The Tanks Are Coming (1941)

Directed by

B. Reeves Eason

Genre

documentary film, propaganda film

Country

United States

Runtime

20 min

Rating

5.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This short film shows American tank units training and moving in the field using Technicolor. It was made to encourage recruitment and to display military equipment to the public before the US entered World War II.

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What happens

The Tanks Are Coming is a 1941 American Technicolor short film directed by B. Reeves Eason and written by Owen Crump. It is primarily a recruitment film, but can also be regarded as a propaganda film or a documentary with some light relief. Like Dive Bomber (of the same year) it is a pre-Pearl Harbor film, 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). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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