''Main Street on the March!'' is a 1941 American

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directed by Edward Cahn. It won an

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at the

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for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel). The 20-minute film gives a brief history of events in Europe and the U.S. in the year and a half leading up to the

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Plot summary

Cast

* John Nesbitt - Narrator (voice) *

Raymond Gram Swing Raymond Gram Swing (March 25, 1887 – December 22, 1968) was an American print and broadcast journalist. He was one of the most influential news commentators of his era, heard by people worldwide as a leading American voice from Britain durin ...

- Himself (voice) (archive sound) *

Neville Chamberlain Arthur Neville Chamberlain (; 18 March 18699 November 1940) was a British politician of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940. He is best known for his foreign policy of appeasemen ...

- Himself (voice) (archive sound) *

H. V. Kaltenborn Hans von Kaltenborn (July 9, 1878June 14, 1965), generally known as H. V. Kaltenborn, was an American radio commentator. He was heard regularly on the radio for over 30 years, beginning with CBS CBS Broadcasting Inc., commonly shortened ...

- Himself (voice) (archive sound) *

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (; ; January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), often referred to by his initials FDR, was an American politician and attorney who served as the 32nd president of the United States from 1933 until his death in 1945. As the ...

- Himself (archive footage) *

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 187424 January 1965) was a British statesman, soldier, and writer who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1940 to 1945 Winston Churchill in the Second World War, dur ...

- Himself (voice) (archive footage) *

George C. Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (December 31, 1880 – October 16, 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Chief of Staff of the US Army under Pre ...

- Himself (archive footage) *

William S. Knudsen William Signius Knudsen (March 25, 1879 – April 27, 1948) was a leading Danish-American automotive industry executive and an American general during World War II. His experience and success as a key senior manager in the operations sides of F ...

- Himself (archive footage) * Admiral Harold R. Stark - Himself (archive footage)

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, then 8 years old, makes an appearance in a kitchen scene.

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* * * 1940s historical films 1941 short films 1941 films American historical films American black-and-white films Films directed by Edward L. Cahn Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer short films American World War II films Films set in the 1940s 1940s English-language films 1940s American films {{historic-film-stub