Mezue ahịrịokwu a: Na May 16, 1929,
Emere emume mbụ nke Academy Award na Hotel Roosevelt dị na Hollywood iji sọpụrụ ihe nkiri ndị pụtara ìhè nke afọ 1927-1928. E tinyere "Wings" n'ọtụtụ edemede ma bụrụ ihe nkiri mbụ iji merie Academy Award maka Best Picture (nke a na-akpọ "Best Picture, Production") na Best Engineering Effects maka Roy Pomeroy maka afọ ahụ. Ọ ka bụ naanị ihe nkiri ogbi nke meriri ihe nkiri kacha mma. "", nke meriri "Unique and Artistic Production", ka a na-ewere dị ka onye meriri n'abalị ahụ mana n'afọ na-eso ya, Academy kwụsịrị onyinye "Unique and Artistic Production" ma kpebie na ihe nrite nke "Wings" meriri bụ nsọpụrụ kachasị elu enwere ike inye. Ihe oyiyi ahụ, nke a na-akpọbeghị "Oscar", bụ Douglas Fairbanks nyere Clara Bow n'aha ndị na-emepụta ihe, Adolph Zukor na B.P. Schulberg.