WWII - 1940s, Hawaii Documentary Drama: re Laborers; Businesses; Schools; Religion
CUs Japanese laborers on Hawaii; street scene w/ laundry hanging across narrow lane / walkway / street. Montage: Pedestrians walking along sidewalk beneath Japanese signs, traffic on street. Men pouring miso (?), interior of cafe kitchen, florist shop, kids, cemetery, school children marching into school. CU pages of Japanese telephone book.
00:10:00 Newspapers off press, CU Japanese characters. Type setting, CU & LS of women pulling type from racks.
00:10:14 Hoeing sugar cane, loading pineapple crates on truck. CU signs: Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce; Pacific Bank; Yokohama Specie Bank Ltd.; Sumitomo Bank of Hawaii, people entering; Honolulu Fire Insurance Co. Int. laundry / dry cleaners; people walking past storefronts; awning; fishing boats docked; storekeepers working; doctors; men push handtrucks; dentists; farmers; nurses; pedestrians.
00:11:09 Montage signs: Hotel; mortuary & crematory; Bondsman; Employment office; Photographer; Book Store; Drugs; Doctors; Tailor; Furniture & Hardware; Midwife; Baths; other Japanese signs. Dentist, etc.
dissolving to children play; superimposed Japanese faces, signs, workers / tradesmen.
00:12:24 Mr. C / conscience: “...there are a lot of them, 157,000.” Uncle Sam responds: “...120,000 are US citizens, don’t you forget that.”
00:12:37 CU program: Patriotic Rally sponsored by Oahu Citizens Committee for Home Defense. At lectern & microphone Shunzo Sakamaki, PhD, chairman of the committee says (SOF) they pledge themselves to the defense of America - that they were born in Hawaii & they cherish their heritage as Americans.
00:14:27 Exterior: Japanese schoolchildren recite (SOF) Pledge of Allegiance; sing God Bless America. Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts, CUs.
00:15:39 Uncle Sam debates w/ his conscience about degree of loyalty.
00:15:56 Children walking to Japanese language school, ext: Japanese - Central - Institute. Interior of classroom w/ teacher & students speaking Japanese, singing patriotic song to tune of Auld Lang Syne
00:16:39 Shinto temple & Japanese women in traditional dress enter temple, bowing, ring bells.
00:17:23 Actor as Shinto priest explains how they worship first Japanese Emperor who’s creation started the world of Mankind; and says Hirohito is mortal image of immortal deity. Shots of statues & temple grounds w/ priest explaining beliefs.
00:18:30 Uncle Sam & conscience debate freedom of religion vs worshiping foreign deity.
WW2 Patriotism; Patriotic Speech; Ethnic; Japanese-Americans; Oriental Religion; Buddhism; Docudrama; 1941; USA Government Propaganda;
NOTE: Sold at per reel rate.
NOTE: Doctor Shunzo Sakamaki taught Asian history beginning 1936 at U.of Hawaii & founded Ryukyuan Studies department.
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WWII - 1940s, Hawaii Documentary Drama: re Laborers; Businesses; Schools; Religion CUs Japanese laborers on Hawaii; street scene w/ laundry hanging across narrow lane / walkway / street. Montage: Pedestrians walking along sidewalk beneath Japanese signs, traffic on street. Men pouring miso (?), interior of cafe kitchen, florist shop, kids, cemetery, school children marching into school. CU pages of Japanese telephone book. 00:10:00 Newspapers off press, CU Japanese characters. Type setting, CU & LS of women pulling type from racks. 00:10:14 Hoeing sugar cane, loading pineapple crates on truck. CU signs: Honolulu Japanese Chamber of Commerce; Pacific Bank; Yokohama Specie Bank Ltd.; Sumitomo Bank of Hawaii, people entering; Honolulu Fire Insurance Co. Int. laundry / dry cleaners; people walking past storefronts; awning; fishing boats docked; storekeepers working; doctors; men push handtrucks; dentists; farmers; nurses; pedestrians. 00:11:09 Montage signs: Hotel; mortuary & crematory; Bondsman; Employment office; Photographer; Book Store; Drugs; Doctors; Tailor; Furniture & Hardware; Midwife; Baths; other Japanese signs. Dentist, etc. dissolving to children play; superimposed Japanese faces, signs, workers / tradesmen. 00:12:24 Mr. C / conscience: “...there are a lot of them, 157,000.” Uncle Sam responds: “...120,000 are US citizens, don’t you forget that.” 00:12:37 CU program: Patriotic Rally sponsored by Oahu Citizens Committee for Home Defense. At lectern & microphone Shunzo Sakamaki, PhD, chairman of the committee says (SOF) they pledge themselves to the defense of America - that they were born in Hawaii & they cherish their heritage as Americans. 00:14:27 Exterior: Japanese schoolchildren recite (SOF) Pledge of Allegiance; sing God Bless America. Boy Scouts; Girl Scouts, CUs. 00:15:39 Uncle Sam debates w/ his conscience about degree of loyalty. 00:15:56 Children walking to Japanese language school, ext: Japanese - Central - Institute. Interior of classroom w/ teacher & students speaking Japanese, singing patriotic song to tune of Auld Lang Syne 00:16:39 Shinto temple & Japanese women in traditional dress enter temple, bowing, ring bells. 00:17:23 Actor as Shinto priest explains how they worship first Japanese Emperor who’s creation started the world of Mankind; and says Hirohito is mortal image of immortal deity. Shots of statues & temple grounds w/ priest explaining beliefs. 00:18:30 Uncle Sam & conscience debate freedom of religion vs worshiping foreign deity. WW2 Patriotism; Patriotic Speech; Ethnic; Japanese-Americans; Oriental Religion; Buddhism; Docudrama; 1941; USA Government Propaganda; NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. NOTE: Doctor Shunzo Sakamaki taught Asian history beginning 1936 at U.of Hawaii & founded Ryukyuan Studies department.