Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 nomination total
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James Stewart
- Self
- (as Lieutenant James Stewart)
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)
Peter Graves
- Bomber Crew Member
- (uncredited)
Creighton Hale
- Uncle Ben
- (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (uncredited)
Bill Kennedy
- Pilot with Blonde
- (uncredited)
Harry Lewis
- State College Student
- (uncredited)
Ray Montgomery
- High School Student
- (uncredited)
Dolores Moran
- Blonde at Dance
- (uncredited)
Jack Mower
- High Schooler's Father
- (uncredited)
Juanita Stark
- High Schooler's Sweetheart
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Owen Crump(uncredited)
- John Huston(uncredited)
- Writer
- Owen Crump(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe only time John Huston directed James Stewart.
- Quotes
James Stewart: [Last lines] Young men of America, Your future's in the sky. Your wings are waiting!
- ConnectionsFeatured in Warner at War (2008)
- SoundtracksArmy Air Corps Song
(uncredited)
Written by Captain Robert Crawford
[Played during the opening credits and at the end]
Featured review
WINNING YOUR WINGS {Short} (John Huston & Owen Crump {uncredited}, 1942) ***
Before I checked on IMDb, I had completely forgotten John Huston's contribution here – since no director is listed during the opening titles – though I was well aware of James Stewart's participation (oddly enough, this was their sole collaboration)! Anyway, this is typical – and, in retrospect, pretty efficient – 'recruiting poster' stuff (yet another Oscar-nominated documentary, in a category that had a staggering 25 candidates and emerged with a quartet of winners!), with the star delineating the pros (but, obviously none of the cons!) should American youths join the Air Force. For the record, the attack on Pearl Harbour was a very recent memory – and, watching this, we realize just how far the Government went in order to induct pilots, bombardiers, navigators, etc. to fill the thousands upon thousands of planes of various sizes that would be employed in the war effort! Stewart is the right sort of average guy to make such a notion seem appealing, even "adventurous" – but the jingoism is excusable under the circumstances, as the prospective officers are either credited with their college-bred specialization (which would thus be put at the nation's disposal) or given the opportunity to acquire one for those that had been left lagging behind in education
which suggests that combat duty was very much seen as a level 'playing-field'!
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- Bunuel1976
- Feb 28, 2014
Details
- Runtime18 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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