Underplayed Gems

Wings Up (1943)

Wings Up poster
Genre
war film, propaganda film
Country
United States
Runtime
20 min
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This short film is about the United States Army Air Forces Officer Candidate School during World War II. It shows the fast-tracked training program and the daily life of the students. The film aims to inspire viewers to support the war effort.

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What happens

Wings Up (also known as Sustineo Alas in its release for the United States Army) is a short propaganda film produced during World War II, highlighting the role of the United States Army Air Forces Officer Candidate School. The film emphasized that while usually these courses would take up to a year in college, the country was at war now and needed all the qualified officers it could get and fast. The curriculum is briefly outlined in Wings Up as well as the kind of life a student would lead at this training center. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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