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Several years after successfully designing a revolutionary high-speed monoplane, famed British aviator R.J. Mitchell (Leslie Howard) travels to early Nazi Germany for a vacation with his friend Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven), a test pilot. There, while watching a group of German gliders, Mitchell realizes that German air technology is rapidly advancing, and that the fate of Britain could hang in ...
Aeroplane designer R.J. Mitchell overcomes apathy and opposition to build the Spitfire fighter plane, but the effort damages his health and he dies before the Battle of Britain. Show full synopsis. Leslie Howard 's tribute to R.J. Mitchell is itself possessed of those qualities of modesty and emotional restraint it so fulsomely praises in its ...
The First of the Few. One of the best-loved British war movies of all time! Leslie Howard directs and stars in this 1942 masterpiece about aviation pioneer R.J. Mitchell's desperate struggle to develop the Spitfire fighter plane before war with Germany begins - and he succumbs to cancer. David Niven & Rosamund John co-star. Rentals include 30 ...
The First of the Few is a dramatization of the life of R.J. Mitchell, the aeronautical engineer who designed the Spitfire fighter plane, which saved England in the Battle of Britain.
Feb 17, 2022 · The First of the Few is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of...
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Mar 31, 2016 · The First of the Few. Biopic that chronicles the true story of how two of the most remarkable men in aviation history - visionary Spitfire designer RJ Mitchell and his test pilot Geoffrey Crisp ...
By the late 1920’s aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell feels he has achieved all he wants with his revolutionary mono-planes winning trophy after trophy. But a holiday in Germany shortly after Hitler assumes power convinces him that it is vital to design a completely new type of fighter plane.
