Main Street Today (1944)

03/25/1944 (US) • 20m

War, History, Drama

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.

Top Billed Cast

John Nesbitt

Narrator (voice)

Ray Collins

Otis Bird

Henry O'Neill

Vance Clark

Morris Ankrum

Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)

George M. Carleton

Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)

Mary Currier

Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)

Robert Dudley

Frank Hostetter (uncredited)

Herbert Heyes

General (uncredited)


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

small town

propaganda

patriotism

wartime

manufacturing

workforce

production

defense plant

weapons manufacturer

manufacturing plant

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