Main Street Today

Main Street Today

6.3IMDb Score
Released:1944-03-25
Duration:20 min
Director:Edward L. Cahn
Actors:John Nesbitt, Ray Collins, Henry O'Neill, Addison Richards, Morris Ankrum
Production:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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.

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