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6.6/10   64 votes
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Director:
John Huston
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Writers:
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Release Date:
28 May 1942 (USA) more
Genre:
Short | History | War more
Plot:
Inspirational short film designed to encourage recruits for the American Army Air Forces. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Oscar. more
User Comments:
What a wonderful curio from WWII more

Cast

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James Stewart ... Himself (as Lieutenant James Stewart)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
18 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | USA:Approved

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Peter Graves's movie debut. more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Warner at War (2008) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Army Air Corps Song more

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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful:-
What a wonderful curio from WWII, 21 July 2006
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Author: planktonrules from Bradenton, Florida

This is a very fascinating curio from WWII starring Jimmy Stewart. This is an Army Air Corps recruitment short in which Stewart, after a year in the service, addresses the public to sell them on joining. The film is briskly paced, interesting to watch and has a lot of great footage of aircraft (particularly interesting to airplane aficionados are the early B-17 A and B versions--pretty rare to see this footage). While I doubt if this film would excite most kids, it is a great film historically. Plus, it is one of the few films Stewart made exploiting his service, as he tended to downplay this and few people actually knew that he eventually retired a Brigadeer General after many years of service.

By the way, one of the young guys in the film that was thrilled about joining up had a girlfriend that looks like Judy Garland. It's not--I checked and it's Juanita Stark. They could have been sisters!

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