Japanese Relocation (Office of War Information film), opening text card
Opening card of a 1943 U.S. government film: 'Following the outbreak of the present war, it became necessary to transfer several thousand Japanese residents from the Pacific Coast to points in the American Interior', laid over the faded film title 'Japanese Relocation' and 'Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures'. 'Transfer' and 'relocation' stand where the film's subject, forced removal and confinement, would be named (euphemism).
- Date
- 1943
- Period
- Second World War
- Made by
- U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures (distributed under the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry)
- Region
- North America
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Film stills
- Issuer type
- State
- Regime
- Roosevelt Administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Audience
- Domestic public
- Purpose
- Reassure
- Themes
- Home front, Race and ethnicity, Migration
- Event
- World War II
- Techniques
- Euphemism / doublespeak
- Regime
- Roosevelt administration
- Leader
- Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Source
- Identified Openly sourced: the speaker is who they say they are
- Source
- Internet Archive item 'Japanese1943' (U.S. Office of War Information film, ca. 1943), retrieved October 2, 2026
- Rights
- U.S. federal work (OWI film); Internet Archive public-domain licence URL
U.S. Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures, via the Internet Archive
Text on the object
FOLLOWING THE OUTBREAK OF THE PRESENT WAR, IT BECAME NECESSARY TO TRANSFER SEVERAL THOUSAND JAPANESE RESIDENTS FROM THE PACIFIC COAST TO POINTS IN THE AMERICAN INTERIOR. [faded background title, partly legible:] JAPANESE RELOCATION [faded background credit:] Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures
Capitalisation normalised for the display lettering, which sets the first letter large; the faded background title and credit are partly obscured by the text card.
