Thanks to all of you who have donated so far to our little telethon here. It keeps the blog running and it makes me feel it's worth doing; not that I didn't feel that before but more is always nice.
Back in this post, I linked you to a video that purported to be of Los Angeles in 1953. Then in this post, I cited a reader of this site who pointed out that the copyright on the video said it was 1945. My buddy Stu Shostak thinks that despite the copyright date, 1953 is more likely correct. Here — I'll let him tell you why he thinks that…
If you look closely at all the cars, there are more from the late 40s/early 50s than there are from prior. Also, the film mentions NBC and CBS Television, neither of which existed in 1945. Neither started with any great presence until at least 1947 or 1948.
Stu may be right…I dunno. Can anyone who knows cars tell me if there are any automobiles from the fifties in the video? That would settle it, sort of.
I used to be real good at identifying the makes, models and years of cars. One could speed by me doing sixty and I could instantly tell you all that but the skill, which came from nowhere went back there just as mysteriously as it had arrived. And when I say "used to be," I mean around when I was twelve. Most of my permanent teeth came in and my ability to recognizing cars went away. I'm sure you see the connection.
Lastly: I keep reading articles in which learned men and women theorize as what Donald Trump's plan is for dealing with all his indictments and lawsuits. It seems to not have dawned on any of these learned folks that he may not have one.