photographer Dave Tatsuno

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Photographer Dave Tatsuno was a Japanese American home-movie filmmaker whose clandestine color footage of life inside the Topaz War Relocation Center became one of the most important visual records of Japanese American incarceration during World War II.

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instanceOf Japanese American
Japanese American incarceration camp
documentary film
historical event
home-movie filmmaker
person
photographer
alsoKnownAs Central Utah Relocation Center NERFINISHED
Toyosaburo David Tatsuno NERFINISHED
country United States of America
surface form: United States

United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
created Topaz NERFINISHED
director Dave Tatsuno NERFINISHED
documented Japanese American incarceration during World War II
era World War II
ethnicity Japanese American
filmFormat home movies
fullName Dave Tatsuno NERFINISHED
language silent film
locatedIn Utah
medium 16mm color film
notableFor clandestine color home movies of life in the Topaz War Relocation Center
one of the few color motion-picture records of Japanese American incarceration
notableWork Topaz NERFINISHED
occupation amateur filmmaker
merchant
photographer
placeOfIncarceration Topaz War Relocation Center NERFINISHED
recognizedBy National Film Registry NERFINISHED
subject life in the Topaz War Relocation Center
subjectOf National Film Registry selection NERFINISHED
usedMedium 16mm color film

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Topaz War Relocation Center notableInmate photographer Dave Tatsuno