Wings is a 1927 American war film which won the first Academy Award for Best Picture. While the sound version of the film has no audible dialogue, it was released with a synchronized musical score with sound effects. The original soundtrack to the sound version is preserved at UCLA. Best Picture at the 1st Academy Awards, May 16, 1929 — hosted by Douglas Fairbanks at The Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. Most awards that night: 7th Heaven and Sunrise: A Song of Two Humans. Wiki link Wiki link Poster: TMDB (this product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB).