Spitfire

Spitfire (aka The First of the Few) is a pre-cert UK VHS release by Thorn EMI Video on August 1983.
==Description==
The story of the most famous fighter plane ever built is told in fascinating detail by Brian Johnson, producer of numerous television programmes on military and aviation history. Using historic footage - much of it never seen by the public before - we see the Spitfire in test flight, in mass production, being armed and serviced and, above all, fighting. Gun camera footage from both sides and explanatory animated diagrams show how the beautiful Spitfire became a deadly weapon in the hands of skilled and brave men. The drama of the Battle of Britain, curiosities like the Spitfire on floats, the evocative roar of Merlin engines and heart-stopping carrier landings make this more than a technical history for enthusiasts. The programme ends with the excitement of low-level aerobatics in a Mk.IX, specially filmed in colour from the cockpit - the nearest you'll ever get to flying the plane that won the Battle of Britain!
==Cast==
Cast members are in order as listed by the British Film Institute.
Actor 	Role
Leslie Howard 	R. J. Mitchell
David Niven 	Geoffrey Crisp
Rosamund John 	Diana Mitchell
Roland Culver 	Commander Bride
Anne Firth 	Miss Harper
David Horne 	Mr. Higgins
J.H. Roberts 	Sir Robert McLean
Derrick De Marney 	Squadron Leader Jefferson
Rosalyn Boulter 	Mabel Lovesay
Herbert Cameron 	MacPherson
Toni Edgar-Bruce 	Lady Houston
Gordon McLeod 	Major Buchan
George Skillan 	Henry Royce
Erik Freund 	Willy Messerschmitt
Fritz Wendhausen 	Von Straben
John Chandos 	Krantz
Victor Beaumont 	Von Crantz
Suzanne Clair 	Madeleine
Filippo Del Giudice	Bertorelli
Brefni O'Rorke 	Specialist
Gerry Wilmot 	Radio announcer
Jack Peach 	Radio announcer
Peter Gawthorne 	Board member
Miles Malleson 	Vickers representative
Bernard Miles 	Lady Houston's messenger
Patricia Medina 	Italian girl
Category:VHS
Category:UK VHS Releases
Category:1983 VHS Releases
Category:Thorn EMI Video logo from 1982 to 1985