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{{short description|1942 film by Milton S. Eisenhower}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Japanese Relocation
| image = Japanese Relocation, 1942.ogv
| caption = Japanese Relocation
| director = [[Milton S. Eisenhower]]
| producer = [[Office of War Information]]
| writer = Milton S. Eisenhower
| narrator = Milton S. Eisenhower
| starring = Milton S. Eisenhower
| music =
| cinematography =
| editing =
| distributor = [[War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry]]
| released = {{Film date|1942|11|12}}
| runtime = 9 minutes 40 seconds
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
}}
'''''Japanese Relocation''''' is a 1942 short film produced by the U.S. [[Office of War Information]] and distributed by the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry. It is a propaganda film, justifying and explaining [[Japanese American internment]] on the West Coast during World War II. It is narrated by [[Milton Eisenhower]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Young |first1=William H. |last2=Young |first2=Nancy K. |title=World War II and the Postwar Years in America: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia [2 volumes]: A Historical and Cultural Encyclopedia |date=17 September 2010 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=978-0-313-35653-7 |page=410 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YjbR9EXABPEC&pg=PA410 |access-date=23 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref>

The film starts by asserting that, while many Japanese-Americans were loyal, in early 1942 the West Coast was a potential combat zone,<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barsam |first1=Richard |last2=Barsam |first2=Richard Meran |title=Nonfiction Film: A Critical History Revised and Expanded |date=22 November 1992 |publisher=Indiana University Press |isbn=978-0-253-20706-7 |page=220 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z7p36FdLYdIC&pg=PA220 |access-date=23 December 2022 |language=en}}</ref> and the government did not know what the Japanese population would do if the US were invaded. Furthermore, the film noted that there were Japanese-American communities near militarily significant sites, such as shipyards and air bases.

So, the film states, the Japanese were democratically and humanely evacuated to relocation centers in the desert. The film also states that most Japanese went voluntarily, and felt that it was a sacrifice they should make as loyal citizens.

==References==
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==External links==
* {{YouTube|id=TAFnU9idh1U|title=''Japanese Relocation''}}
* {{IMDb title|id=0034912|title=Japanese Relocation}}
* {{Internet Archive film|id=Japanese1943|name=Japanese Relocation}}

[[Category:1942 films]]
[[Category:American World War II propaganda shorts]]
[[Category:United States government films]]
[[Category:Documentary films about the internment of Japanese Americans]]
[[Category:American black-and-white films]]
[[Category:American short documentary films]]
[[Category:1942 short documentary films]]
[[Category:Japan in non-Japanese culture]]
[[Category:1940s English-language films]]
[[Category:1940s American films]]
[[Category:English-language short documentary films]]
[[Category:English-language war films]]

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