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After Pearl Harbor Detaining Japanese-Americans
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keywords: wwii, japanese-americans, internment
Synopsis: After the sneak attack on Pearl Harbor which ushered the United States into WWII, fear mounted of potential sabotage and spying along the coastlines prompted the U.S. Government via Presidential Order to detain and house Japanese-Americans. (111team21-301)...(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:10:37
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
After Pearl Harbor Detaining Japanese-Americans
Unedited footage of the Tanforan Japanese Assembly Center established by the U.S. Army in 1942 to detain Japanese Americans removed from the west coast after the attack on Pearl Harbor. The Tanforan Assembly Center was located at the Tanforan Racetrack in San Bruno, California and was one of seventeen temporary detention or assembly centers for Japanese Americans until more permanent relocation camps could be constructed away from the coastline of the United States.
Shows the barber shop, newspaper building and office, drafting office, and adult school. Also shows the main gate at the Salinas Assembly Center located on the Salinas Rodeo grounds in Salinas, California.
