Time Traveler Revealed in 1928 Movie!

It created such a buzz this week that Brian Williams featured it on the NBC Nightly News.

“It” is an intriguing piece of film that was discovered recently—supposedly depicting a woman walking down the street talking on a cell phone.

Nothing out of the ordinary there—except that the film clip was part of a Charlie Chaplin movie shot in 1928---nearly a half century before the advent of mobile phones. The first mobile phone made its debut in 1973—and was enormous in size, compared to the handheld cell phones of today. The phone in this scene seems to be more like the devices of today, making the gap in years approaching 80!

The brief clip features a woman walking down the street clearly clutching what appears to be a cell phone in her left hand. She stops and almost faces the camera for an instant—and in that brief glimpse, it appears that she is carrying on some sort of conversation.

So, what exactly WAS it?

Perhaps a time traveler?

Check out the clip for yourself:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DRvVN39ZwtM

There has been some speculation that the device she was holding was a type of hearing aid that was used in the 20’s. Critics of this theory say the hearing-assist unit was larger, shaped differently and would have been held in a different manner or orientation.

Of course, if this woman WAS a time traveler—whom was she calling? Perhaps someone in current times? Of course, we’ll never know---I just hope that the carrier won’t charge that lady for a call that lasts from 1928-2010.

Nobody has that many minutes in their plan.

Have a great weekend!

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