Wings Up was a propaganda

Propaganda film

The term propaganda can be defined as the ability to produce and spread fertile messages that, once sown, will germinate in large human cultures.” However, in the 20th century, a “new” propaganda emerged, which revolved around political organizations and their need to communicate messages that...

 short film produced by the US Air Force during World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

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Narrated by Clark Gable

Clark Gable

William Clark Gable , known as Clark Gable, was an American film actor most famous for his role as Rhett Butler in the 1939 Civil War epic film Gone with the Wind, in which he starred with Vivien Leigh...

 the short informed the youth of America about the Officers Candidate School of the Army Air Forces. It emphasized that while usually these courses would take years, the country was at war now and needed all the pilots it could get and fast. The curriculum is briefly outlined as well as the kind of life a cadets would lead at one of these facilities.

See also

• List of Allied propaganda films of World War II
• Clark Gable filmography
  Clark Gable filmography
  - Films as an extra :During the period 1924–1930 Clark Gable established himself as a major stage actor. Also during this period, Gable supplemented his income by working as an extra in motion pictures...
  
  
• 1943 films