During the 1930’s Germany and Japan had built the largest war machines the world had ever seen. By 1940 Germany had sweep through most of Europe and Japan was on the move through Manchuria and China. The sneak attack on Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941 destroyed our Pacific fleet and pushed America into war.
As war hysteria griped the U.S. following the attack on Pearl Harbor, ports, harbors, and coastal areas of the U.S were declared “Military Zones”. Aliens of all nationalities were rounded-up. Residents of Japanese ancestry were forcibly moved to Interment Camps quickly constructed in isolated desert areas of California, Utah, Idaho, Colorado, and Wyoming.
Scenes Include: Destruction at Pear Harbor, FDR President Roosevelt’s “Day of Infamy Speech”
Handcuffed nationals being taken from cars and led into a Federal courthouse for arraignment, Police and soldiers on patrol in front of Japanese stores and bank in Los Angeles
(NOTE: spider lines on original film for approx 60 seconds)
San Pedro fisher’s dock & boats, San Francisco Fisher’s Wharf
Rare footage of youths enlisting in the Navy, Rare footage of Chief Petty Officer (military recruiting officer) enlisting youths in the U.S. Navy
Japanese evacuees and their belongings being moved, Japanese being questioned, finger printed, and identified. Radios and cameras inspected and recorded. Life in the internment camps (relocation centers).
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