Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) - (Movie Clip) Fly This!

Wings of Eagles, The - (Original Trailer)

John Wayne stars in John Ford's The Wings Of Eagles (1957), the film biography of Frank "Spig" Wead, who started the air wing of the US Navy.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) I'm Gonna Move That Toe!

Paralyzed after a freak household accident, Navy flyer Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) in rehab with trainer "Jughead" (Dan Dailey), a famous sequence from director John Ford's tribute to Wead, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Let's Buzz 'Em!

Joining director John Ford’s raucous opening of his bio-pic about his Navy flier-turned-writer friend Frank “Spig” Wead, John Wayne in the lead, Kenneth Tobey co-piloting an unauthorized flight, Maureen O’Hara his furious wife leading pursuit, Penascola ca. 1920, in The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) It Got Away From Us

Wife Min (Maureen O’Hara) visits hospitalized Navy flier Frank “Spig” Wead (John Wayne), paralyzed after a mundane domestic accident, as he adopts a brave but false position regarding their future, in director John Ford’s posthumous bio-pic on his friend and collaborator, The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

Maureen O'Hara -- (TCM Original) Star Of The Month, July 2014

Celebrating our July, 2014 Star Of The Month, Maureen O'Hara, featuring her appearance on Conversations From The TCM Classic Film Festival, recorded last April, hosted by Robert Osborne.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Damn The Martinis

John Ford directs Ward Bond in an emphatic impression of himself, a director called "John Dodge," meeting writer and Navy flier Frank "Spig" Wead (John Wayne), who will become a lifelong friend, in the bio-pic The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.

Wings Of Eagles, The (1957) -- (Movie Clip) Stay Broke And Keep Moving

Price (Ken Curtis) narrating, graduating navy flight school with pal "Spig" Wead (John Wayne) his wife Min (Maureen O'Hara) attending, then objecting when officers choose her husband for a big assignment, in John Ford's The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.