Tuesday, January 16, 2007

relocation camps


here is a short propaganda film created by the US government & the 'Office of War Information - Bureau of Motion Pictures'

"Following the outbreak of the current war, it became neccessary to transfer several thousand Japanese residents from the Pacific Coast to points in the American interior. This is an historical record of the operation, carried out by the United States Army and the War Relocation Authority. The narrator is Milton S. Eisenhower, who was director of the War Relocation Authority during the initial period of the transfer."
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