Main Street on the March!
{{short description|1941 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Main Street on the March!
| image =
| caption =
| director = Edward Cahn
| producer = John Nesbitt
| writer = Karl Kamb
| starring = John Nesbitt
| music = David Snell
| cinematography = Jackson Rose
| editing = Harry Komer
| distributor = MGM
| released = {{film date|1941}}
| runtime = 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).{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=June 25, 2013 |work=oscars.org}}{{cite web |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300682/Main-Street-on-the-March/details |title=New York Times: Main Street on the March! |access-date=May 17, 2008|url-status=dead |archiveurl= https://archive.today/20130130174008/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/300682/Main-Street-on-the-March/details |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |archivedate= January 30, 2013}} 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
- 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
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0033866}}
- {{TCMDb title|id=400447}}
{{Academy Award Best Short}}
Category:1940s historical films
Category:American historical films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Films directed by Edward L. Cahn
Category:Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners
Category:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films
Category:American World War II films
Category:Films set in the 1940s
Category:1940s English-language films
Category:Films scored by David L. Snell
Category:English-language short films
Category:English-language historical films
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