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« on: October 28, 2010, 07:24:35 am » |
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A woman walks past a camera holding and talking into what looks like a mobile telephone. An ordinary, every day scene - except this image was captured in 1928. An Irish film-maker, George Clarke, says the footage is of a time traveller caught walking through a scene on a DVD of Charlie Chaplin's film, The Circus. "The only conclusion I can come to - which sounds absolutely ridiculous I'm sure, to some people - is it's a time traveller," he says. "When you're looking at a bit of 1928 footage with an old woman ... on a mobile phone, it's kind of strange. You can't explain it." The scene can be found in the extras menu in Documents, under The Hollywood Premiere. It is not in the film, rather it is a shot of a member of the public walking past the camera. The full clip can be viewed on YouTube. Many sceptics have said it would have been impossible to use a mobile phone in 1928 due to there being no networks built to support them. Others say this: She is a time traveller - whatever she has in her hand would probably not use technology common in 2010. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/strange-but-true/news/article.cfm?c_id=500835&objectid=10683584
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« Reply #1 on: October 28, 2010, 07:56:12 am » |
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lovely, but ummm....
I took a frame, resized and cropped it, my guess is the way the light falls on the subject? "cellphone" could be the shadow of the woman's hand: note the shadow of the brim of the hat and her shadow on the wall?
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« Reply #2 on: October 28, 2010, 08:55:35 am » |
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Would a time traveller have a shadow?
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« Reply #3 on: October 28, 2010, 09:19:16 am » |
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It's actually a man in drag trying to hide his face from the camera
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« Reply #4 on: October 28, 2010, 09:35:50 am » |
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It's actually a man in drag trying to hide his face from the camera
True dinkum? (did they do drag in those days?)
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« Reply #5 on: October 28, 2010, 09:37:24 am » |
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Would a time traveller have a shadow?
Ummmm vampires don't do they?
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« Reply #6 on: October 28, 2010, 09:52:36 am » |
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« Reply #7 on: October 28, 2010, 10:04:12 am » |
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Knew that women characters were once portrayed only by men, does your link mention the particular "shot" in the DVD? I ain't got time to surf through the wiki item
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« Reply #8 on: October 28, 2010, 11:38:12 am » |
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I don't believe its a time traveller with a cell phone, just someone trying to shield their face from the camera. Saying it was a man in drag was just being facetious.
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« Reply #9 on: October 28, 2010, 02:32:36 pm » |
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Are you sick of the bullshit from the sewer stream media spewed out from the usual Ken and Barby dickless talking point look a likes. If you want to know what's going on in the real world... And the many things that will personally effect you. Go to http://www.infowars.com/AND WAKE THE F_ _K UP
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« Reply #10 on: October 28, 2010, 03:16:56 pm » |
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Knew that women characters were once portrayed only by men, does your link mention the particular "shot" in the DVD? I ain't got time to surf through the wiki item There is a utube video of the shot shown many times, and at close up also slowed down, but i didn't know how to put it on the board.
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« Reply #11 on: October 28, 2010, 04:19:50 pm » |
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« Reply #12 on: October 28, 2010, 04:23:37 pm » |
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abridged There is a utube video of the shot shown many times, and at close up also slowed down, but i didn't know how to put it on the board.
Yeah, I took the s/shot attached (see message 2) from the Youtube vid in your orig.mess. I am intrigued. Hint for posting vids on group messages : What I do now is = taking for instance the one accessed through your link, click on the YouTube logo then it opens in the Youtube site. You will then see it's url in the address bar at the top of the page. Highlight and copy that and paste into your message. Smfforfree updated the method a few weeks ago and made it easier than it was imo. I was sort of hoping there was a story to the Chaplin movie, like Hitchcock always appearing in his own movies. nemmind
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« Reply #13 on: October 28, 2010, 04:28:16 pm » |
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« Reply #14 on: October 28, 2010, 04:31:24 pm » |
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Freaky... the figure even fades away mid shot while another one walks through..
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« Reply #15 on: October 28, 2010, 04:40:38 pm » |
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« Reply #16 on: October 28, 2010, 04:50:25 pm » |
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So how did he get back? did his older self remember his visit from when he was younger? Wouldn't you write down last week's winning lotto numbers while you were there?
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« Reply #17 on: October 28, 2010, 05:29:09 pm » |
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Freaky... the figure even fades away mid shot while another one walks through..
spliced film or transition or traveller taken off for the 21st century? I'd like to know if that animal is a horse or a zebra
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« Reply #18 on: October 28, 2010, 05:36:55 pm » |
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Freaky... the figure even fades away mid shot while another one walks through..
spliced film or transition or traveller taken off for the 21st century? I'd like to know if that animal is a horse or a zebra I thought the film was spliced too but the figure walking through is solid. The animal is a statue of a horse badly painted like a zebra..
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« Reply #19 on: October 28, 2010, 05:53:20 pm » |
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so how do you interpret this? (another frame, at ten seconds into the clip) Double exposure to me
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« Reply #20 on: October 28, 2010, 05:57:27 pm » |
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Yep....'tis.
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