In the world of social networks, YouTube, or the Deep web, there is a curious ocean of rumorology, conspiracies and urban legends that we must always take with great care and with a hint of cautious skepticism.
However, the interesting thing about these stories like the one we present today is that it also forces us to open our minds, and see everything under the magnifying glass of a Sherlock Holmes of the 21st century.And that is precisely what we invite you on this occasion.Could mobile technology begin to develop at the end of the 30s?
We will start by putting ourselves in context.Year 1938, we are facing a video of just over 6 seconds.A group of people come out of what looks like a factory and our view, focuses on a young woman in white dress who puts a device in the ear, and then, he holds it in his hand as if he carries an «authentic» mobile phone.
Is this possible? We give you all the information about it so that you also give us your opinion.
The girl of the "supposed" mobile phone
Not long ago we talked about a similar case.Another woman who appears in a film by Charles Chaplin and also carries a small device to her ear.A cell phone? Or was it perhaps a hearing aid? Most likely, it was the latter, however, the enigma has not yet been resolved.
This video obtained a remarkable success of visits throughout 2013, and according to experts, by the type of clothing and context, most likely it was recorded between 1930 and 1940. In it, we see a girl who advances in the company of a group, making use of an object that for many, was a phone.
Now...Was it? Was it a telephone device? And who is this young woman laughing that makes use of that device in such a normal and determined way? This is Gertrude Jones, and for those years, he was exactly 17 years old.This is at least what the person who uploaded the video to YouTube explains to us, and calls himself "Planetcheck." The story he tells about this recording is as curious as it is disturbing.
We are in Massachusetts, and in the communications company "Leominster", a few years before it World War II will begin.Gerrude spoke to his grandson about that day and what they were doing in that company: developing technology.And what kind of technology? All related to communications, in fact, that day, she and six other women were asked to try one of the phones , hence this recording.
Can this be possible? Would they have in this factory some kind of communications tower? A telephone network similar to the one we enjoy today? For the vast majority of experts it is somewhat unlikely.In fact, one of the assumptions is that it was perhaps a "walkie talkie" , or even more, a handheld recorder , since it was at this time that this type of technology that was already produced normally during the 30s by a company called Ampex began to develop.
We, for our part, invite you to watch the video and give us your opinion, since it is always interesting and important to have more approaches, more opinions.Meanwhile, we also recommend you remember the case of the time traveler in a photo of 1941.
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