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In a film about people with this job, an inventor has the idea to adapt searchlights while watching a spotlight on a line of chorus girls. Greta Nissen’s accent caused her to be fired from a film about these people that includes a color explosion in an otherwise blue-tinted action shot. Three stuntmen died filming an action blockbuster about these people that launched the career of Jean Harlow. A celebrated silent (*) tracking shot pushes in through cafe tables to one of these people clutching a glass of liquor. A 1955 British epic about these people partially titled for a dam was the source of dialogue and story beats for a scene in Star Wars. Jimmy Stewart took up this job in 1941. For 10 points, people with what job are the subject of the first Best Picture winner, Wings? ■END■
ANSWER: aviator [or synonyms like pilot or airman; accept bomber; prompt on soldier] (The unnamed films are The Dam Busters and Hell’s Angels.)
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