Documentaries

doc Manny Goldberg notes (ddr-densho-1007-925)

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-925/

av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 1 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1539)

Herzog discusses his service in Okinawa, meeting and working with Nisei soldiers. Includes a few stories from the Pacific theater. Video starts at 0:54. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY #23, Jacob Herzog. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1540/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1539/

av Interview with John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 2 of 4 (ddr-densho-1007-1789)

Burden discusses an operation attempting to get Japanese soldiers in a cave to surrender, translating captured documents, how his superiors reacted to translated information, serving in Fiji, the attitudes of Nisei whose parents were interned, his time serving with a soldier named Miyazaki, and some close calls he and his soldiers had. Loni Ding can be …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1789/

img Frank S. Emi at desk (ddr-densho-1007-1156)

Negative. This interview appears in Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1156/

img Frank S. Emi at desk (ddr-densho-1007-1153)

Negative. This interview appears in Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1153/

doc Camera notes (ddr-densho-1007-884)

Color of Honor production notes.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-884/

doc Narrator notes (ddr-densho-1007-1410)

Likely for Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1410/

doc Fort Mason studio notes (ddr-densho-1007-1078)

Likely for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1078/

doc Color of Honor plot/acts notes (ddr-densho-1007-1053)

Includes some production dates on the fifth page.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1053/

av Interview with Clarence Matsumura, part 2 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1609)

Matsumura discusses growing up in Wyoming, his mother's cooking, moving to Los Angeles in 1936, getting his radio license, Pearl Harbor, evacuation to Pomona and Heart Mountain, his attempts to join the Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and Marines, being drafted, his basic training in Fort Hood, TX, his deployment in Europe, and the Hollywood store …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1609/

av Pre-war house footage, part 3 of 8 (ddr-densho-1007-1735)

B-roll: interior shots, shoes, windows. Original title: 78B, II TB-3, Reel #3, 6/27/87, Prewar house Sam Sakai. Footage continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1736/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1735/

img Brian Yamakoshi (left) and one other with koto (ddr-densho-1007-1321)

Negative. Taken during filming for The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1321/

doc "Club 100" for The Color of Honor (ddr-densho-1007-1481)

Likely a list of donors.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1481/

img Kenny performing taiko (ddr-densho-1007-1205)

Negative. Last name unknown.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1205/

av Interview with John Aiso, part 4 of 5 (ddr-densho-1007-1577)

Aiso discusses the difficulty Nisei had becoming commissioned officers, the qualities of Nisei MISLS students, how he himself learned Japanese, his time at Harvard Law School and difficulty finding a job, his time working for the British American Tobacco Company in Manchukuo, being drafted and founding the MISLS, and the role of Nisei soldiers during the …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1577/

av Interview with Jacob Herzog, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1541)

Herzog discusses WWII military intelligence, particularly in the Pacific (Saipan, Okinawa, the Gilbert Islands). Talks about the difficulty of getting Japanese soldiers to surrender. Video starts at 1:00. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: II NY #25, Jacob Herzog. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1542/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1541/

doc Photos to re-do (ddr-densho-1007-1074)

For The Color of Honor.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1074/

av Interview with Manny Goldberg, part 2 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1563)

Goldberg discusses the different reasons he and the Nisei joined the army and his service in Saipan. Interview is cut short to move location after background noise becomes an issue. Video starts at 0:51. Loni Ding can be heard asking questions behind the camera. Original title: 61, II NY #47, 6-85, Goldberg. Interview continues at ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1564/

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1563/

av Conversation between John Burden and Shig Kihara, part 3 of 3 (ddr-densho-1007-1785)

Conversation continued from ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1654/. Burden and Kihara discuss Burden and his wife predicting that Japan would fight the US before Pearl Harbor, the story of Admiral Chester Nimitz, and the founding of the Military Intelligence Service Language School. Around 6 minutes, tape shifts to b-roll shots of the two walking around and their surroundings. Video …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1785/

av Balcony conversation between George Kanegai, Yosh Yamada, and Jimmie Matsumura (ddr-densho-1007-1604)

George Kanegai, Yosh Yamada, and Jimmie Matsumura Matsumura have a conversation on a balcony, directed by Loni. The three talk about their service, the Z Plan, the 112th, and Yosh's deployment overseas before the war. Original title: 90, II LA #31, 7-24-85, Balcony: K. Akune, H. Akune, Kanegai, Yamada & Matsumura

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1604/

doc Higuchi notes (ddr-densho-1007-1425)

Likely for Nisei Soldier.

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1425/

av Interview with Frank Emi, part 3 of 6 (ddr-densho-1007-1794)

Emi discusses the racial discrimination he experienced as a child, not speaking up for himself in high school, the impact of racism on Nisei, the lessons he learned from his parents, the Fair Play Committee's case in the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, and the charges levied against the Committee. Interview starts at 0:31. …

https://ddr.densho.org/ddr-densho-1007-1794/