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Main Street on the March! ()

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The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military... See more »
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Self (archiveFootage) (as Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
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Self (archiveFootage) (as Admiral Harold R. Stark)
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Nurse (uncredited)
Margaret Bert ...
Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)
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Schulte Child (uncredited)
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Window Shopper (uncredited)
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Engineer (uncredited)
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Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
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Rod Meakin, News Vendor (uncredited)
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Edward L. Cahn ... (as Edward Cahn)

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Karl Kamb ... (original story by)
 
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John Nesbitt ... producer

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David Snell
Daniele Amfitheatrof ... (uncredited)
Sol Kaplan ... (uncredited)

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Jackson Rose

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Harry Komer

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Richard Duce

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Wally Heglin ... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab ... orchestrator (uncredited)

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The film begins in the spring of 1940, just before the Nazi occupation of the Benelux countries, and ends immediately after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. It chronicles how the people of "Main Street America", the country's military forces, and its industrial base were completely transformed when the decision was made to gear up for war. Original footage is interspersed with contemporary newsreels and stock footage. Written by David Glagovsky

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Trivia The speech where President Franklin D. Roosevelt is shown asking Congress for 50,000 airplanes occurred on May 16, 1940. This was just six days after Germany's attack had begun on western Europe in WWII. It has become known as his "Ominous Days" speech. See more »
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Quotes Self - Narrator: Shock. Grief. Then, on every Main Street, a rising, burning fury. In the terrible daylight of Sunday, December 7th, 132 million individuals became one. Main Street had become, at last, America. Behind it the land and its people. We, the American people: Lutheran, Methodist, Jew, Catholic, Quaker, Christian Scientist, holy roller, and all the rest of us; Republican, Democrats; rich men, poor men, working men, loafers; geniuses and jitterbugs.
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