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Black and white silent amateur footage documenting life in Heart Mountain concentration camp, Wyoming, captured by Naokichi Hashizume in February 1945.

This segment shows a boy riding a bicycle; children walking through the camp after school; camp buildings; Heart Mountain; young people walking through camp; a truck speeding through camp; two girls running through blowing snow (00:59).

Credits: Naokichi Hashizume Collection, Gift of the Hashizume, Uemura and Ouchi Families, Japanese American National Museum (92.18.9). Preserved and made accessible in part by a grant from the National Film Preservation Foundation.

HNRC — Last modified Aug 23 2012 6:12 p.m.


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