Full length feature drama about Supermarine and the war. Contains actual Supermarine footage not available anywhere else. The First of the Few, known as Spitfire in the United States, is a 1942 British film directed by and starring Leslie Howard as RJ Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire, alongside co-star David Niven. The film's score was written by William Walton ("Spitfire Prelude and Fugue"). The film's title alludes to Winston Churchill's speech describing Battle of Britain aircrew: "Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few." en.wikipedia.org en.wikipedia.org
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