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Wings

Young flyers wheel and burn above the Great War.

What

The 1927 Paramount window card for the aerial epic that won the first Best Picture.

Why

It sold height, speed, and the terror of the new air combat.

Notice

Biplanes locked in a painted sky.

“Glory and dread aloft”

Format

The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.

Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 18x24" cleanly.

Size

$29.00

Provenance

Film
Wings (1927), dir. William A. Wellman
Country / studio
United States · Paramount Pictures
Format
Window card
Poster published
U.S. theatrical window card, 1927
Source
Wikimedia Commons
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Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.

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