Winning Your Wings
Overview
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.
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James Stewart
Self
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)
Creighton Hale
Uncle Ed (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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CinemaSerf
@Geronimo1967July 10, 2025
Jimmy Stewart presents and narrates this recruitment film for the US Army Air Force and he does it quite charismatically, too! He was a lieutenant during the war, and with his boyish good looks and cheeky smile then who better to advocate to the young men of America that they join him? We’ve a sort …
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