Main Street Today

Main Street Today (1944)

March 25th, 19440h 20min

War, History, Drama
62%

Overview

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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