1942
| Title | Director | Agencies or Organizations involved | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Arm Behind the Army | USASC | ||
| Ring of Steel | OEM | Recruiting short, narrated by Spencer Tracy, released April 7 | |
| The Battle of Midway | John Ford | USN,WACMPI | Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1942* |
| Campus on the March | OWI | ||
| Colleges at War | |||
| Defense Review No. 3 | |||
| Fighting the Fire Bomb | |||
| Fuel Conservation | |||
| Hemp for Victory | Raymond Evans | USDA | |
| Henry Browne, Farmer | USDA | Nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | |
| Homes for Defense | |||
| How to Fly the B-24D Airplane | |||
| Introduction to the P-39 | |||
| It's Everybody's War | OWI | Nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | |
| Japanese Relocation | WACMPI; OWI | Japanese American internment | |
| Keep 'Em Rolling | |||
| Keeping Fit | |||
| Lake Carrier | |||
| Manpower | OWI | ||
| Mister Gardenia Jones | OWI | Nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject | |
| Morgenthau Trailer | |||
| Night Shift | |||
| Why We Fight:Prelude to War | Frank Capra | USASSD; USASC | Academy Award for Documentary Feature 1942* |
| Safeguarding Military Information | Preston Sturges | AMPAS | |
| Salvage | |||
| Servicing P-39: Bore Sighting All Guns | |||
| Sex Hygiene | John Ford | USASC | |
| Tanks | |||
| Torpedo Squadron | John Ford | USN | |
| U.S. Coast Guard | |||
| United China Relief | |||
| Vigilance | |||
| Winning Your Wings | John Huston Owen Crump (uncredited) |
USAAF | Starring James Stewart; Nominated for an Academy Award for Documentary Short Subject |
| The World at War | Lowell Mellett | OWI | |
| Wood for War | Arthur H. Wolf | USDT | |
| Your Air Raid Warden | |||
| Your American Tragedy |
- The 1942 Academy Award for Best Documentary, whose time frame included part of 1943, was split among four films, including the two seen here. Also, that year saw the almagation of the feature and short subject documentary categories into a single category.
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