Originally Posted by
ItsJustMe
Sure, and all of the headlight "blackout" masks that people had to mount on their cars during WWII were just, you know, IN CASE the war lasted until the headlight became standard issue. (/snarky)
And all those classic night time car chase scenes from gangster movies of the 30s and 40s were done with carbide lamps. I want me a set of those!