1942 - New automotive features are demonstrated by a female driver using pedals, a mechanic checking oil and a male driver using windshield wipers in Ford motorcars.
1942 - A compartment for suitcases is shown in the Ford deluxe business coupe and a vacuum-operated automatic top is demonstrated in the Ford convertible club coupe motorcar.
1942 - Nightclub and movie theater marquees shine in neon lights on Broadway in New York City Manhattan New York.
1942 - A fast steam passenger train travels over a bridge at high speed.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss bids goodnight to the sleeping animals who listened to his forest concert.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss plays a waltz in a forest for an audience of animals.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss plays one of his waltzes on the violin in a forest.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss dresses up as a woman to waltz with himself.
1942 - In this animated film, a singing bird provides the inspiration for one of Johan Strauss' waltzes.
1942 - In this animated film, Johann Strauss dances to one of his own waltzes in a forest.
1942 - In this animated film, a dancing squirrel and rabbit provide the inspiration for one of Johan Strauss' waltzes.
1942 - In this animated film, Popeye's nephews make music with household objects.
1942 - In this animated film, a Dutch man prays in the wreckage of a church and a rainstorm chases out invading mechanical forces.
1942 - In this animated film, a Dutch couple celebrates the rebirth of the countryside after a devastating attack.
1942 - In this animated film, a Dutch couple plays the accordion and dances together.
1942 - In this animated film, a boyfriend and girlfriend use a windmill to deliver flowers and cakes to each other.
1942 - Cars drive past stalled trolleys covered with icicles on a snowy street in Ottawa, Canada.
1942 - Icicles cling to a frozen streetcar in Ottawa, Canada, as pedestrians pass by on a snowy sidewalk.
1942 - A man in a recording booth at the Office of War Information adjusts dials.
1942 - An FDR speech translated into French is begun on a phonograph.
1942 - An FDR speech translated into French is played on a phonograph.
1942 - A man puts a record of a translated FDR speech onto a phonograph and makes adjustments before it plays.
1942 - American soldiers on a troop transport ship enjoy boxing, a church service, and initiations in the crossing the equator ceremony.
1942 - US Army paratroopers are dropped over Panama for a training exercise.
1942 - President Vargas oversees a military parade celebrating the 120th anniversary of Brazil's independence.
1942 - US Army gun crews set up in the snow of Alaska, and Flying Tigers take off from a nearby base. The servicemen are thrilled by mail call.
1942 - RAF bombers conduct a night raid on Nazi Germany.
1942 - Movie stars Irene Dunne, Hedy Lamarr, Greer Garson and Ronald Colman leave to tour America selling war bonds.
1942 - Airmen of the Flying Tigers run to their planes and take off.
1942 - America's first all-Filipino army unit undergoes training.
1942 - US Army Air Force bombardiers receive training at ground school and then in the air.
1942 - Admiral Byrd heads up a division of US Marines meeting indigenous leaders as they set up a base in the South Pacific.
1942 - US Marines ride a US Navy troop transport bound for the Pacific.
1942 - Air Chief General Arnold bestows the Flying Cross upon survivors of General Doolittle's raid on Tokyo, and the men are also reunited with their wives.
1942 - Lumberjacks sort logs and send them up a conveyor belt as part of the war effort in Canada.
1942 - Japanese submarines torpedoed by the Australian Navy in Sydney harbor are salvaged for scrap.
1942 - The Czech town of Lidice, destroyed by the Nazis, finds new life in Illinois as Americans of Czech descent memorialize the town.
1942 - Gunners for US Army Air Force bombers exercise, reassmble firearms, and get practical training in flight.
1942 - Young King Peter II of Yugoslavia meets FDR and his cabinet.
1942 - Canadian fishermen use enormous nets to catch herring, which will be sent overseas to allied forces.
1942 - College track stars jump hurdles and Cornelius Warmerdam sets a pole vaulting record at a championship held in Madison Square Garden.
1942 - General MacArthur arrives in Papua New Guinea for a tour led by Australia's Sir Thomas Blamey, Chief of Allied Land Forces in the Pacific.
1942 - Troop transport ships bring Brazilian soldiers to the coast.
1942 - Turkish journalists leave a wreath at Arlington National Cemetery's Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
1942 - General Chiang Kai-Shek, his wife and her sisters oversee rebuilding efforts in Chungking, China, after Japanese air raids.
1942 - US Navy nurses prepare to leave for duty.
1942 - Midshipmen graduating from the United States Naval Academy receive their commissions at commencement.
1942 - General Royce leads the US Army Air Corps in defending Australia.