Nisei, the Japanese Americans of second generation, at relocation centers (internment camps) during World War II. Infants and children at a Japanese orphanage play in a garden. Girls play on a see saw, swings and slides. Orphans dine at a mess and talk. A nurse assists infants sleep on their beds at a dormitory.
Nisei, the Japanese-American citizens of second generation, at Manzanar War Relocation center (internment camp) in California during World War II. A relocated family inside their relocation home. Mother cares her infant while the father reads a book. A father and his son's, who are U.S. Army soldiers temporarily home on furlough, sit and talk inside a relocation home. The mother sits by them. Clothes drying on a line in the house. A service star flag (showing that the family has a soldier serving in the war) hangs near a room divider, and other things and commodities inside the house. Shrubs and plantings beside camp housing units. Slated notes, "In their leisure time they have planted flowers, shrubs, and trees, and made beautiful gardens because they feel that they may become permanent residents. Japanese girls play in garden and are seen with women yards and well developed gardens of their relocation houses, including walkways, wooden bridges, and plantings.
'Go for Broke' shows the Japanese-American recruits of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team under training at Camp Shelby in Mississippi. Recruits carry rifles while marching. The recruits do jumping jacks and calisthenic exercises under direction from a trainer. A Japanese-American guard stands in front of the sign, 'Headquarters Company 442nd Infantry Combat Team.' Recruits learn to use rifle with fixed bayonets. They practice throwing hand grenades and protect themselves wearing gas masks. Soldiers practice loading and firing a 37mm artillery gun. (World War II period).
British and Australian prisoners of war line up on both the sides of a road to welcome a senior officer at a Japanese prison camp in World War II. Prisoners stand at attention as the motorcade passes through. The motorcade reaches a prison compound where a Japanese prison officer receives and greets the inspecting officer. Prisoners lined up outside the building. A photographer clicks pictures of the event.
World War 2 Japanese propaganda film. Japanese military officer reviews the allied war prisoners as they move away in jeeps. Allied prisoners of war carrying pick axe and bricks in a hand driven carts move to construction site. Prisoners place the bricks one upon another as officer surveys the construction site. Prisoners clear out weeds from the area. Officials look up at the map and discuss the plan . Construction of road starts with the signaling of the green flag. Prisoners construct a shed as officials keep an eye.
Prisoners of war at a Japanese camp remove weeds from a field during World War II. A man gathers water from a jug. Prisoners having their meals together. A Japanese official offers cigarette to Allied POWs. Prisoners smoke cigarettes.
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