Main Street on the March!

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.

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	1941 (1941)
Running time	20 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Plot summary

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

1. "The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
2. "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

• Main Street on the March! at IMDb
• Main Street on the March! at the TCM Movie Database
• Main Street on the March! at AllMovie