File 59011: Japanese Films and Recordings

File 59011: Japanese Films and Recordings

Description

Title Proper RG117 A-3 Volume 2826 File 59011
Date(s) of material from this resource digitized 1944
General material designation
From this file, LOI has digitized one textual record or image.
Scope and content
This file contains documents and correspondence pertaining to the sale of Japanese language gramophone records, seized from Japanese Canadians, to Australian authorities, in addition to documents and correspondence pertaining to the seizure of Japanese Canadian films and photographs, including a letter from G.W. McPherson authorizing the use of such films by the Department of National Defence "in the interests of Canada's war effort."
Name of creator
Immediate source of acquisition
The digital copies of the records were acquired by the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective between 2014 and 2018.
This record was digitized in full.

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File 59011: Japanese Films and Recordings
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Terminology

Readers of these historical materials will encounter derogatory references to Japanese Canadians and euphemisms used to obscure the intent and impacts of the internment and dispossession. While these are important realities of the history, the Landscapes of Injustice Research Collective urges users to carefully consider their own terminological choices in writing and speaking about this topic today as we confront past injustice. See our statement on terminology, and related sources here.