This Best Short Subject Academy Award winning 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.
Directed by Edward L. Cahn
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Cast
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Barbara Bedford
Nurse (uncredited)
Margaret Bert
Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)
Robert Blake
Schulte Child (uncredited)
Naomi Childers
Window Shopper (uncredited)
Mark Daniels
Engineer (uncredited)
Robert Homans
Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
Milton Kibbee
News Vendor Rod Meakin (uncredited)
May McAvoy
Window Shopper (uncredited)
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