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Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot (26 February 1725 – 2 October 1804) was a French inventor who built the world's first full-size and working self-propelled mechanical land-vehicle, the "Fardier à vapeur" – effectively the world's first automobile.
Captain Gallant of the Foreign Legion is an American half-hour black-and-white television series about the French Foreign Legion starring Buster Crabbe in the title role. Crabbe's real-life son Cullen Crabbe played the Legion mascot , with cowboy sidekick Fuzzy Knight playing himself as Legion comedy relief . [ 1 ]
Captain Fantastic was a regular feature of television series Do Not Adjust Your Set from 1967 to 1969 which appeared as a filmed insert between the videotaped sketches. The title character was a bowler-hatted, plastic-mac wearing and umbrella carrying superhero played by David Jason. Denise Coffey also appeared as the villainous Mrs Black.
Spooktacular: On the latest of Peabody's series of spooky specials, Sherman and Peabody drink a sinister concoction that turns them into monsters. Nicolas-Joseph Cugnot: Cugnot, the inventor of the world's first automobile, is also the world's first reckless driver. Peabody and Sherman must help him control his ego and teach him to drive.
Capitaine Marleau is a French television series created by Elsa Marpeau. It was first broadcast on France 3 on 20 December 2014 and since 2021 on France 2. [1]Directed by Josée Dayan, the series stars Corinne Masiero as the title character, an eccentric captain of the National Gendarmerie whose mixed personality of dark humour and unconventional approaches often separates her from her colleagues.
Last Resort is an American military drama television series that aired on ABC from September 27, 2012, to January 24, 2013. [1] The series was created by Shawn Ryan and Karl Gajdusek, and produced by Sony Pictures Television. On November 16, 2012, ABC announced that the series would not be picked up for another season, and the show finished ...
Hornblower is a series of British historical fiction war television films based on three of C. S. Forester's ten novels about the fictional character Horatio Hornblower, a Royal Navy officer during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. The series ran from 7 October 1998 until 6 January 2003, with Ioan Gruffudd in the title role.
Captain Steele delivers Lady Hilary Winrod (Sarah Lawson) to Dan Tempest so he can take her to Lord Winrod (Derek Nimmo) in Barbados, supposedly for a honeymoon. Captain Mendoza ( Roger Delgado ), a Spanish Captain, tries to kidnap her, and it is up to Tempest to get her to safety after he finds out the real purpose of her mission.