Beyond barbed wire : untold stories of American courage.
(DVD)

Beyond barbed wire was originally produced in 1997.

Includes: Go for broke! / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Dore Schary ; written and directed by Robert Pirosh ; starring Van Johnson (91 min., 1951)

Includes: Japanese relocation / distributed and exhibited under the auspices of the War Activities Committee of the Motion Picture Industry ; [presented by] the United States Government ; produced by the Office of War Information, Bureau of Motion Pictures (10 min., 1942).

Includes: Challenge to democracy / produced by the War Relocation Authority with the cooperation of the War Department of the Office of Strategic Services (21 min.).

Kit Parker Films ; a film by Steve Rosen and Terri DeBono ; National Asian American Telecommunications Association.

Beyond barbed wire recounts the personal sacrifices and stories of heroism displayed by the Japanese American soldiers of the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442nd Regimental Combat Team and Military Intelligence Service who fought for the United States during World War II while their families were held in internment camps. The feature film, Go for broke! is set during World War II which depicts Lt. Michael Grayson, a bigoted Texan, who is assigned to train and lead the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, which is composed mostly of Japanese-Americans. Japanese relocation illustrates the process of relocating Japanese Americans to internment camps, life in the camps, and the reasoning behind the internments. The documentary, Go for broke! illustrates the training of Japanese American soldiers in the U.S. Army during World War II.

DVD; Region free.