On a recent episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live that was filming in Brooklyn, Jimmy Kimmel played a funny game titled with the audience titled "Williamsburg or Gettysburg" in which they were shown a beard and had to identify whether it was a modern beard from Williamsburg, or and 1860s-era beard from Gettysburg.

If you've never been to Brooklyn you should know that this borough is home to some of the thickest and scraggliest beards this side of Fallujah. Sometimes we're not sure if we are in Brooklyn or at a Civil War re-enactment. So, we thought it might be fun to make a game out of that – we show a close up of a beard and you have to guess if it belongs to someone from Williamsburg or Gettysburg.

Dug up by Archive.org, this incredible vintage 35mm footage from 1945 shows a "Dashcam" style trip through Midtown Manhattan. The first half of the video is shot facing forward while driving around 42nd Street. The second half has the camera facing backwards, while driving down 5th Avenue starting from Central Park at 59th Street. At just under 5 minutes long, this vintage film offers a unique peek at New York City as it appeared seven decades ago.

An early "dashcam" style archive footage film showing a trip through downtown Manhattan, New York City along 8th Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 50th Street. The first half of the film uses a forward looking camera, the remainder of the film shows the views from a rear facing camera. The scenes capture many classic and vintage cars from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s including many Ford and General Motors vehicles that were so common during this period, as well as the iconic Taxi Cabs of NYC.

Good morning! Wishing you a happy Friday, November 3rd, 2017 from all of us at Viewing NYC!

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