Japanese Relocation (1942 film)
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Japanese Relocation is a short film produced by the U.S. Office of War Information and distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. It is a propaganda film, justifying and explaining Japanese American internment
on the west Coast during World War II. It is narrated by Milton Eisenhower
The film starts by asserting that, while many Japanese-Americans were loyal, in early 1942 the West Coast was a potential combat zone, and they didn't know what the Japanese population would do if the US was invaded. Furthermore the film noted that there were Japanese-American communities near militarily significant sites, such as shipyards.
So, the film states, the Japanese were democratically and humanely evacuated to relocation centers in the desert. The film also states that most Japanese went voluntarily, and felt that it was a sacrifice they should make as loyal citizens.
Japanese American internment
Japanese-American internment was the relocation and internment by the United States government in 1942 of approximately 110,000 Japanese Americans and Japanese who lived along the Pacific coast of the United States to camps called "War Relocation Camps," in the wake of Imperial Japan's attack on...
on the west Coast during World War II. It is narrated by Milton Eisenhower
The film starts by asserting that, while many Japanese-Americans were loyal, in early 1942 the West Coast was a potential combat zone, and they didn't know what the Japanese population would do if the US was invaded. Furthermore the film noted that there were Japanese-American communities near militarily significant sites, such as shipyards.
So, the film states, the Japanese were democratically and humanely evacuated to relocation centers in the desert. The film also states that most Japanese went voluntarily, and felt that it was a sacrifice they should make as loyal citizens.