WWII - Color, 1943 Documentary: Challenge To Democracy, A Pt. 1 of 2

Japanese-American holding camps ca Spring/summer1942 & 1943 Pt. 1 of 2 22:38:38 Japanese-Americans off passenger train in desert. MS steam engine pulling train past. People w/ bags in sun, soldiers watching, Men, women & children off steps as MP watches. Narration re “2/3 native born citizens, other third parents & grandparents & not under suspicion; they are not prisoners & not internees...the unwounded casualties of war.” 22:39:28 High angle pan across barracks w/ few people walking, desert beyond. MP at guard post. 22:40:16 Looking door of barracks as people arrive, look at mattress, springs; sawing boards, hanging curtains. Couple & small boy, boy reading Muggins Mouse book 22:41:03 People served cafeteria style in mess hall w/ cooks serving. MCU people eating. 22:41:38 Pan desert sagebrush, car on dirt road. Men clearing for farming. Tractors leveling ground; burning sagebrush & concrete headgates for ditches. Plowing, rolling & planting. Irrigating. 22:42:16 Men picking vegetables in field, loading crates into truck. Potato digger. 22:42:35 Men w/ corn, cucumbers, melons & other crops harvested. Packing plant. Loading railroad freight cars. More harvesting. Trucks past. Men working on tractors in garage. 22:43:37 Men laying water mains w/ barracks behind. Arkansas center w/ men working at small outdoor sawmill w/ carriage saw cutting planks. 22:43:53 Workers receiving cash ($12/month) at pay office. “Most have had to draw on their savings to live as they would like to.” 22:44:25 Sign: Community Enterprises Store No 3 Groceries - Confections... Men, women, children in store. 22:44:43 Heart Mountain: Large bell ringing w butte behind. School children out of barrack schools w/ books; interior at desks. Caucasian & Japanese-American teachers w/ young students in music & art classes. 22:45:36 High school boys on tractor & working on machinery, welding in industrial art classes. Japanese-American doctors operating; examining patients, at microscope; dentist & assistant w/ patient. 22:46:45 Japanese-American administrators walking to barracks; CU sign: Vote For Sam Nagata for Councilman. Voting booth & ballot box. Judge w gavel in front of American flag. LS of courtroom w/ judge & staff; lawyer. 22:47:27 Baseball game on dirt filed w/ crowd watching. Touch football game on sandlot. 22:47:49 Man water coloring sketch of camp. People out of barracks for Sunday church; men carry benches into building for service. Minister greeting, sign: Community Christian Church Sunday School. Reverend. 22:48:27 Boy Scouts raising flag w/ butte behind. USO club, craft activities, Red Cross. Boy Scout drum & bugle corps & beauty queens of float pulled by tractor. Continued... WWII American Homefront; Shameful Racial Discrimination; Civil Rights; Prisoners; 1940s; Ethnic Holding Camps; Economics; Democracy; Americana; WW2; Concentration Camps; Segregation; Race; NOTE: Field work could work as migrant laborers.