Have a pair of binoculars marked Bausch & Lomb, 30mm. APERT,, 6 power, Mark VII No5479 Of course US Navy. WWI (?)

My question is, " On the eye pieces are two little wheels. Turning those wheels drops a yellow filter in the viewing port of the eye pieces. What are those for? Use at dusk?."
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