Main Street on the March! (1941)
20m
Running Time
December 9, 1941Release Date
Main Street on the March! (1941)
20m
Running Time
December 9, 1941Release Date
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Plot.
This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage.
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Cast & Crew.
Barbara Bedford
Nurse (uncredited)
John Nesbitt
Narrator
Raymond Gram Swing
Self
Margaret Bert
Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)
Neville Chamberlain
Self
Robert Blake
Schulte Child (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
Window Shopper (uncredited)
H.V. Kaltenborn
Self
Details.
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Main Street on the March! is a 1941 American short historical film directed by Edward Cahn. It won an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The 20-minute film gives a brief history of events in Europe and the U.S. in the year and a half leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor.