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Description
"Tells the story of 100,000 people of Japanese descent who were asked to leave their farms and small businesses on the West Coast to live in isolated Relocation Centers in the months of hysteria following Pearl Harbor. The movie shows that an overwhelming majority of these people are loyal Americans who are being assisted by the Federal Government to find jobs and new homes for themselves in the normal world outside their barracks cities." -- From note in can. At end of reel: two news shorts: "For valor: Jap-American soldiers win combat citations." (RKO-Pathe News) and "France: Jap-American troops save lost battalion (RKO-Pathe News). Note from can: "The print of the WRA movie "Challenge to Democracy" with the addition of a short newsreel showing Japanese-American soldiers fighting over-seas, has been booked for your meeting" Newsreel also included on reel?
Type
moving image
Format
Sound Color 16mm film
Extent
1 Reel of 1
Identifier
Motion Picture 88C:1 cubanc_000037
Provenance
Bancroft Library California Revealed is supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.
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