Scenes of Japanese-Americans living at relocation centers (internment camps) in the United States during World War II. Woman and child walk on a wet-muddy road at a relocation center. Sand-storm in the far background. Woman crosses the road. Man and woman carry water buckets and containers in their hands. Dishes washed in stationary water tubs. Man rings a bell. People form chow-lines at a mess hall. Food is served to the people. People eat together in a common mess hall.
Life of Japanese-Americans living at relocation centers (internment camps) in the United States during World War II. Officers inspect Japanese- American personnel standing at attention. Cars and trucks pass on a road. Trucks parked in garages in the background. Pumpkin grows in a farm at the relocation center.
Farm work of Japanese-Americans living at relocation centers (internment camps) in the United States during World War II. Men work in farms at a relocation center. Tractors plow the fields. View of several farms and farmers working in the farms. A plantation nursery. Man serves water to birds in a poultry farm.
Film on skills of Japanese-Americans living in United States. Montage shows Japanese American workers weld a metal rim, operate printing press, forge metal, photographer takes picture of a girl, girl at job interview, artist paints poster, worker operates printing press, men and women work in a office, woman operate loom machine, machine cutting a metal sheet, woman worker makes toys and handicrafts, woman gets her hair done by a hairstylist at a saloon and woman shopping clothes.
A World War II U.S. Army training film titled, 'War Paint', demonstrates the use of war paint to disguise soldiers with white skin fighting in jungles against the Japanese. View of civilians from many different Asian countries, with skin tones that the narrator describes as ranging from almost black to light tan. Faces of different races of men found in the Burmese are such as Korean, Kachin, Chinese, Burmese, Nagas, and Japanese. Their skin tone is compared. Dramatization shows a Japanese sniper observes from behind a tree. He takes aim with his rifle on an oncoming group of American troops. He views a soldier with obvious white skin and fires a shot at him. The soldier falls. The narrator says that the soldier with an obvious white facestands out like a bulls eye, making him an easy target. Hand of the downed soldier. Stream of blood flows near the hand. Paint powder on a table. War paint is put in a mortar and mixed properly using a pestle. A parachute trooper descends into jungle terrain. Soldiers dissolves color powder between his palms and rubs it quickly on his hands. Other men, who are native student agents watch him apply the paint to darken his white skin. The agents are working with the OSS (Office of Stragegic Services, which was the precursor to the Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) to assist American OSS agents and soldiers in the jungle.
A World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) training film titled, 'War Paint', demonstrates the use of war paint to disguise or camouflage American soldiers and OSS agents (precursor to Central Intelligence Agency or CIA) with white skin fighting in the Far East jungles, so they are less obvious to the Japanese enemy. American and a native Burmese soldier apply war paint on their legs. Burmese man looks in a mirror and applies color paint on his face. Soldiers apply war paint on their bodies. A soldier applies hair dye on the hair of another soldier. Kachin and White troops move in field. An experienced American commando demonstrates application of paint on the body to darken skin of white man. He gears up, smiles and poses for the camera. Narrator asks "are you going to use it" (the paint). The man seems to shake his head answering no. Next is a dramatized scene showing a soldier in a tree being shot. His helmet with blood on it falls to the ground. Implication is that he was not using camouflage paint to change the tone of his white skin, which made him a more obvious target.