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Pub. Date
2006
Description
In February of 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 which forced more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans and people of Japanese ancestry living on the west coast, to be forced from their homes and moved inland to ten various camps. One of the camps was called Camp Amache and is located in southeastern Colorado. For three years, Japanese-Americans and people of Japanese ancestry were confined at Camp Amache behind barbed...
Pub. Date
2005
Description
An historical account of the Japanes-American combat units in World War II, whose decorated men are credited for saving countless lives and shortening the war in the Pacific. Also examines the relocation camps in the U.S. and the prejudices fought in their struggle to serve their country.
10) Time of fear
Series
Pub. Date
2004.
Description
In World War II, more than 110,000 Japanese-Americans were forced into relocation camps across the US. This film traces the lives of the 16,000 people who were sent to two camps in southeast Arkansas, one of the poorest and most racially segregated places in America. It explores the reactions of the native Arkansans who watched in bewilderment as their tiny towns were overwhelmed by this huge influx of outsiders. Through interviews with the internees...
Pub. Date
[2004]
Description
Casablanca express: "It is 1942 and the conflict between the U.S. and Germany is getting heated. Winston Churchill is kidnapped by Nazi paratroopers. Now Al Cooper must rescue him"--Container. Cold war killers: "When a plane carrying extremely valuable cargo crashed into a lake, it is still sought after twenty-seven years later. The contents of the plane are not only of interest to Russian Intelligence but of England's defense staff as well....
Pub. Date
[1999]
Description
Loosely based on actual reports of Japanese submarines patrolling the Pacific during WWII, it depicts events that transpire following the bombing of Pearl Harbor. In the tradition of "October Sky" and "Stand By Me", drama here follows the life of four ten year old California boys and their perilous journey to self-discovery.
Series
Pub. Date
[1990], c1980
Description
Uses archival photographs, sound recordings and film footage to explore world events, sports, life-styles, and achievements during 1940-1949. America mobilized for total war, bringing the fateful dawn of the atomic age. It was the decade of G.I. Joe, victory gardens, gas rationing, zoot suits and penny loafers. Includes discussion of the global conflict of World War II; the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the U.S. declaration of war; rations and shortages;...
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