History of Japanese American Internment and US Apology
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Channel: Media Burn Archive · 2016 · News & Politics
In 1990, videomaker Nancy Cain spoke with WWII internment camp detainee Frank Emi about the dehumanizing effect of his internment, as well as his feelings about Ronald Reagan’s official apology over 40 years later. In addition to this interview, the video contains excerpts from a 1942 propaganda film produced by the U.S. Office of War Information, featuring Milton Eisenhower. Eisenhower was the Director of the War Relocation Authority which oversaw the internment, and was the younger brother of then-General Dwight D. Eisenhower. The film euphemistically refers to the forced internment as a “relocation” and “evacuation” and praises the Japanese Americans for “cheerfully handl[ing] the enormous paperwork involved in the migration.” From the Media Burn Archive collection. This clip is licensable for your project. To order the clip clean and high res, or to find out more about our archive collections, visit https://mediaburn.org/ or contact us at [email protected]. Media Burn is a nonprofit organization, and your purchase supports our work to preserve video history. Follow Media Burn Archive: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mediaburnvideo Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mediaburnarchive/# BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mediaburn.bsky.social #MediaBurnArchive #ArchivalFootage #VintageVideo #LostMedia #VideoArchives #DocumentaryFilm #GuerrillaTelevision
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