Guilty By Reason Of Race

Duration: 55 0:52:00

Creator: Natl Broadcasting Co Educational Enterprises

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the fear and prejudice which led the United States government to take American citizens of Japanese ancestry away from their homes and businesses, during World War II. , Portrays how the fear and prejudice created by war with Japan resulted in the confinement of Japanese-Americans in relocation centers. Recreates life in the camps through visits to former camp sites, old photographs, and interviews with formerly detained Japanese-Americans. Points out that even though Japanese-Americans were serving as soldiers in Europe those detained were not allowed to return to their homes until the end of the war.

Complete Record: Portrays the fear and prejudice which led the United States government to take American citizens of Japanese ancestry away from their homes and businesses, during World War II. , Examines the conditions of fear and prejudice which resulted in the internment of American citizens of Japanese ancestry during World War II. Re-creates life in the camps through visits to former detention centers, old photographs and interviews with formerly detained Nisei (Japanese-Americans). Even though Japanese-Americans served as soldiers in Europe, those detained were not permitted to return to their homes until after the war. , Portrays how the fear and prejudice created by war with Japan resulted in the confinement of Japanese-Americans in relocation centers. Recreates life in the camps through visits to former camp sites, old photographs, and interviews with formerly detained Japanese-Americans. Points out that even though Japanese-Americans were serving as soldiers in Europe those detained were not allowed to return to their homes until the end of the war., , NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.