

The First of the Few
The thrilling human story behind the plane that licked the Luftwaffe!
This 1942 fictionalized biopic chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp - designed a streamlined monoplane that led to the development of the Spitfire.
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- Released
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- Language
- English
- world war ii
- biography
- aviation
- black and white
- spitfire
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalGReleased as "Spitfire" in the USA12 Jun 1943
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU14 Sept 1942
BrazilBR
- Theatricale Livre1 Jan 1943
MexicoMX
- TheatricalB-1514 Sept 1942
PortugalPT
- TheatricalM/1414 Sept 1942
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The First of the Few was released on 14 September 1942.
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CinemaSerf
6/3/2024
Leslie Howard had a hand in just about everything here, and has delivered quite a poignant story of a dedicated and visionary man who might just have a legitimate claim to really have helped stave off the Nazis. He portrays R.J. Mitchell, a man whose vision was as an aircraft designer. We were still using bi-planes at the time and though the engineering of flight was now well established, he was determined to push th…
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