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1940s - WWII and Recovery
Films produced and/or distributed from studios operating in Culver City:
1940: The Philadelphia Story; 1941: Citizen Kane; 1942: Mrs. Miniver; 1943: Lassie Come Home; 1944: National Velvet, Meet Me in St. Louis; 1945: Ziegfeld Follies; 1948: Little Women, Easter Parade

Hal Roach Studios makes training films and becomes known as "Fort Roach"; Ronald Reagan is stationed there

1943 - Selznick International Studios suspends operations
1946 - RKO-Pathe purchases the Back Lot after leasing for many years
1947 -
• Culver City becomes a charter city
• Culver Theatre opens; today a designated city landmark
1948 -
• Western Hemisphere Marathon is founded; second oldest in the country today
• First drive-in is constructed: Studio Drive-in
1949 - Culver City becomes a unified school district (K-12)