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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

December 10, 1945

Original language

English

Countries

Canada

Production

ONF,NFB

Cast

Don Wilson

Director

D.C. Burritt

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0795440