Records of the War Relocation Authority. 1941 - 1989. Motion Picture Films. 1939 - 1945. Challenge to Democracy

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Records of the War Relocation Authority. 1941 - 1989. Motion Picture Films. 1939 - 1945. Challenge to Democracy

1939-1945

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This film documents the lifestyle of Japanese-Americans (also known as Nisei) relocated during World War II. Scenes show housing at relocation centers in Arkansas and at Heart Mountain, Wyoming; the evacuees as they attended schools; held elections (they were self-governing); and produced crops (under irrigation) at the centers. Released Nisei worked in a sugar beet field, on an Illinois farm, in a machine shop, a candy factory, etc. Additional footage includes parts of three newsreels that focus on the Japanese-American military contribution to the war: Nisei soldiers as they ran through an obstacle course at Camp Shelby, Mississippi; General Mark Clark as he decorated the Japanese-American 100th Infantry Battalion in Italy (RKO Pathe News); Nisei troops of the 442nd Combat Team as they rescued a "lost" battalion of the 141st Infantry Regiment in France (RKO Pathe News); and as Nisei troops fired artillery in France (Movietone News). A color version of this film is found in the item "Challenge to Democracy, Production Date ca. 1944" (ARC Identifier 4966460).

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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...