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A knight (Jan I van Brabant) flying a heraldic flag in battle, in addition to the heraldic device displayed on his shield (Codex Manesse, c. 1304). A war ensign, also known as a military flag, battle flag, or standard, [1] is a variant of a national flag for use by a country's military forces when on land.
The 2005 documentary film Two Days in October is based on the book and aired as part of the PBS series American Experience, [2] winning a Peabody Award. [3] In the UK, it was broadcast by BBC Four as How Vietnam Was Lost as part of the channel's Storyville series.
Ano hata o ute korehidōru no saigo (Japanese Language: あの旗を撃て コレヒドールの最後) (Filipino: Liwayway ng Kalayaan) also known as Dawn of Freedom, [3] and Shoot That Flag: The End of Corregidor [4] is a 1944 Japanese-Filipino drama war film directed by Yutaka Abe and Gerardo de León.
Why We Fight is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II.It was originally written for American soldiers to help them understand why the United States was involved in the war, but US President Franklin Roosevelt ordered distribution for public viewing.
The film is based on the 1934 novel The Standard by Alexander Lernet-Holenia, previously turned into a 1935 film My Life for Maria Isabella in Nazi Germany. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. The film's sets were designed by the art director Peter Scharff. Location shooting took place in Vienna and Toledo province in Spain.
The documentary, about an Iranian girl in the middle of a custody battle, is set to world premiere in the NEXT:WAVE strand at CPH:DOX on March 18. Set in Esfahan, Iran, “Grand Me” follows ...
A variation that is often bigger and coloured is the uma-jirushi, which were large, personalized, sashimono-like flags worn by commanders. Similar to this were the very large and narrow nobori banners, which commonly took two or three men to hold erect and were used to control the direction of fighting during large battles.
Battle Flag may refer to: War flag or battle flag, a flag typically used by sovereign territories and flown by military forces; Confederate Battle Flag, of the Confederate States of America "Battle Flag" (song), by Pigeonhed, 1997; remixed and recorded by Lo Fidelity Allstars and Pigeonhed, 1998; Battle Flag, a book in The Starbuck Chronicles ...