Movie: Main Street on the March!

Top 9 Billed Cast

John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Barbara Bedford
Barbara Bedford

Nurse (uncredited)

Margaret Bert
Margaret Bert

Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)

Robert Blake
Robert Blake

Schulte Child (uncredited)

Naomi Childers
Naomi Childers

Window Shopper (uncredited)

Mark Daniels
Mark Daniels

Engineer (uncredited)

Robert Homans
Robert Homans

Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)

Milton Kibbee
Milton Kibbee

News Vendor Rod Meakin (uncredited)

May McAvoy
May McAvoy

Window Shopper (uncredited)

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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.

  • Release Date

    1941-12-09

  • Average

    5.4

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    2.7 starts
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    English
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