20,000 Men a Year (1939)
- Directed by
- Alfred Edward Green
- Genre
- drama film, action film, adventure film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 5 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A group of men train to become pilots and contribute to the buildup of American aviation. The story follows their experiences and the challenges they face.
patrioticfast-pacedearnestsuspensefulstirringoptimistic
What happens
20,000 Men a Year (aka Air Story and Aviation Story) is a 1939 American action film directed by Alfred E. Green and written by Lou Breslow and Owen Francis. The film stars Randolph Scott, Preston Foster, Margaret Lindsay, Mary Healy, Robert Shaw, George Ernest, Jane Darwell, Kane Richmond and Maxie Rosenbloom. It was the fourth and last film produced by Cosmopolitan Pictures in its final year of operation. Long before the attack on Pearl Harbor, the U.S. government had encouraged Hollywood to produce films designed to encourage a buildup of the aviation industry as well as the military. The release of 20,000 Men a Year on October 27, 1939, by 20th Century Fox reflected the spirit of the times. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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