How they got this ahead of its time shot for the movie “Wings” (1927). Wait until the end to see the directors. The film ‘Wings’ was the very first winner of the category of Best Picture, then called “Best Production,” at the 1st Annual Academy Awards held at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, CA on May 16, 1929. The ceremony lasted all of five minutes and was broadcast on local Los Angeles radio station KHJ 930 AM. The movie is actually a silent war film set during the First World War about two