Barriers And Passes R1 of 3 (Pt 1 of 2)

Barriers And Passes R1 of 3 (Pt 1 of 2) Board of National Missions; credits & introduction titles. 20:01:07 LS Golden Gate Bridge, freighter in San Francisco harbor near docks; liner docked; freighter & naval ship in harbor. City street scenes, busy intersection. Traffic. 20:01:29 Japanese-American children out of building. Three kids hold banner: Japanese Church of ??. Church activities w/ man at pulpit; man & women around 16mm projector. 20:01:51 Title: “Then came Pearl Harbor... “Were they fifth columnists?” “Some were - & these aliens were immediately arrested... “Within a few months...these people, two-thirds of them American citizens either by birth or by act of Congress in the case of veterans of World War One... 20:02:45 Young couple in heavy coats checking in w/ soldier behind barbed wire. 20:02:50 Title: “The great majority of the “issei”, or Japanese-born were also loyal to America... “With incredble speed the Government built ten cities to house from 7,000 to 18,000 people each.” “Basic construction was done by contract labor. Land clearance for farm purposes, usually done by the evacuees... 20:03:08 High angle, car across desert on dirt road. Men clearing sage brush, burning in ditch. 20:03:22 Cities of army barracks grew on waste lands... 20:03:29 Pan over barracks under construction; LS of barrack city on desert, snow on ground. 20:03:47 Title: “Lucky to find a bed & mattress. Some had to sleep on the floor... 20:03:50 Family w/ luggage & child into bare barracks. 20:04:10 Title: “No recreation halls...When are we going home?” Kids pull wagon on muddy street; into house. “Of course, two families occasionally had to live in one room...” LS of main street, Heart Mountain, Wyoming butte in background. “The crude quarters were accepted...behind barbed wire, guarded by armed men.” Guard tower, fence, barracks. Military soldiers & officer by flag pole, reviewed. “Mud, blinding dust...” 20:05:06 Woman & child walk along muddy street outside barracks; dust blowing. “The coalpile.. People carrying coal to stoves. “Does one crave a bath?... Woman walking across road in robe; couple w/ water buckets & kettles. “What, no washing machine? Hard work... Wash tubs & scrubbing clothes; “...wait in line to eat...” Man hammering dinner anvil; people in line outside mess hall; serving line; eating at long tables. “All the problems... Internee policemen in uniform at role call; police booths. Manzanar Fire Department w/ truck in barracks, mountains behind. Truck past. (Manzanar, California). 20:06:59 Title: “Said one, We’ve been wronged... “Victory gardens... Pan over plants beside barracks. CU squash. “Born agriculturists...by hard work they receive from $12 to $19 a month...” 20:07:38 Agriculture fields, harvesting. 20:07:47 Title: “Did you think japanese were “copycats”... 20:08:03 Harvesting peppers; tractors plowing. Irrigating (Minidoka, Idaho?), cultivating. Continued... WWII USA Homefront; WW2 Incarceration; Ethnic; Enemy; Enemies; Injustice; 1940s;