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This film was just rediscovered
by the British Pathé film archives. This was shot in 1922 in New York City.
They call it a wireless phone. Now, the way it works is you wrap a wire
around a fire hydrant, and that acts as the ground. Then you open up an umbrella
that also has a wire in it, and that's acting as the antenna.
That I understand
by the British Pathé film archives. This was shot in 1922 in New York City.
They call it a wireless phone. Now, the way it works is you wrap a wire
around a fire hydrant, and that acts as the ground. Then you open up an umbrella
that also has a wire in it, and that's acting as the antenna.
That I understand
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This film was just rediscovered
by the British Pathé film archives.
00:00:06.089 --> 00:00:12.022
This was shot in 1922 in New York City.
They call it a wireless phone.
00:00:13.721 --> 00:00:16.808
Now, the way it works is you wrap a wire
around a fire hydrant,
00:00:16.891 --> 00:00:18.392
and that acts as the ground.
00:00:19.435 --> 00:00:22.522
Then you open up an umbrella
that also has a wire in it,
00:00:22.605 --> 00:00:24.607
and that's acting as the antenna.
That I understand.
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Scientists investigate unusual events from pop culture, science and history.
