Main Street Today

Main Street Today

1944
20min

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.

Main Street Today

Storyline

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.
Cast
John Nesbitt
John Nesbitt
Narrator (voice)
Ray Collins
Ray Collins
Otis Bird
Henry O'Neill
Henry O'Neill
Vance Clark
Addison Richards
Addison Richards
Fred Baker
Morris Ankrum
Morris Ankrum
Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
George M. Carleton
George M. Carleton
Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Mary Currier
Mary Currier
Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
Robert Dudley
Robert Dudley
Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes
Herbert Heyes
General (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes
Stuart Holmes
Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Lew Kelly
Lew Kelly
Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Colin Kenny
Colin Kenny
Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Ruth Lee
Ruth Lee
Helen (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell
Howard M. Mitchell
Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse
Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Forbes Murray
Forbes Murray
Businessman (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Pop Denton (uncredited)
Walter Soderling
Walter Soderling
Banker on Citizens Committee (uncredited)
William Tannen
William Tannen
Department of Transportation Representative (uncredited)
Ray Teal
Ray Teal
Ed a Citizen at Committee Meeting (uncredited)
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