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  2. The First of the Few - Wikipedia

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    The First of the Few (US title Spitfire) is a 1942 British black-and-white biographical film produced and directed by Leslie Howard, who stars as R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft.

  3. List of 1940s films based on actual events - Wikipedia

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    The First of the Few (1942) – British biographical drama film about R. J. Mitchell, the designer of the Supermarine Spitfire fighter aircraft [78] Flying Tigers (1942) – war drama film dramatizing the exploits of the American Volunteer Group (AVG), Americans who fought the Japanese in China during World War II [ 79 ]

  4. Spitfire (2018 film) - Wikipedia

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    The documentary also uses clips from the 1942 film The First of the Few in which director and lead actor Leslie Howard portrays Spitfire designer R.J. Mitchell. The film then follows the evolving design and roles of the Spitfire through the Battle of Britain, the Siege of Malta, the Normandy landings, until its eventual retirement after the war.

  5. Mexican Spitfire (film series) - Wikipedia

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    The movies featured the character of Carmelita Fuentes (Lupe Vélez), a sympathetic but temperamental Mexican singer who leaves her career and native country to meet and marry Dennis Lindsay (Donald Woods in the first three, Charles "Buddy" Rogers in the next three, and Walter Reed in the final two), an elegant and handsome American advertising ...

  6. Spitfire Prelude and Fugue - Wikipedia

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    The prelude, called by Stephen Lloyd "one of Walton’s finest marches", is the music heard over the opening credit titles in the movie. The fugue is used to describe the making of the Spitfire; a central lyrical violin solo depicts the exhaustion and dying by illness of the aircraft’s designer R. J. Mitchell , and then the patriotic march ...

  7. List of World War II films - Wikipedia

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    The First of the Few (Spitfire) Leslie Howard: Development of the Spitfire [3] United States United Kingdom Flying Fortress: Walter Forde: B-17 bombers United States Flying Tigers: David Miller: American Volunteer Group in the Sino-Japanese War United Kingdom The Foreman Went to France: Charles Frend: Battle of France: Nazi Germany Front ...

  8. Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost - Wikipedia

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    Mexican Spitfire Sees a Ghost is a 1942 American comedy film directed by Leslie Goodwins and written by Charles E. Roberts and Monte Brice. It is the sequel to the 1942 film Mexican Spitfire at Sea. The film stars Lupe Vélez, Leon Errol, Charles "Buddy" Rogers, Elisabeth Risdon, Donald MacBride and Minna Gombell.

  9. Paddy Finucane - Wikipedia

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    Wing Commander Brendan Eamonn Fergus Finucane, DSO, DFC & Two Bars (/ f ɪ ˈ n uː k ə n / fin-OO-kən; 16 October 1920 – 15 July 1942), known as Paddy Finucane among his colleagues, was an Irish Second World War Royal Air Force (RAF) fighter pilot and flying ace—defined as an aviator credited with five or more enemy aircraft destroyed in aerial combat.

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