Main Street Today

Main Street Today

1944 · 20 min · ★ 6.3 · War, History, Drama

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.

Directed by Edward L. Cahn · Written by Karl Kamb

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