Topaz War Relocation Center, Millard, Utah, 39.4144, -112.77273
Subject
Japanese Americans--Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945; World War, 1939-1945--Prisoners and prisons, Japanese; Topaz Concentration Camp (Topaz, Utah)
Description
VHS copy (color, sound, 1 hour, 21 minutes, 38 seconds) of Dave M. Tatsuno's film shot at the Topaz War Internment Camp in Utah. The film is originally silent, but this version includes narration by Tatsuno. All footage was shot in secret, as neither moving images nor still cameras were allowed in any of the Japanese-American internment camps. Tatsuno recorded his experience over the course of the three years he was imprisoned in Topaz. The video also includes "San Francisco WWII History TV Production", with an interview with Dave Tatsuno; "Reunion of Japantown San Francisco Channel 7", with another interview with Dave Tatsuno; "Topaz Reunion 1992" at the Hyatt Regency filmed by Tatsuno; and "Return to Topaz '93", unclear if Tatsuno was the cameraman.
