Men of the Sky (1942)

07/25/1942 (US) • Drama, War • 20m

Overview

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.

Men of the Sky (1942)

07/25/1942 (US) • 20m

Drama, War

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Tod Andrews

Cadet Frank Bickley

Eleanor Parker

Mrs. Frank Bickley

Don DeFore

Cadet Dick Mathews

Ray Montgomery

Cadet Jim Morgan

Ruth Ford

Cadet Gladdens' Sweetheart

Dave Willock

Bob 'Sir Galahad' Gladdens

Owen Crump

Narrator (voice)

Henry H. Arnold

Himself - 'Hap' Arnold

Franklyn Farnum

Farmer (uncredited)

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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

world war ii

pilot

volunteer

us military

military training

air force pilot

u.s. army air corps

pilot training

flight training

wartime propaganda

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