Aratani Collection
(1926–40),
home movies by Setsuo Aratani, community leader and founder of the Guadulupe Produce Company in central California
(2004 Federal Grants).
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Evans Collection
(1943),
16mm footage of the Japanese American detention camp at Heart Mountain, Wyoming
(2003 Federal Grants).
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Fukuzaki Family Collection
(1942),
home movies of Los Angeles' Terminal Island before the Japanese American fishing community was forced into World War II detention camps
(2002 Federal Grants).
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Hashizume Collection
(1945),
home movie showing the daily routines of the Japanese Americans interned at the Heart Mountain detention camp
(2003 Federal Grants).
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Kiyama Collection
(ca. 1935),
home movies by the owner of the 7th Street Produce Market in Los Angeles
(2005 Federal Grants).
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Miyatake Collection
(1934–1958),
footage of Japanese American communities before and after World War II by photographer Toyo Miyatake
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
The Oath of the Sword
(1914),
silent drama by the Japanese American Film Company, featuring an all-Japanese leading cast
(2021 Federal Grants).
Palmerlee Collection
(1942–45),
color films of life in the World War II Japanese American detention facility in Tule Lake, California, made by teacher Charles Palmerlee
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
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Sasaki Collection
(1927–1969),
films of Japanese American communities in Los Angeles, Stockton, and Tacoma by Buddhist minister, Rev. Sensho Sasaki
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
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Tatsuno Collection
(1938–60),
home movies, including Dave Tatsuno's documentation of the World War II detention camp near Topaz, Utah, honored by induction into the National Film Registry in 1996
(Treasures of American Film Archives).
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Yamada Collection
(ca. 1930s and 1950s),
home movies of the wedding of Tsuneko Kato and Yaju Yamada and their silver anniversary party twenty-five years later
(2005 Federal Grants).
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