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Main Street on the March! (1941)

Main Street on the March! poster
Directed by
Edward L. Cahn
Genre
documentary film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rating
6.1 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This short documentary from 1941 tells the history of events in Europe and the United States leading up to the attack on Pearl Harbor. It covers the period about a year and a half before the attack. The film won an Academy Award for Best Short Subject.

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What happens

Main Street on the March! is a 1941 American short historical film directed by Edward Cahn. It won an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards 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 attack on Pearl Harbor. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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