The Tanks Are Coming (1941 film)

{{short description|1941 film}}

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{{Infobox film

| name = The Tanks Are Coming

| director = B. Reeves Eason

| writer = Owen Crump

| producer = Gordon Hollingshead

| starring = George Tobias
Richard Travis
Gig Young

| cinematography = Bert Glennon

| narrator = Knox Manning

| editing = Everett Dodd

| music = William Lava
Howard Jackson

| distributor = Warner Bros.

| released = {{film date|1941}}

| runtime = 20 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

}}

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).{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1942 |title=The 14th Academy Awards (1942) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=2013-06-25 |work=oscars.org}}