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War Babies is a 1932 American comedy short film directed by Charles Lamont. It is the second in a series of eight one-reelers that satirized adult films and themes called Baby Burlesks . The casts in the series are pre-schoolers dressed in adult costumes on top and diapers fastened with large safety pins on the bottom.
During the 1990s, Cromwell Productions Ltd became a production company specialising in historical and arts documentaries. Carruthers was the writer and producer behind Music Maestro, Campaigns In History, Line of Fire, [2] [3] Weapons of War, [4] The English Civil War (2002 TV series), History of Warfare Series and Battlefield Series IV
Drummossie Moor – Jack Cameron, The Irish Brigade and the battle of Culloden is a historical novel by Ian Colquhoun (Arima/Swirl 2008) that tells the story of the battle and the preceding days from the point of view of the Franco-Irish regulars, or 'Piquets', who covered the Jacobite retreat. [85]
The 2001 film The Hidden Fortress (La Forteresse suspendue), featuring a similar plot about rival groups of children playing war games during their summer vacation, included some characters from The Dog Who Stopped the War as parents of the new children. [4] An animated remake, Snowtime! (La Guerre des tuques 3D), was released in 2015. [5]
According to WREG Channel 3 News, the Streetdog Foundation has raised over $14,000 for the mother dog and her pups, and one generous dog lover has offered to match donations up to $15,000.
The Royal Artillery vastly outperformed their Jacobite counterparts during the Battle of Culloden. However, until this point in the campaign, the government artillery had performed dismally. The main weapon of the artillery was the 3-pounder. This weapon had a range of 500 yards (460 m) and fired two kinds of shot: round iron and canister.
Babe Ruth's called shot is the home run hit by Babe Ruth of the New York Yankees against the Chicago Cubs in the fifth inning of Game 3 of the 1932 World Series, held on October 1, 1932, at Wrigley Field in Chicago. During his at-bat, Ruth made a pointing gesture before hitting the home run to deep center field.
Gander (originally Pal, and also known as Sergeant Gander) was a Newfoundland dog who served as the mascot of the Royal Rifles of Canada during World War II.He was killed in action during the Battle of Hong Kong in 1941, and was posthumously awarded the Dickin Medal, the "animals' Victoria Cross", in 2000 for his deeds in the course of that battle. [1]