The Tanks Are Coming

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Educational short about the status of battle tanks and tank training in the U.S. Army in pre-War 1941, featuring a comical Army trainee from the Bronx.

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Director(s): B. Reeves Eason

Writer(s): Owen Crump

Producer(s): Not Available

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Keywords

taxi driver patriotism world war ii tank maneuver volunteer recruiting armored truck yellow cab military training joining the army armored vehicle u.s. army wartime propaganda militar tank tanks

Cast

George Tobias

Malowski

Richard Travis

Pete

Gig Young

Jim Allen

Frank Wilcox

Colonel

Knox Manning

Narrator

Byron Barr

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CinemaSerf

George Tobias is quite amusing here as the New York taxi driver "Malowski" who heeds President Roosevelt's stirring call to arms in 1941 and - much to the disbelief of his gal - joins up. He decides t...