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The First of the Few

The First of the Few

1942, Movie, 1h 58min

The true story of R.J. Mitchell (portrayed here producer/director Leslie Howard), a gifted aircraft designer whose insightful engineer designs between the two World Wars were matched by his prescient fear of German militarism. Knowing that he has a terminal illness, and sacrificing the little time left to him, Mitchell pushes forward with his design and perfection of the Spitfire fighter, bequeathing to England the plane that won the Battle of Britain.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The First of the Few include The Fighting Seabees, Northwest Passage, Waterloo Bridge, Gone with the Wind, Air Force, Rome, Open City.

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The First of the Few was released in theaters on June 12, 1943.