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 |
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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.
