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.
Narrator (voice)
Nurse (uncredited)
Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)
Schulte Child (uncredited)
Window Shopper (uncredited)
Engineer (uncredited)
Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
News Vendor Rod Meakin (uncredited)
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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.
Narrator (voice)
Nurse (uncredited)
Mrs. Schulte (uncredited)
Schulte Child (uncredited)
Window Shopper (uncredited)
Engineer (uncredited)
Lighthouse Keeper (uncredited)
News Vendor Rod Meakin (uncredited)
Movie / 2020
Movie / 1988
Movie / 2010
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2001
Movie / 2017
Movie / 2007
Movie / 2022
Movie / 2020
Movie / 1984
Movie / 2019
Movie / 1983
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2020
Movie / 2010
Movie / 2004
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2017
Movie / 2018
Movie / 2020