Mr. Shima (1914)

DESCRIPTION
Produced in 1914, this 15-minute, black-and-white film captures the California estate of George Shima (born Kinji Ushijima, 1864-1924), one of the wealthiest Japanese-American farmers of the time. The film is unique in that it contains footage of several South Asian laborers on the farm, in two sections: "Migrant Laborers from India" (1:09-1:20), and "Onion Fields" (1:21-1:44). Shima's farms were located in the Stockton-Sacramento delta, and his home (also captured in the film) was located at 2601 College Avenue in Berkeley, Ca.

Digitized by the California Audiovisual Preservation Project (CAVPP) supported in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian.

THEMES
Labor, Early Immigration

ADDITIONAL METADATA
Date: 1914
Subject(s): George Shima
Type: Moving Image
Language: English, Japanese
Publisher: San Joaquin Delta College
Location: California

PROVENANCE
Holding Institution: University of California - Berkeley
Digitizer: Internet Archive
Item History: 2011-10-24 (created); 2013-10-28 (modified)

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