phone? Wouldn't someone in that time notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Oh look, they found who the 1928 time traveler was talking with ; another time traveler with cell phone in 1938. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QV5GPfaTE5I Just reading through the comments below your video on YouTube, I found one that really made a lot of sense. She's Miss Moneypenny and the phone it's a gadget from Section Q. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflogun Posted May 28, 2015 Author Share Posted May 28, 2015 LOL, so it seems fake uh? Again, I don't know why people make these comments, eventually they just want to attract attention and traffic to their sites or videos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Einstein Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 LOL, so it seems fake uh? Again, I don't know why people make these comments, eventually they just want to attract attention and traffic to their sites or videos. I liked it because it was someones attempt to use fiction to explain fiction. I think that's perfectly legal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KerrTexas Posted May 28, 2015 Share Posted May 28, 2015 Think the answer to what the woman in the 1938 video is holding can be seen in the hands of the woman in front of her. What is being referred to as a cell phone is actually a little purse. Regarding the Charlie Chaplain video : http://timetravelinstitute.com/threads/did-film-footage-from-1928-capture-a-time-traveler.6388/#post-70986 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vegito12 Posted May 29, 2015 Share Posted May 29, 2015 Those phones appear to be a walkie talkie one or, something else that looks like it and in those days mobile did not exist so would of used something else the first clip appears to be made up if it has been on the web for a long time. The object looks like a mobile, but is not as the technology was not advanced like today and the eyes can be deceived by this video very easily when looking at it at first glance. I, reckon it can look like a cellphone but it is not one as the other people don't seemed surprised or bothered by the phone which is interesting and would think the people would be more interested in the phone if it was one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunflogun Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 I liked it because it was someones attempt to use fiction to explain fiction. I think that's perfectly legal. Well... That is fairly common these days, reality is hidden and we are presented with entertainment so that we don't think about the real world and the situation we are living in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicolas Posted June 1, 2015 Share Posted June 1, 2015 This subject has been discussed right here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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