Spitfire Dream: The Story of Reginald Mitchell

Synopsis: This is the story of Reginald Mitchell’s life and career, set against news stories, popular songs of the time and contemporary events. It features new digitised scans of original plans, sketches and photos and rare archive film of his greatest achievements; the seaplanes which broke world speed records and won the Schneider Trophy outright for Britain in 1931, and of course his greatest achievement, the SPITFIRE. The documentary opens in the year 1937, when Mitchell died quietly as the nation noisily celebrated a new Coronation and many big news events. He looks back on his life and comments both on the changing times and his own career. All the important steps forward are illustrated with film and new scans of original visual material, sketches, plans, photos. Actor TIM CHURCHILL gives a moving, magnificent performance as the greatest aircraft designer of all.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Subjects: Aviation; Engineering; History
Keywords: aircraft; film archives; local history; industrial history; Mitchell, Reginald (1895-1937)

Name: Staffordshire Film Archive
Contact: Ray Johnson MBE
Email: ray.johnson@filmarchive.org.uk
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Phone: 07774 482414
Address: Ray Johnson Productions
P.O. Box 777
Stoke-on-Trent
ST4 8QA
United Kingdom

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