Main Street on the March!
| Main Street on the March! | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Edward Cahn |
| Written by | Karl Kamb |
| Produced by | John Nesbitt |
| Starring | John Nesbitt |
| Cinematography | Jackson Rose |
| Edited by | Harry Komer |
| Music by | David Snell |
| Distributed by | MGM |
Release date |
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Running time | 20 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
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).[1][2] 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.
Plot summary
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Cast
[edit]- John Nesbitt - Narrator (voice)
- Raymond Gram Swing - Himself (voice) (archive sound)
- Neville Chamberlain - Himself (voice) (archive sound)
- H. V. Kaltenborn - Himself (voice) (archive sound)
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt - Himself (archive footage)
- Winston Churchill - Himself (voice) (archive footage)
- George C. Marshall - Himself (archive footage)
- William S. Knudsen - Himself (archive footage)
- Admiral Harold R. Stark - Himself (archive footage)
Robert Blake, then 8 years old, makes an appearance in a kitchen scene.
References
[edit]- ^ "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
- ^ "New York Times: Main Street on the March!". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on January 30, 2013. Retrieved May 17, 2008.
External links
[edit]- Main Street on the March! at IMDb
- Main Street on the March! at the TCM Movie Database
- Main Street on the March! at AllMovie
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- 1941 films
- 1940s historical films
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- American historical films
- American black-and-white films
- Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
- Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
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- American World War II films
- Films set in the 1940s
- 1940s English-language films
- 1940s American films
- Films scored by David L. Snell
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