Wings Up Pt 1 of 2

Wings Up Pt 2 of 2 Narrated by Captain Clark Gable Training of Army Air Forces (AAF) officer candidates at Miami Beach, Florida 07:01:21 US army air force plane in flight. Crew inside plane in despair, lost, one lights cigarette; sweating. Superimposed cross drawn over picture. Squadron of planes in flight. Emblem of pilots over views of Miami & LS marching. Military battalions, classroom with logo of Officer Candidates School of AAF superimposed. Rows of officers doing drill exercises. Diagram of number of recruits & remaining at stages up to Officers Candidate School. Candidate in front of examining board. Physical test, medical examination. Steam train. Two trucks. Candidates standing to attention in field examined individually. 07:04:56 CU “typical” candidates in uniform: national intercollegiate champion, candidate who served in the American Volunteer group in China, pole vaulter Elmer E. Meadows, symphony conductor, E.R. Delano, 5th cousin of F.D. Roosevelt, trapeze artist from Ringling Brothers Circus, Mayor of Glen Cove, Long Island. Former Austrian, RAF gunner, Broadway playwright, actor Gilbert Roland, WWI veteran, actor Robert Preston & others. 07:07:09 Registering. Individual candidates given orders by officers, test of obedience & discipline. CUs & tracking shot. Despairing pilot holds head in hands. WWII Recruiting Film;