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Wings Up is a film of genre War released in USA on 27 may 1943 with Clark Gable

Wings Up (1943)

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Released in USA 27 may 1943
Length 20minutes
Genres War,    Documentary
Rating66% 3.3354253.3354253.3354253.3354253.335425

Wings Up is a short propaganda film produced by the US Air Force during World War II.

Narrated by Clark Gable the short informed the youth of America about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces. It emphasized that while usually these courses would take years, the country was at war now and needed all the pilots it could get and fast. The curriculum is briefly outlined as well as the kind of life a cadets would lead at one of these facilities.

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Clark Gable

(Narrator / Host)Gilbert Roland

(Himself)William Holden

(Himself)Robert Preston

(Himself)Brenda Marshall

(Herself)
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