This Irish film maker, George Clarke, believes that he has spotted a time traveler in a Charlie Chaplin film called The Circus. This woman or man in drag as George likes to point out several times within his video, is walking on the side walk and clearly talking into some device that she is holding up to her ear.
Now, it says the most popular rational theory is it is a Siemen's hearing aid device developed in 1924. I think that could be very plausible.
However, this is kind of exciting and it's Friday. You guys tell me your thoughts and theories on this.
I thought it was quite odd. Three theories with me: 1.Cellular Device. 2.As you said, hearing aid device. 3.Shes mentally ill and partially shielding herself from others and randomly talking to herself.
If it's a cell phone, in 1920-something, then (EXPLICIT CONTENT HERE) we just got mind-(INSERT PROPER CURSE HERE) which means if time travel existed then that means; aliens, and many "Fictional things," may not be fictional.
Hmm. I want to see what a full size Siemens hearing aid is. I wouldn't deem it time time travel though. If I could get an actual photo of a 1926 model Siemens hearing aid, I think I could be more in depth with this.
Several reasons: There is no mention of a strange object like a cell phone being used, in any thing I have read. It would probably attract attention, at least from the mental ward...
Second, why would someone go to a Charlie Chaplin film? I mean I like him in all, he is a classic, an atheist, and even has the last name as me. But why? It was not propaganda videos, you wouldn't control anything, and not to much was happening at that moment in time in America. (What time was this written? The biggest thing would be the Manhattan project, which if it was stopped would stop the man from making the time machine probably...)
This is a pretty good example of paredolia. Basically we are interpreting holding a hand to the ear in a modern context, thus seeing something that isn't there. As for what's actually going on I think this guy has a pretty good explanation.
Charlie Chaplin Time Traveller Looking at the slow down the guy is providing, I'm not seeing anything in this persons hand.
Now going along the lines of what the person in the video I provided was saying it is an odd way to hold your hand for this technique. Though from practicing in a mirror myself I found if you place your thumb in your ear you end up holding your hand in a very similar way to what this person is doing and it produces a similar effect to the technique suggested. In fact I was able to produce better results using the odder method.
How could anyone talk on a cell phone in the 1920's? There was no network up! Not only that, there was nothing conclusive in her hand. It was just a "black object." For all we know, it was a shadow and she was simply covering her face to avoid the camera (camera shy?)
How could anyone talk on a cell phone in the 1920's? There was no network up!
Thats only with modern technology. If it was a time traveler, they would have found away around the fact that as far as we know time travel backwards is impossible, thus giving them the possibility of have a cell phone that works through time and space.
I think its either a hearing aid, with the bag part hidden in that coat. Or there is nothing in her hand and she is doing something else.
How could anyone talk on a cell phone in the 1920's? There was no network up!
S/he must have gotten it from Doctor Who.
(From wiki so excuse any quote failing here.)
Superphone
The "Superphone" is an upgraded mobile phone that can make calls across time and space. It even calibrates to the user's home time period, as shown by Adam Mitchell's ability to call his home time on Rose Tyler's phone ("The Long Game", despite their native time periods being about six years apart. In addition, it can send signals in places ordinary phones cannot, such as the sealed Cabinet Rooms at 10 Downing Street ("World War Three". However, its range is not infinite ("The Impossible Planet". The Doctor describes the Superphone as being able to "...Call anyone, in any time, so long as you know the area code."
The superphone first appears in "The End of the World", where the Ninth Doctor modifies Rose's Nokia 3200 mobile phone with a special device that goes in place of the battery. In "Rise of the Cybermen", the Nokia 3200 is replaced by a Samsung D500, but otherwise seems to function the same. A Samsung D500 is also seen used by Tish Jones in The Sound of Drums. It is also able to link up with the Cybus Industries Ear-Pod network. Rose gives the phone to Mickey Smith at the end of "The Age of Steel", but replaces it soon after.
After Martha Jones becomes an ongoing companion to the Tenth Doctor in "42", he gives her phone, the BenQ-Siemens EF81 a similar upgrade. This phone, however, is upgraded by the Doctor's sonic screwdriver, and the feature itself is referred to as "Universal Roaming". Martha's phone has the Archangel network logo on its display, the significance of which is revealed in "The Sound of Drums". At the end of the episode "Last of the Time Lords", Martha gives her phone to the Doctor, so she can contact him if trouble occurs. The Doctor uses the same process to upgrade Donna Noble's phone in "The Doctor's Daughter", but it is only used once onscreen to contact Martha's similarly upgraded phone. When his allies try contact the Doctor in "The Stolen Earth" by means of Martha's superphone now in his possession, the number displayed onscreen is 07700 900461. After the airing of this episode, 2500 fans tried dialing the number.[6] In "Journey's End", Wilfred mentions that he has received a phone call from Donna, presumably by means of her Superphone.
In "Planet of the Dead", the Doctor uses the sonic screwdriver to create a superphone to contact, and be contacted by, Malcolm Taylor, who is the other side of the wormhole. The phone is of the Nokia Prism series.
