All of the candidates have a diverse background and experiences, some as entertainers such as Robert Preston, while others have been successful in sports, business, science and academia.

The twelve-week course stresses discipline, efficiency and restrictions that combine to instil all the attitudes and ethos of the officer cadre.

Narrated by Captain Clark Gable, Wings Up informed the youth of America about the Officer Candidate School, which was the primary setting for the production.

[citation needed] Stock footage of a Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress is featured in the opening and closing sequences of Wings Up.

[3] Wings Up was typical of the training and recruitment films of the period produced under the auspices of the Office of War Information.