Time Traveller Caught Out

George Clarke is an independent film maker with a wonderful imagination and a keen eye for a great marketing opportunity.

He’s discovered vision of an old lady using a mobile phone in 1928. Well, that’s what he says he believes the vision to be. You can make up your own mind by watching the video. (I love the way that his introduction begins with a plug for his own movies.)

The vision comes from the extra features of the DVD release of Charlie Chaplin’s 1928 film, The Circus.

“I believe I’m the first person to find something quite unusual from a bit of film footage from 1928,” Mr Clarke says.

The scene can be found in the extras menu in Documents, under The Hollywood Premiere.

It’s not in the movie – it’s real footage and it features real members of the public in 1928.

Or does it, asks Mr Clarke, who spotted a mysteriously dressed stranger walking past the camera talking into what he says can only be a mobile phone.

“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.” – News.com.au

I must say, I don’t quite know what is happening in the footage, but that doesn’t mean that I’m jumping to the conclusion that it’s a mobile phone being used by a time traveller. That’s what it looks like based on our experiences but there’s obviously something else going on here.

I wonder how often we view all kinds of everyday occurrences through our limited understanding and come up with something that’s a million miles away from what’s really happening. How often do we misunderstand an experience simply because we’re only filtering it through what we already understand?

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