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Main Street Today

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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.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1944-03-25

Runtime: 20 mins

Director: Edward L. Cahn

Spoken language: English

Genres: War, History, Drama

Original title: Main Street Today

Production Companies: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Production Countries: United States of America

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