Posted on 10/27/2010 2:22:23 PM PDT by fishtank
HOLLYWOOD -- 33 years after his death, 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.
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Has the “Fringe” Investigative team been brought in yet? This sounds like a job for Dr. Walter Bishop and group.
Hey, I am writing a silly short science fiction love story right now that involves time travel and iPhones. It just goes back to 1974 though.
It involves a portal. One side is 2010, other side is 1974.
Who can I sue about this?
If the argument is that it is a "cell phone" and the argument against it is that there were no means to support such a cell phone then I would have to say that if it is indeed a "time traveler" then HE would certainly have access to technology far superior to what we have today.
With that being said, I believe it is a man dressed up as a woman definitely talking into some sort of hand held device. So either this video is authentic OR it has been doctored...........
I'm just offering this opinion as my observation, I'm not going to argue in favor of it one way or the other.
If other folks here can explain it without derision then please do so.........It definitely is an interesting topic.
The picture caption reads:
A crowd gathers for the re-opening of the South Fork Bridge, Gold Bridge B.C. in 1941. One man appears oddly out of place ...
So, just saying ... this picture is in line with the 'cell phone' lady in 1928 ... curious ....
“Can you imagine what her late fees are by now?”
It’s OK. She’s on a flat millenial plan. Unlimited minutes to other intertemporaldimensional phones.
Its best to time travel incognito.
But would you hit...never mind.
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Yes, it is a Western Electric Model 34A Hearing Aid. You can view one at http://www.hearingaidmuseum.com/gallery/Carbon/WesternElectric/info/westelect34a.htm
Said time traveler is years ahead in the future...and right now...his error is being saved forever on the internet...because once it goes digital...you can't erase it.
So...said time traveler's boss calls "John" into his office and says "Hey...I have a mission for you...I need you to go back to the early 20th century and observe silent film making. BUT...don't talk on your communicator this time..."
"What are you talking about?" Asks the time traveler...
"Well..." says the boss, "Some dude in 2010 bought a bunch of cheap videos and caught you talking on it...AND figured out you were a man. SO...when you go on the trip...1) Don't walk in front of the camera...and 2) Leave your communicator in your pocket and only use in case of emergencies. Tell your wife you don't care where you eat for dinner...it's her decision."
And boom...just like that...THIS never happened...and I never typed all of this.
That's how we know its not a cell phone or a time traveler.
Go back a few years. The device the lady has is more primitive. There’s no earphone on a wire. That’s why she has it up to her ear. Still, it’s a rectangular case big enough to hold the pickup, speaker, battery and amplification coils.
That is true. Those implants they put in people are about the size of a grain of sand, and yet they communicate back to the mother ship.
I’d like to see a picture of one of those hearing aids. That’s the most plausible explanation so far.
Fake. I will prove it to you in an exhaustively researched report with a full analysis of how and why at a later date...
You don’t have to pay your bill, you just go further back in time and get a different carrier.
That’s awesome!
My guess is she had an earache,and was covering up her ear.
I think Chaplin probably just told the actor to cover his face so that the audience couldn’t tell it’s not a woman.
But I did see Lee Harvey Oswald on that grassy knoll behind the tree.
"Can you hear me now?"
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