Winning Your Wings (1942)
Winning Your Wings is a 1942 short American World War II recruitment film produced by Warner Bros. Studios for the US Army Air Forces, starring Jimmy Stewart. It was aimed at young men who were thinking about joining the Air Force.
- Date of release
- 1942-05-28
- TMDB
- 6.0 / 10 (14)
- Runtime
- 18m
- Genres
- Documentary, History, War
- Director
- Owen Crump, John Huston
Casting
- James Stewart — Self
- Jean Ames — High Schooler's Sister (uncredited)
- Leah Baird — High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)
- Don DeFore — Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)
- Charles Drake — State College Student (uncredited)
- Bill Edwards — Soldier Dancing with Blonde (uncredited)
- Inez Gay — Aunt Minnie (uncredited)
- Creighton Hale — Uncle Ed (uncredited)
- Adolf Hitler — Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Interesting facts
- Awards: 0 · Nominations: 1
Winning Your Wings is a 1942 Allied propaganda film of World War II produced by Warner Bros. Studios for the US Army Air Forces, starring James Stewart. It was aimed at young men who were thinking about joining the Air Force. Members of the production crew would later form the core of the First Motion Picture Unit.
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