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  2. King's shilling - Wikipedia

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    A shilling of George III, king at the turn of the 19th century.. The King's shilling, sometimes called the Queen's shilling when the Sovereign is female, [1] is a historical slang term referring to the earnest payment of one shilling given to recruits to the armed forces of the United Kingdom in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, although the practice dates back to the end of the English Civil ...

  3. List of World War I films - Wikipedia

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    King Vidor: US Army's Rainbow Division: D, R P, N 1925 US The Dark Angel: George Fitzmaurice: After being blinded in WW1, a man disappears and becomes a famous author. Thinking he's dead, his friend tries to move in on his girl. R, D, L P 1925 UK: Ypres: Walter Summers: Battle reconstruction film of the several battles at Ypres. 1926 US The ...

  4. Category:American World War I films - Wikipedia

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    Lady Chatterley's Lover (2022 film) The Last Outpost (1935 film) Lawrence of Arabia (film) The Light Between Oceans (film) Lingerie (film) The Little American; A Little Princess (1917 film) The Lone Eagle; The Lost Battalion (1919 film) The Lost Battalion (2001 film) Love in a Hurry

  5. All the King's Men (1999 film) - Wikipedia

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    All the King's Men is a British World War I television drama by the BBC starring David Jason, first broadcast on Remembrance Sunday, 14 November 1999. The film derives its title from a line in the Humpty Dumpty nursery rhyme and is based on a 1992 book, The Vanished Battalion by the film's co-producer, Nigel McCrery .

  6. Lena Derriecott Bell King - Wikipedia

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    In 2022, the battalion was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal, and King was recognized in a ceremony in Las Vegas. [8] Their story became the subject of the Netflix film The Six Triple Eight, directed by Tyler Perry and featuring Kerry Washington. King was a main character and was portrayed by Ebony Obsidian. [8] [1]

  7. Oh! What a Lovely War - Wikipedia

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    Oh! What a Lovely War is a 1969 British epic comedy historical musical war film directed by Richard Attenborough (in his directorial debut), with an ensemble cast, including Maggie Smith, Dirk Bogarde, John Gielgud, John Mills, Kenneth More, Laurence Olivier, Jack Hawkins, Corin Redgrave, Michael Redgrave, Vanessa Redgrave, Ralph Richardson, Ian Holm, Paul Shelley, Malcolm McFee, Jean-Pierre ...

  8. Impressment - Wikipedia

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    A commonly held belief is that a trick was used in taverns, surreptitiously dropping a King's shilling ("prest money") into a man's drink, as by "finding" the shilling in his possession he was deemed to have volunteered, and that this led to some tavern owners putting glass bottoms in their tankards. However, this is a legend; press officers ...

  9. The Big Parade - Wikipedia

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    The Big Parade is a 1925 American silent war drama film [2] [3] directed by King Vidor, starring John Gilbert, Renée Adorée, Hobart Bosworth, Tom O'Brien, and Karl Dane. [4] [5] [6] Written by World War I veteran Laurence Stallings, the film is about an idle rich boy who joins the U.S. Army's Rainbow Division, is sent to France to fight in World War I, becomes a friend of two working-class ...