Japanese Relocation - U.S. Gov’t Explanation 1942 (Japanese Internment Camps)

A short film distributed by the US government during World War Two to explain why Japanese Americans and Japanese nationals living on the West Coast were relocated to internment camps away from the coast.Posted by David Burns for the Fasttrack American History Project. Teachers: For full screen use, choose the “watch in high quality” option or download the free MPEG2 file for this video from the online Prelinger Archive.

U.S. Government Newsreel: Japanese Relocation

US Government Newsreel Japanese Relocation — Produced by US War Department — Shown in movie theaters in 1943 before feature films

“Japanese Relocation”

1943 newsreel made by the US War Relocation Authority (WRA) and the Motion Pictures Division of the Department of War. The WRA was responsible for implementing the mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans from the West Coast. Narrated by Milton Eisenhower, head of the WRA.

Japanese Relocation, 1942

Executive order 9066 in 1942 allowed the US Government to order all citizens and non citizens of Japanese descent to be removed from the west coast and interned in camps further inland for the duration of the war. www.portlandwas.com Video MaCk MCfarland using film from The Nyback Collection www.dennisnybackfilms.com