The list of Caldecott medal winners and honors is a great source of more children's books that used to be, if not popular, then well-regarded. Lots of outdated stuff in there that we've forgotten since sensibilities have changed. "They Were Strong and Good" from Robert Lawson, "If I Ran the Zoo" by Dr. Seuss, and a host of other books in there have rather racist depictions of various cultures.
This reminds me of a similar Russian video debunked by Captain Disillusion a couple of years ago. That one was easier to understand because it was rainy and dark, so you could see the headlights of the hidden car reflected off of the wet street under the obscuring car, but the principle is the same. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQALBUY7OH4