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Is this the world's first cell phone? Film from 1938 shows a woman talking on a wireless device
Mailonline ^ | 3/31/2014 | Mailonline

Posted on 07/26/2014 3:49:55 PM PDT by Dallas59

Edited on 04/11/2015 2:52:34 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

The mystery of how a woman could have been filmed while using a modern cell phone back in 1938 seems to have finally been solved.

Black and white footage of a young female chatting into a wireless handset - said to have been filmed at a factory in the United States in the 30s - has attracted over 300,000 plays on YouTube.


(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Conspiracy; History
KEYWORDS: 1938; aliens; cellphone; timetravel; ufos
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Lol...even it is a "misunderstanding", the mannerisms and way she is holding a cell/smart phone/cosmetic case whatever, are indistinguishable from people today and the way they hold their phones.
1 posted on 07/26/2014 3:49:55 PM PDT by Dallas59
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2 posted on 07/26/2014 3:51:29 PM PDT by Bloody Sam Roberts (My life has been a poor attempt to imitate the man. I am a living legacy to the leader of the band.)
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To: Dallas59

Who would she be talking to?


3 posted on 07/26/2014 3:52:20 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

Back then, powder cases had phones in em.../s


4 posted on 07/26/2014 3:52:40 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Steely Tom

Hitler?


5 posted on 07/26/2014 3:52:57 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59

Walkie-Talkies were around then, I’m pretty sure, probably used in the military. The poor mans’ cell phone is still sold today.


6 posted on 07/26/2014 3:52:58 PM PDT by lee martell
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Umm, cell towers are .... where?


7 posted on 07/26/2014 3:53:46 PM PDT by IllumiNaughtyByNature ($1.84 - The price of a gallon of gas on Jan. 20th, 2009.)
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To: Steely Tom

She was listening in on the party line.


8 posted on 07/26/2014 3:53:50 PM PDT by EternalVigilance
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To: lee martell
Walkie-Talkies were around then

They were about the size of loaf of bread.

9 posted on 07/26/2014 3:54:37 PM PDT by Steely Tom (How do you feel about robbing Peter's robot?)
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To: IllumiNaughtyByNature

Secret government stuff...like the internet was back in the 60’s...


10 posted on 07/26/2014 3:54:47 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Steely Tom

LOL That’s right.


11 posted on 07/26/2014 3:56:17 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals don't get it .... their minds are diseased.)
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To: Dallas59

That’s a small purse, she is not carrying any thing
in her other hand.


12 posted on 07/26/2014 3:57:19 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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If you look at the woman walking in front of her,
her purse is small and fits in her hand too.

I suppose she could be wearing a Blue tooth...


13 posted on 07/26/2014 3:59:24 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: Dallas59

The gullible still haven’t mastered one piece of medieval technology: Occam’s Razor.


14 posted on 07/26/2014 3:59:29 PM PDT by wideawake
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Doctor who

CC


15 posted on 07/26/2014 4:00:26 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (tease not the dragon for thou art crunchy when roasted and taste good with ketchup)
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To: tet68

16 posted on 07/26/2014 4:01:23 PM PDT by Dallas59
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To: wideawake

I cannot believe this reporter took the claim that this was a cell phone research project seriously.


17 posted on 07/26/2014 4:05:57 PM PDT by GeronL (Vote for Conservatives not for Republicans)
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To: Dallas59

The first time I talked with someone using a cellular phone was in Europe..he was in Finland with his Nokia car phone..driving. It most of been in 1980 or so.


18 posted on 07/26/2014 4:06:14 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Dallas59

Poor lady has to deal with all of his selfies and tweets about invading Poland.


19 posted on 07/26/2014 4:07:16 PM PDT by VanDeKoik
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To: Steely Tom

Talking to the Mother-ship no doubt. She and her companion to her right appear ‘alien’.


20 posted on 07/26/2014 4:08:43 PM PDT by MHGinTN
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