25 March 1944 Drama, History, War 20 mins
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.
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John Nesbitt as Narrator (voice)
Ray Collins as Otis Bird
Henry O'Neill as Vance Clark
Addison Richards as Fred Baker
Morris Ankrum as Mayor Charlie Maxwell (uncredited)
George M. Carleton as Store Owner Welburn Sprague (uncredited)
Mary Currier as Mrs. Hunter (uncredited)
Robert Dudley as Frank Hostetter (uncredited)
Herbert Heyes as General (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Lew Kelly as Electrician Art Hoover at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Colin Kenny as Man at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Ruth Lee as Helen (uncredited)
Howard M. Mitchell as Grocer Frank Victor (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse as Citizen at Town Meeting (uncredited)
Forbes Murray as Businessman (uncredited)
Edward L. Cahn Director
Karl Kamb Story
Julian Harmon Story
Karl Kamb Screenplay
Julian Harmon Screenplay
Jerry Bresler Producer
Herbert Moulton Producer
David Raksin Music
Charles Salerno Jr. Director of Photography
Tom Biggart Editor
Richard Duce Art Direction
Conrad Salinger Orchestrator
United States 25 March 1944
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