Person on mobile phone in 1928

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funkyrobot

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229 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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http://uk.movies.yahoo.com/blog/article/57334/time...

'Has the first real evidence of time travelling been found? A video on YouTube seems to think so.

On the DVD extras for Charlie Chaplin's 'The Circus', a woman is spotted in the background at the movie's premiere in 1928 and appears to be talking on a mobile phone.
Stunned by what he saw, Irish filmmaker George Clarke consulted experts on his find, and has since posted it on YouTube. He claims that the video has not been tampered with in any way.

The footage does seem to show a lady nattering on a mobile phone, but if you thought your phone reception was bad at normal times, we hate to think what it would have been like in the ‘20s.

Cynics have scoffed at the footage, asking, if you were a time traveller, would you openly show off the amazing gadget? Others have asked why you would go to a Chaplin premiere if you could go back to any point in time?

Clarke replied, "Who says the person in question went back to see the Chaplin premiere? How about, the person went back to an earlier period and got stuck there or was in town doing something else and just happened to stroll on by."

Have a look and see for yourselves.'




Errrmmm?? How would the thing work with no network?

Something not quite right here. smile

Original Poster

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177 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Bookmarked.

Mike_CTR

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202 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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[tinfoilhat]She was probably talking to OBL in his hiding cave.. or possibly picking up a voicemail from Nostradamus regarding the World Trade Centre.[/tinfoilhat]



N88

1,299 posts

180 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Very interesting! Certainly looks convincing to me.

N88

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180 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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And did she take a charger with her? Because she certainly couldn't nip to the shop for one!

Mosman

778 posts

206 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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What is the record for the most reposts in one day?

cronk-flakes

3,480 posts

254 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Doesn't look like she's holding anything, tbh!

Scratching her face and talking to herself? Chewing and scratching?

snowy slopes

38,834 posts

188 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Come one guys, dont be daft, it isnt a mobile phone, its one of them motorola walkie talkie thingymabobs. Jeez the calibre of people on here todayrolleyes

Dan_1981

17,407 posts

200 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Luckily before she travelled back in time she got dressed in 1920's clothing.

Silly bint forgot to take her mobile out of her pocket though.

Daft tart.

As if they'd send a woman anyway.

Famous Graham

26,553 posts

226 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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I was reading something in Focus magazine yesterday - apparently the first mobile telephone was invented just after the turn of the century.

Just it wasn't much use without a network.

DeadMeat_UK

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283 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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But who was she calling ??

Glocko

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250 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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O2 customer services?

Urban Sports

11,321 posts

204 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Mosman said:
What is the record for the most reposts in one day?
This topic has to be it, I've seen about 5 about this today!!

Takes the cake!

central

16,744 posts

218 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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madala

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199 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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.....it's a Nokia......

piratekiller

563 posts

209 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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oh dear oh dear, must we do this again?

KieronGSi

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205 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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fesuvious said:
If you travelled back in time to 1928 and had a mobile phone with you.................there'd be no reception due to lack of masts...????

ETA

BUT, if you could invent a time machine it is possible you'd invent a way of communication between each 'dimension' (?) too - right?

Edited by fesuvious on Thursday 28th October 17:18
Maybe she is from the future at a point in time when phone don't need masts. biggrinbiggrinbiggrinbiggrin

F i F

44,151 posts

252 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Well back in the day before wifi networks our AS/400 went down, major drive crash. Whilst it was being sorted, as a joke we put AS400 signon screen that had been taken as a screengrab and put it as the desktop wallpaper on a laptop or two.

Walking round with these laptops not connected to anything quite a few folks anxious to fix some bit of work related stuff fell for the scam.

They wouldn't believe we were time travellers looking for a wifi network, "You can't do that!!!"

FourWheelDrift

88,560 posts

285 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Urban Sports said:
Mosman said:
What is the record for the most reposts in one day?
This topic has to be it, I've seen about 5 about this today!!

Takes the cake!
I guess the other posts were in the Lounge as I can't see any others in here, The Lounge is the wrong forum for a film based thread.

At least this one is in the right place smile

redtwin

7,518 posts

183 months

Thursday 28th October 2010
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Shielding her face from the sun.

Can't believe someone actually made an issue of this.