1942 saw Canadians in battle in Europe as the Second World War raged on, Japanese-Canadians relocated to internment camps in one of the countries darker political moves, a team made up of members of the air force win the Grey Cup and Phil Esposito's birth.
There were also a couple of sunny days in Vancouver, which were captured in this video.
You may have seen the remastered 1907 video we shared last week; this time it's 1942 Vancouver that got the special treatment, with colourized footage that's been enhanced and stabilized. This time it's the YouTube channel History in Color that uploaded the clip.
This time the video shows a lot more of the city, notably famous sites like Lions Gate Bridge, the Hotel Vancouver and the Capilano Suspension Bridge. While they're all historic sites now, they were much newer then. At the time the City of Vancouver would have been around 300,000.
In the description of the video, the uploader notes much of the footage came from a video by Grey Line Tours.
