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Masao Kataoka and one other (ddr-densho-1007-1334)
Negative. Taken during interviews for The Color of Honor at UCLA.
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Interview with Harry and Ken Akune, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1591)
Ken Akune discusses his time at Amache, his decision to join the military from camp, his time at Camp Savage, his basic training with the 442nd, community objection to his volunteering, and his time in the China-Burma-India theater. Video starts at 0:27. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 77, II …
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Chizuko detailing Noh mask (ddr-densho-1007-1305)
Negative. Marked with X on contact sheet. Last name unknown.
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Interview with John Fujii, part 1 of 2 (ddr-densho-1007-1691)
Fujii, who was born and lives in Japan, discusses growing up in Livingston, CA, realizing he was Japanese as a child, going to college at Pomona, segregation in the schools he attended as a child, and his family's internment during the war. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions in the background. Original title: 202, II …
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Pre-war house footage, part 5 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1737)
B-roll: books, marbles, fish, magazines, clippings, rice, photographs. Original title: 80B, II TB-5, Reel #5, 6/27/87. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1738/
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Notes and drawings for Loni Ding (ddr-densho-1007-1485)
"Mortar canon" was originally covered by tape. Used for Nisei Soldier.
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Interview with Jim Ariyasu, part 3 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1598)
Ariyasu discusses military language school, his medical issues after the service, his life before the military, an argument he had with his peers over whether their section leader was qualified, and his service in New Caledonia. Video starts at 0:24. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 84, II LA #25, …
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Tokyo b-roll: exterior shots, book (ddr-densho-1007-1730)
Includes footage of a man paging through a book containing photos and headlines. Original title: 237, II JA #69, Ueno Park, Mon. Feb. 3
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Interview with Shiro Tokuno, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1784)
Tokuno discusses his work in the land reform program in occupied Japan, his lifelong interest in Japanese agriculture, his relationship with Mr. Matsumoto (a high-ranking Japanese official working in agriculture), California's water distribution system, and what the US could learn from Japanese agriculture. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II …
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William Kochiyama and Robert H. Foote with cows (ddr-densho-1007-1358)
Negative. Taken during filming for The Color of Honor.
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Interview with Frank Emi, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1793)
Emi discusses being imprisoned in Leavenworth, the sentences of the members of the Fair Play Committee, the Issei who financially assisted to the Committee, the Committee's legal battles, how people often agree with draft resistance with hindsight, the various opinions of Nisei veterans on draft resistance, and the sort of student he was in high school. …
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Interview with Kazuko Iijima, part 4 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1534)
Iijima discusses joining her husband at Camp Shelby in Mississippi, witnessing discrimination against others, the Nisei experience in camp, and the importance of talking about the past. Video starts at 0:53. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 39, II NY #18, 6-85, Kazuko Iijima
