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Films
The War Relocation Authority and Office of War Information produced multiple films about Japanese internment during World War 2. They were intended to form and shift public opinion of those living in the United States at the time.

A Challenge to Democracy (1944) is a 20-minute film created by the War Relocation Authority in collaboration with the Office of War Information and Office of Strategic Services. It one of the most exhaustive films created by the United States about Japanese internment as well as the 442nd Infantry regiment. It is composed of footage from other propoganda films such as The Way Ahead (1943) and Go For Broke (1943).

A Challenge to Democracy depicts Japanese American internees who live in a camp that functions like a "normal' community. The camps are shown to have activities that would be found outside of the camps, such as sports, school, clubs, and other organizations. They also film internees who are working in agricultural fields, producing their own crops which are solely for the use of the internmentt camps. The narrator assures viewers that the inernees are not disloyal to the United States, it is simply just a form of precaution that is being taken. The War Relocation Authority is said to have produced this film after multiple claims that they were being too 'soft' and 'coddling' the internees and using tax payers money to care for the internees while resources were sources during the war.