LONDON - Mohamed Atta, the ringleader of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, smiles and jokes with another hijacker before the two turn serious and speak intently to a camera in a video posted Sunday on a British newspaper's Web site.

The Sunday Times said the video, which is dated Jan. 18, 2000, was made in Afghanistan for release after the men's deaths.

For more than 30 minutes, the video shows Atta, who flew one of the planes that crashed into New York's World Trade Center, and Ziad Jarrah, who piloted United Airlines flight 93 that crashed into a Pennsylvania field, both alone and together.

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It has no sound, and the newspaper quoted an unidentified U.S. source as saying that lip-readers had been unable to decipher what the men were saying.

At times in the video, the two look relaxed, laughing and chatting together before they grow serious and speak directly into the camera. At one point, they pore together over a document the newspaper identifies as a will.

The Sunday Times said it had obtained the video "through a previously tested channel" but gave no further details.

It shows Atta and Jarrah sitting on the floor, and alternates between tight shots including only their faces and wider images which show what appears to be a gun propped up on the wall next to them. Both men have full, dark beards.

Atta wears a dark sweater or sweatshirt with a zipped-up collar, while Jarrah is in a long white robe.

The newspaper said the hourlong video was made at an Al-Qaida training camp in Afghanistan.

It includes images of Osama bin Laden speaking to supporters in Kandahar, Afghanistan. A time stamp indicated that footage was shot on January 8, 2000.