This is currently doing the rounds on the Internet. Irish filmmaker George Clarke 'discovered' this footage in the extras of a Chaplin DVD boxset. The footage from the premiere of Charlie Chaplin's The Circus shows a woman walking in the background who appears to be talking on a cell phone. In 1928! More info here.
Of course it's not a time traveller. I'm not even sure if that's a woman. It could be a man in drag. If you take a look at the Siemens hearing instruments history site it could be a compact, pocket sized carbon microphone/amplifier device, which they patented in 1924.
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My question is this: if it's a cell phone, who's she talking to? And how is she getting a signal?
Hahaha. It looks as though she's pushing her back under her hat.
Intertemporal roaming charges must be murder.
Call the time cops right now!
Ummmm… Im just wondering… If he / she are actually on a cell phone, in the late 1920’s what cell phone tower are they using?
She is a he. He try to cover his face.
Lack of funding in this film :)
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