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Winning Your Wings

Winning Your Wings

★ 6.0/10•1942•18m•Documentary•History•War

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.

John Huston · Director

Owen Crump · Director

Owen Crump · Writer

StatusReleased
Runtime18m
LanguageEN
Release DateMay 28, 1942

Actors

James Stewart

James Stewart

Self

Jean Ames

High Schooler's Sister (uncredited)

Leah Baird

Leah Baird

High Schooler's Mother (uncredited)

Don DeFore

Don DeFore

Gas Station Attendant (uncredited)

Charles Drake

Charles Drake

State College Student (uncredited)

Bill Edwards

Bill Edwards

Soldier Dancing with Blonde (uncredited)

Inez Gay

Aunt Minnie (uncredited)

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Uncle Ed (uncredited)

Adolf Hitler

Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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