Skirmish on the Home Front

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Skirmish on the Home Front

1944

0h 13m

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Promotional short extolling the virtues of the American government's wartime Economic Stabilization Plan.

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4 members

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Alan Ladd

Harry W. Average

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Betty Hutton

Emily Average

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William Bendix

Herb Miller

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Susan Hayward

Molly Miller

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