Wings for the Eagle (Warner Bros.) (1942)

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“FES Men—and Women, Teel Bile An Men Behind the Guns Come Through with Flying ictory for America on the airplane production front has been won. The tide was: turned by the might of millions of production line soldiers, men and women who once toiled at the plow, the sewing machine and the lathe; in garages, offices and machine shops. To them goes the gratitude of a nation... for they have labored to make wings for the American eagle . . . avenging wings that now spread over the world’s far-flung battlefields. Warner Bros. has produced a stirring tribute to these assembly-line soldiers in “Wings for the Eagle”, with Ann Sheridan, Dennis Morgan, Jack Carson and George Tobias. The accompanying photographs show in part how this miracle of military might is being accomplished. From all sections of the country come Americans to work in war industries. Shown above is a family who used the good old jalopy as a means of transportation to the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. to help build wings for the eagle, Ww (A bove) Jack Carson, Ann Sheridan and (Right) Dennis Morgan represent a cross Even mites can be mighty when it comes to making America formidable. ‘Shorty’ here, finds an section of America at war, in Warner Bros.’ stirring film, “Wings for the Eagle”. Carson important place in the scheme of things because midgets are used to work in sections of planes that are too small for the average-sized man. and Sheridan are cast as defense workers at the Lockheed Aircraft Corp. while their best friend, played by Morgan, flies for the U. S. Army. Jake Hanso (George Tobias), naturalized American and ace plane builder at.Lockheed, is proud as can be when his son (Russell Arms) joins the U. S, Air Corps. Jake says, “From, now on it’s Hanso to Hanso, I build ’em, You fly ’em!” ~ ee ————————— —————— —— ———— Type and Art on one mat, Order Mat SW 302B-75c-from Campaign Plan Editor, 321 W. 44 St.. N. Y.