Of Japanese Descent
Overview
A public relations film which implies that the relocation and interment of Japanese Canadians was benign and necessary. Views of a Vancouver slum, idle fishing fleet, and houses on outskirts. Sequences on rehabilitated ghost towns in the Slocan Valley including Nakusp. Sequences on the new town of Tashme being built. Sequences on Japanese making a living cutting firewood, operating lumber mills, farming. Interior of tuberculosis sanatorium and patients. Sequences on Japanese folk festival and dancing. Focus on life in Tashme with shots of happy people, hospital, school, general store, bakery, and a troop of boy scouts.
Cast
About Of Japanese Descent (1945)
Released in 1945, Of Japanese Descent is a documentary film from ONF | NFB (Canada). It was directed by D.C. Burritt. The cast is led by Don Wilson. With a runtime of 22m, the film is available in full HD.
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