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The Tanks Are Coming is a american film of genre War directed by B. Reeves Eason released in USA on 4 october 1941 with George Tobias

The Tanks Are Coming (1941)

The Tanks Are Coming
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Released in USA 4 october 1941
Length 20minutes
Directed by
OriginUSA
Genres War,    Comedy,    Documentary
Rating56% 2.8089052.8089052.8089052.8089052.808905

The Tanks Are Coming is a 1941 American Technicolor short film. It is primarily a recruitment movie, but can also be regarded as a propaganda movie or a documentary with some light relief. Like Dive Bomber (of the same year) it is a pre-Pearl Harbor movie, made with the co-operation of the relevant branch of the US armed forces, showing off US military material to the US public, in lavish Technicolor. This material is shown in motion, both on the road and in the field; training equipment and methods are also featured.

It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 14th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (Two-Reel).

Synopsis

New York taxicab driver Malowski (George Tobias) and his cab Betsy enlist in the "First Armored Force" and get caught up in large-scale mechanized maneuvers. The tank featured in the short was the U.S Army's M3 Light Tank known as the Stuart.

Actors

George Tobias

(Malowski)Richard Travis

(Pete)Gig Young

(Jim Allen)Frank Wilcox

(Colonel)Knox Manning

(Narrator)Byron Barr
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