Tim:There were no trials-they weren't accused of a crime. A sign on the dock says, "Bainbridge Island." The animation zooms out to show him walking on a ferry dock in a long line of other Japanese Americans as they’re ushered onto a crowded boat, as U.S. The animation shows a little boy, Frank’s son from the earlier scene, walking with a suitcase held to his chest. Tim: Soon afterwards, more than 110,000 Japanese Americans were rounded up and sent to one of ten prison camps, scattered across the country. The American flag moves into the Allies column. Explosions appear over the American flag. In the animation, plane icons fly from the Japanese flag to the American flag. Tim: That is until December 7, 1941, when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor, in Hawaii. flag appears below the globe, between the two columns. In the animation, the flags of the corresponding countries appear from the globe icon and line up in a column on the right side of the screen. Tim: They were fighting the Axis powers, Germany, Italy, and Japan. On screen, the flags of the corresponding countries appear from the globe icon and line up in a column on the left side of the screen. Tim: On one side you had the Allies: Britain, France, and later the Soviet Union. In the image, a faint map of the world appears with an icon of a globe over it in the center of the screen.
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Can you make a movie about what happened? From, Mia” Tim: “Dear Tim and Moby, I am a fifth generation Japanese American, and my ancestors were imprisoned during World War II. In the animation, Moby pulls out a typed letter and hands it to Tim, who reads it. Tim: In 1942, more than 10,000 Japanese Americans were forced to move there. There's a sign on the law that reads, "Evacuation sale." The family stands in front of the house with suitcases, and their belongings in boxes on the lawn. It reads, “Instructions for all Japanese living on Bainbridge Island.” The animation zooms out to show that the telephone pole in front of the house in the photo. The animation shows a flier tacked to a telephone. Tim: Manzanar was a prison camp in California. Written on the back is “Frank and family, Bainbridge Island, 1942.” Written underneath that, in different handwriting, is “Manzanar.” Moby points to that word. In the animation, Tim flips the photo over.
It’s a picture of a couple and their son and daughter standing in front of a house. He flips through a few pages of black-and-white photos in the album before one falls out. Tim is looking through a box labeled “photos.” He pulls out a photo album covered in dust and blows some of it off, which causes him to sneeze.
On screen, a boy, Tim, and a robot, Moby, are sitting in Tim’s attic. Text reads: The Mysteries of Life with Tim and Moby
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