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

historical film A historical drama (also period drama, period piece or just period) is a dramatic work set in the past, usually used in the context of film and television, which presents historical events and characters with varying degrees of fiction such as ...

directed by Edward Cahn. It won an

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at the

14th Academy Awards The 14th Academy Awards honored film achievements in 1941 and were held at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. The ceremony was briefly cancelled due to the Pearl Harbor attack on December 7, 1941. The ceremony is now considered n ...

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 who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from May 1937 to May 1940 and Leader of the Conservative Party (UK), Leader of the Conservative Party from ...

- Himself (voice) (archive sound) * H. V. Kaltenborn - Himself (voice) (archive sound) *

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president, and the only one to have served ...

- Himself (archive footage) *

Winston Churchill Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was a British statesman, military officer, and writer who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 (Winston Churchill in the Second World War, ...

- Himself (voice) (archive footage) *

George C. Marshall George Catlett Marshall Jr. (31 December 1880 – 16 October 1959) was an American army officer and statesman. He rose through the United States Army to become Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army under presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. ...

- Himself (archive footage) *

William S. Knudsen William Signius Knudsen (born Signius Wilhelm Poul Knudsen; March 25, 1879 – April 27, 1948) was a Danish-born American automotive industry executive and an United States, American general officer, general during World War II. His experience ...

- Himself (archive footage) * Admiral Harold R. Stark - Himself (archive footage) Robert Blake, 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 Films scored by David L. Snell English-language short films English-language historical films {{historic-film-stub