World War II and the Korean War /
"Chinese living in North America were second-class citizens with no voting rights. When WWII broke out Chinese men enlisted. Their willingness to fight for their adopted countries eventually gained them equal civil rights and raised their status in the minds of their white countrymen. With Chin...
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| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | English Chinese |
| Language Notes: | In English, with some fragments in Chinese subtitled into English. |
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Wheeling, Ill. :
Film Ideas,
[2015?]
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| Series: | Overseas Chinese: North America series
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| Summary: | "Chinese living in North America were second-class citizens with no voting rights. When WWII broke out Chinese men enlisted. Their willingness to fight for their adopted countries eventually gained them equal civil rights and raised their status in the minds of their white countrymen. With China's formal involvement in the Korean War, Chinese students studying specific disciplines were forbidden to leave the U.S. They became embargoed strategic resources. North American Chinese became pawns in the volatile political games at the time"--Container. |
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| Item Description: | Title from menu. Originally produced as documentary in 2015. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (approximately 40 min.) : sound disc, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: | DVD-R format. |
| Production Credits: | Animation, Pixel Workshop Production Company ; camera, Cheng Wo-hing and 3 others; music, Henry Lai ; editing, Hui Chi-shing. |
| ISBN: | 9781605729350 1605729353 |