Silver Wings (film)

Silver Wings is a 1922 American drama film directed by Edwin Carewe and John Ford. Ford directed only the prologue of the film. The film is now considered to be a lost film.

Cast

Mary Carr as Anna Webb (prologue / play)

Lynn Hammond as John Webb (prologue)

Knox Kincaid as John (prologue)

Joseph Monahan as Harry (prologue)

Maybeth Carr as Ruth (prologue)

Claude Brooke as Uncle Andrews (prologue / play)

Robert Hazelton as The Minister (prologue)

Florence Short as Widow Martin (prologue)

May Kaiser as Her Child

Percy Helton as John (play)

Joseph Striker as Harry (play)

Jane Thomas as Ruth (play)

Roy Gordon as George Mills (play)

Florence Haas as Little Anna (play)

L. Rogers Lytton as Bank President (play) (as Roger Lytton)

Ernest Hilliard as Jerry Gibbs (play)

References

External links

Silver Wings at the Internet Movie Database

Silver Wings at AllMovie

Silver Wings

Silver Wings may refer to:

Silver Wings (film), a 1922 American silent film

Silver Wings (parachute team), the United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Command Exhibition Parachute Team at Fort Benning, Georgia

Silver Wings (service organization), an organization dedicated to developing civilians’ leadership skills and community service

A 1969 hit country song from Merle Haggard’s Okie from Muskogee album

Okie from Muskogee

Okie from Muskogee is a live album by Merle Haggard and the Strangers released in October 1969 on Capitol Records.

Background

The album was a recorded performance at the Civic Center in Muskogee, Oklahoma on October 10, 1969, the day before the studio version of "Okie from Muskogee" hit the national country charts.

In the documentary Beyond Nashville, Haggard claims the song, which he wrote with drummer Eddie Burris on his bus, was more of a wistful tribute to his late father than any kind of political statement: "My dad passed away when I was nine, and I don't know if you've ever thought about somebody you've lost and you say, 'I wonder what so-and-so would think about this?' I was drivin' on Interstate 40 and I saw a sign that said "19 Miles to Muskogee." Muskogee was always referred to in my childhood as 'back home.' So I saw that sign and my whole childhood flashed before my eyes and I thought, 'I wonder what dad would think about the youthful uprising that was occurring at the time, the Janis Joplins...I understood 'em, I got a long with it, but what if he was to come alive at this moment? And I thought, what a way to describe the kind of people in America that are still sittin' in the center of the country sayin', 'What is goin' on on these campuses?'" In the American Masters episode about his life and career, however, a more defiant Haggard states that the song was more than a satire: "That's how I got into it with the hippies...I thought they were unqualified to judge America, and I thought they were lookin' down their noses at something that I cherished very much, and it pissed me off. And I thought, 'You sons of bitches, you've never been restricted away from this great, wonderful country, and yet here you are in the streets bitchin' about things, protesting about a war that they didn't know anymore about than I did. They weren't over there fightin' that war anymore than I was."

Silver Wings (parachute team)

The United States Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Command Exhibition Parachute Team, commonly known as the Silver Wings, is the official demonstration parachute team of Fort Benning, Georgia, United States Army. It is made up of US Army Paratroopers who have demonstrated excellence in parachuting skills, drawn primarily from the 1st Battalion of the 507th Parachute Infantry Regiment, Fort Benning.

History

In 1958 a group of experienced parachutists from 1-507 Parachute Infantry Regiment formed the Fort Benning Sport Parachute Club in order to recreationally hone their free-fall parachuting skills on the weekends. Their efforts to promote the club and talent in the air brought higher-level attention to the club over the following seven years. Renamed the 5000 Jumpers, the club conducted its first official demonstration at the Fort Benning Airfield in 1962. In 1965, the 5000 Jumpers were officially redesignated as the United States Army Command Exhibition Parachute Team, nicknamed the Silver Wings.