Chaplins Time Traveler ...1928 Old lady with mobile Phone!

[dcdaveclarke]

Chaplins Time Traveler

[dcdaveclarke]

I love it ,,,I wonder who shes talking to an what year it is on the other end of the line!
PS if its a hearing aid what did they look like in those days an what size batteries? if any.. :blink:

The Advent of Electric Hearing Aids,,

In the early 1920s, hearing aid technology incorporated the use of vacuum tubes, which allowed a much more efficient method for amplifying sound. But the early electrical hearing aids were still far too unwieldy to be carried around easily--many were as large as desk radios, and just as heavy. Luckily, an important development in the history of hearing aids was just around the corner.

Smaller Batteries, Smaller Hearing Aids

One of the first major changes in the history of hearing aids that led to a decrease in their size was the miniaturization of batteries. Previously, batteries were large, heavy, and could not hold a charge for very long, making them impractical for hearing aid use. Battery packs had to be worn on the hearing-impaired person's body. By the 1930s, hearing aid technology had progressed so that aids could be portable.

http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/8-10-2006-105110.asp

[OVERTone]

Seemingly bizarre!

[Bullseye]

This is probably the original 'ET phone home'. She's probably telling whoever she's talking to, "Somebody get their ass down here and get me! I crashed on an insane asylum."

[OVERTone]

A ruse to get people to watch a good film!

I saw no such scene!

[OVERTone]

Apparently it's on behind the scenes footage!

[no fear]

I'm wondering this: without cell phone towers, how would the phone transmit a message?

[Alien Ancestry]

I'm wondering this: without cell phone towers, how would the phone transmit a message?

This is a link to Siemens history page from 1924 which shows a hearing aid which you hold in your hand, as per the picture.

Seems the he-she was simply talking into a more Earthly piece of equipment!

http://hearing.siemens.com/uk/10-about-us/01-our-history/milestones.jsp?year=1924

 

[OVERTone]

Why would someone converse with their own hearing device?

Do you have a picture of this device?

Gregg it is only a presumption that s/he's talking through a present day mobile phone, if s/he was from the future s/he could be from any time with any technology!!

I think there is probably a more down to earth answer to this, such as, s/he's mad & talks to hirself all the time & s/he's aware of the camera & is covering the face with (black cigarette box, necklace case) because s/he believes the camera will take a piece of her soul - like the American's when white man showed up with his kodak!

[dcdaveclarke]

The Shot is from across the Street Zooming in on the Crowd outside the Theater for the Premier of the Circus! 1928
heres the Movie

"The Circus / ?" (1928)

[OVERTone]

Not that the Americans were mad for thinking that!

[Alien Ancestry]

Why would someone converse with their own hearing device?

No idea at all - nowt so queer as folk!

 

[OVERTone]

Why would someone converse with their own hearing device?

No idea at all - nowt so queer as folk!

 

Indeed, maybe she had only just bought it & had'nt heard her voice for such a long time!

Oh & i 'found' a picture! 

[netkomm]

The Shot is from across the Street Zooming in on the Crowd outside the Theater for the Premier of the Circus! 1928
heres the Movie
"The Circus / ?" (1928)

even the copyright date is wrong... MCMLXVIII is 1968 not 1928... therefore this movie is on the public domain (if not already on public domain)

The Shot is from across the Street Zooming in on the Crowd outside the Theater for the Premier of the Circus! 1928
heres the Movie
"The Circus / ?" (1928)

I just noticed that the copyright date is wrong MCMLXVIII = 1968 not 1928.

[OVERTone]

^fake clip then, they fucked the roman numerals up!

[OVERTone]

Now this is on Yahoo frontpage!