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a good fight from the Russians.
The Germans won't be stopped
unless America enters the war.
Someone's gotta stop 'em.
Well, let the Europeans
make-do without us this time.
But they're transporting
all the Jews out of the cities.
Oh, Anne,
that's just rumors. Unproven.
How's John?
I haven't seen him in some time.
He's at church, Anne.
Every Sunday, plain to see.
I'm just so glad you're
still able to take him out.
How's the Chinaman doin'?
Better, I hope.
Oh, yes.
He's making a fine recovery.
Well, I stopped by
to suggest that, uh, your...
May I help myself to a cookie?
Certainly.
Looks delicious.
Mmm, mmm.
Thank you.
I stopped by to suggest
that your new girl take the Chinaman
over to the African Methodist church.
Why can't he go to your church?
Oh, Anne!
Why not?
Well, do I have to spell it out?
He's not white.
Well, he's not negro either.
Well, he's yellow
and that's colored.
Good morning.
Morning.
I think you've forgotten
I'm here.
Not possible.
I must be goin'.
May I see?
You have an unusual style.
See you next Sunday?
Comrade
which is "surrender" in German.
These are believed to be
the Nazi battle plans
for the near east and Africa.
Sophie Willis is here.
To the north against Turkey, to
the south... Anne, what is it?
Those damn Nazis, they're...
they're slaughtering the Soviets.
Where the heavily
outnumbered British...
So sorry, Anne. I can't
believe it's happenin' again.
Oh, do sit down.
Would you like some tea?
- Do I have to sit?
- Well, no, you don't.
Autumn fever?
certainly agrees with you.
Oh, come see my garden.
It hadn't looked so beautiful
since Scott died.
Have you ever seen
hydrangeas looking more perfect?
Mm-mm.
Wherever he comes from, he was
raised with the best manners.
Anne, let's take in
the picture show in Brunswick
and then dinner
at the Belmont hotel.
I'm afraid I wouldn't be
very good company.
I'm just too preoccupied
with the war news.
Oh, dear Anne,
your mood hardly matters to me.
In their occupation of Nanking,
the Japs again outdid themselves
in barbarism.
The helpless populace was attacked by
the city walls and could not flee.
Japanese soldiers went berserk.
They raped and tortured.
They killed and butchered.
Again!
In one of the bloodiest
massacres of recorded history,
they murdered 40,000 men,
women, children.
No.
I've never been able to paint
the sky exactly as I like.
I avoid the sky when I paint.
It's impossible to capture.
I don't even know
your first name.
Grover.
Grover?
I am the first son
born in America.
So you have brothers
who were born in China?
Japan.
I was born in California.
Everyone thinks you're Chinese.
I don't mind.
Look! That clematis
you suggested arrived.
Here it is.
Very good.
Oh, I do hope it survives.
This is the one with the same
bloom time as this rose.
- Do we plant it next to the rose?
- A foot away.
It will attach itself to the
rose and climb to 20 feet.
The purple of the clematis
and this pink will be beautiful.
Sounds gorgeous.
Oh, my goodness!
Scott would love it!
Anne, you and Mr. Ohta make me
wish I had a garden of my own.
Well, you should have a garden.
Well, I can paint
just about any flower,
but I don't know a thing
about how to make them grow.
Well, we can't do anything till
we get your yard cleaned up.
May I help?
With your permission, miss Anne.
Of course.
Grover, did you ever
want to marry?
Yes, of course.
Why didn't you?
with a cousin in Japan,
but she couldn't
come to America.
Are you still waitin'?
No.
I had a sweetheart. Henry.
He died in the great war.
I'm sorry.
Mama didn't like him.
Grover.
Come here, please.
Delicious.
I've never had crab cakes.
Well, ours are the best
in the south.
I believe it.
I'm not much of a cook
except for recipes with crab.
Cracked crab,
crab gumbo over grits,
she-crab soup,
soft-shell crab
in the spring.
I hope to taste them all.
Why were you on that bus,
Grover?
Apples.
A sweet non sequitur.
The Ohtas grow vegetables
in California.
I wanted to be the first in the
west with an apple orchard.
I worked for years
with different stocks
without the harsh winters.
It took years
to convince my father.
Finally, he invested
a lot of money.
I used all of mine.
I went to New York
to buy 1,000 trees.
I had one day in New York City.
I treated myself
to a fine dinner.
A Broadway show.
How wonderful.
What a night!
I stopped for a drink.
There was a drunk man
at the bar.
He bought me drinks.
So stupid.
They stole all my money.
Beat me up.
I don't know how
I got to the bus.
With ten dollars
stuffed in my pocket.
Do you like music?
Very much.
"Baby won't you
please come home."
One of my favorites.
Do you like to dance?
I don't know how.
Neither do I.
We interrupt this program to bring
you a special news bulletin.
The Japanese have attacked
Pearl harbor, Hawaii, by air,
president Roosevelt
has just announced.
The attack also was made on all
naval and military activities
on the principal island of Oahu.
Sophie! Sophie Beatrice!
We take you now to Washington.
I'm talkin' to you.
Ruth.
Why aren't you comin' to church?
You come down here
and invite me in.
Ruth, there's gonna
be a war. Pearl harbor.
What are you talkin' about?
What?
A Japanese attack upon Pearl
harbor naturally would mean war.
Such an attack would naturally
bring a counterattack.
The Navy base in Hawaii.
It was bombed.
Who... who would do that?
Japanese did it.
Oh, dear lord.
Oh, oh... dear.
H-how many dead?
How many wounded?
They haven't said.
Oh.
Oh!
Did... did you kiss
that foreigner?
Down by the river?
What? No.
Samille's maid said you did it.
No, I didn't.
I-i swear it.
Pull harder, queen Sally,
we're almost there.
Row faster,
queen Sally, row faster.
Sophie Willis!
You're too big to still
be playin' with them n*ggers.
Get over here!
Miss Ruth, stop!
Miss Ruth!
Disgraceful to this family.
Come, John!
I'm speakin' for Minna now.
You stay away from that Chinaman.
You hear me, girl?
Uh, the...
The Japanese, they...
What? Was a despicable
sneak attack.
We'll surely go to war now.
People will think you're
one of them evil Japs.
They won't understand that the
Chinese are different. I'm American.
Well, of course, you are, but
this is a small town, Mr. Ohta.
You stay close to home,
you understand?
You understand me?
Yes, ma'am.
Yesterday, December 7, 1941...
A date which
will live in infamy...
What's your name?
United States of America
was suddenly
and deliberately attacked
by naval and air forces
of the empire of Japan.
The attack yesterday
on the Hawaiian islands
has caused severe damage.
I regret to tell you that very
many American lives had been lost.
Japan has therefore undertaken
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