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A Challenge to Democracy
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Title
A Challenge to Democracy
Collection Guide (External)
Created Date
1940s
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).
Item or Container Annotations
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?
Creators and Contributors
Media Type
Format
16mm film
Extent
1
Reel
Color or Black and White
Color
Silent or Sound
Sound
Copyright Statement
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Country of Creation
United States
Contributing Organization
Call Number
Motion Picture 88C:1
Contributing Organization Contact Information
Email: bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Phone: (510) 642-1595
Phone: (510) 642-1595
Organization Websites
Link to Internet Archive
Additional Technical Notes for Item
16mm color safety film, 700 ft.
Duration
00:21:08