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Uploaded on Sep 16, 2011

World's First Mobile Phone (1922). Found by a researcher in the Pathe vaults, this clip from 1922 shows that 90 years ago, mobile phone technology and music on the move was not only being thought of but being trialled. Reported in the Daily Telegraph, May 2010. We wrote the following blog post with links to this video's coverage in the media and information about it from a former Royal Signals Officer Simon Atkins:
http://britishpathe.wordpress.com/201...

We believe this clip was shot in New York.

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  • royalstarfish17

    royalstarfish17 8 months ago

    Sshhhh or Apple will be suing these guys next!

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  • vanpenguin22

    vanpenguin22 4 months ago

    "Discovered"?

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  • bleebloe

    bleebloe 1 hour ago

    this looks fake... seems too modern

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  • nicki5091

    nicki5091 2 days ago

    i feel so sorry for them

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  • AppleMrPies

    AppleMrPies 1 week ago

    does anyone understand you??

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  • wrestlingfan57

    wrestlingfan57 1 week ago

    WTF GUYS... Why is it in black and white video? Where they hipsters back then? ahhaha this sucs... I know that they could buy good camera but idiots used black&white lol

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  • sanal friend

    sanal friend 2 weeks ago

    Dont tell this is morphing there is no morphing in 1922

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  • MilSer P.

    MilSer P. 2 weeks ago

    its totally fake, really the had a cut away shot to the person receiving the call, I call bs...

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  • fdn777

    fdn777 2 weeks ago

    Girls of nowadays: please take useful notes from the video above and learn how to be pretty and desirable - as the girls in the video - without the need to show ALL your flesh in public.

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  • fdn777

    fdn777 2 weeks ago

    Does it work when it rains? I like the huge umbrella tranceiver though i am pretty sure that it could reach LTE speeds easily. Also technology is pretty advanced: the phone worked without the need to have a super AMOLED screen! Today if you break your screen you cannot operate the phone. cheers ;)

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  • Mike Konstantinidis

    Mike Konstantinidis 1 month ago

    Still better connection than in skype...

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  • Greco Lefteris

    Greco Lefteris 1 month ago

    Hahahaha

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