The First of the Few
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The First of the Few is a 1942 British biographical war film about aircraft designer R.J. Mitchell and the creation of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter plane.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The First of the Few canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
biographical war film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Spitfire
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Spitfire (US release title) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | life of R. J. Mitchell ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy |
Jack Cardiff
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Robert Krasker NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composer | William Walton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | General Film Distributors NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| editingBy | Douglass Myers NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| featuresAircraft |
Supermarine S.6B
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Supermarine Spitfire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmingStartedIn | 1941 ⓘ |
| genre |
biographical film
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drama film ⓘ war film ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
innovation in aircraft design
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patriotism ⓘ sacrifice ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Geoffrey Crisp
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R. J. Mitchell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrays |
Battle of Britain context
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development of British fighter aircraft ⓘ |
| producer | Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Two Cities Films NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| releaseDateInUnitedKingdom | 1942-08-14 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1942 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 118 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Leslie Howard
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Miles Malleson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setDuring | Second World War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stars |
Anne Firth
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David Horne NERFINISHED ⓘ David Niven NERFINISHED ⓘ Derrick De Marney NERFINISHED ⓘ J. H. Roberts NERFINISHED ⓘ Leslie Howard NERFINISHED ⓘ Roland Culver NERFINISHED ⓘ Rosamund John NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subject |
R. J. Mitchell
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development of the Supermarine Spitfire ⓘ |
| timePeriodDepicted |
early Second World War
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interwar period ⓘ |
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