Year: 1944
Runtime: 20 mins
Language: English
Director: Edward L. Cahn
This patriotic short film promotes America’s war effort at home, portraying a fictional small‑town main street as a microcosm of the national push. It follows shopkeepers, factory owners and townspeople as they consider how to draw additional workers and increase production of the materials the military needs.
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