The read
It runs a compact 20m.
Synopsis
A propaganda film, made in the early months of World War II, dramatizing a new group of U.S. Army Air Force pilots receiving their wings from Lt. General H.H. Arnold. An off-screen narrator introduces four of them to us; we see them before the war, during flight training, and in their first assignments as pilots.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
4 audience votes
Key crew
- B. Reeves EasonDirector
- Owen CrumpWriter
Cast
- Tod AndrewsCadet Frank Bickley
- Eleanor ParkerMrs. Frank Bickley
- Don DeForeCadet Dick Mathews
- Ray MontgomeryCadet Jim Morgan
- Ruth FordCadet Gladdens' Sweetheart
- Dave WillockBob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens
- Owen CrumpNarrator (voice)
- Henry H. ArnoldHimself - 'Hap' Arnold
- Franklyn FarnumFarmer (uncredited)
- Inez GayMrs. Mathews (uncredited)
- Sol GorssShoe Repair Shop Prorietor (uncredited)
- Harry Harvey Jr.Jim Morgan, as a Boy (uncredited)
Themes
world war iipilotvolunteerus militarymilitary trainingair force pilotu.s. army air corpspilot trainingflight trainingwartime propaganda