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Main Street Today

War | History

6.2

Release Date

March 25, 1944

Duration

20 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.

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John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

John Nesbitt

Ray Collins

Otis Bird

Ray Collins

Henry O'Neill

Vance Clark

Henry O'Neill

Addison Richards

Fred Baker

Addison Richards

Morris Ankrum

Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)

Morris Ankrum

George M. Carleton

Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)

George M. Carleton

Mary Currier

Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)

Mary Currier

Robert Dudley

Frank Hostetter (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Herbert Heyes

General (uncredited)

Herbert Heyes

Stuart Holmes

Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Stuart Holmes

Lew Kelly

Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Lew Kelly

Colin Kenny

Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Colin Kenny

Ruth Lee

Helen (uncredited)

Ruth Lee

Howard M. Mitchell

Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)

Howard M. Mitchell

Bert Moorhouse

Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse

Forbes Murray

Businessman (uncredited)

Forbes Murray

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Pop Denton (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Walter Soderling

Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)

Walter Soderling

William Tannen

Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)

William Tannen

Ray Teal

Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)

Ray Teal

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