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Main Street on the March!( 1941)

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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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      John Nesbitt

      Narrator (voice)

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      Barbara Bedford

      Nurse (uncredited)

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      Margaret Bert

      Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)

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      Robert Blake

      Schulte Child (uncredited)

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      Naomi Childers

      Window Shopper (uncredited)

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      Mark Daniels

      Engineer (uncredited)

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      Robert Homans

      Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)

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      Milton Kibbee

      News Vendor Rod Meakin (uncredited)

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      May McAvoy

      Window Shopper (uncredited)

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    Released

    Original Language

    English

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    Keywords

    • world war ii