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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 buildings and fences of the Heart Mountain camp under light snow; a view of Heart Mountain in the distance; and views from a rooftop of camp buildings (00:48).

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 Dec 10 2019 10:42 a.m.


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