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Culloden (known as The Battle of Culloden in the U.S.) is a 1964 docudrama written and directed by Peter Watkins for BBC TV.It depicts the 1746 Battle of Culloden, the final engagement of the Jacobite rising of 1745 which saw the Jacobite Army be decisively defeated by government troops and in the words of the narrator "tore apart forever the clan system of the Scottish Highlands."
The Battle of Culloden and the consequent imprisonment and execution of the Jacobite prisoners of war is depicted in the song "Tam kde teče řeka Fleet" ("Where the Fleet river flows") by the Czech Celtic Rock band Hakka Muggies. [78] The Argentine band Sumo made a song, "Crua Chan ", chronicling the development of the battle.
This is a list of aircraft shootdowns, dogfights and other incidents during wars since World War II.An aircraft shootdown occurs when an aircraft is struck by a projectile launched or fired from another aircraft or from the ground (anti-aircraft warfare) which causes the targeted aircraft to lose its ability to continue flying normally, and then subsequently crashing into land or sea, often ...
Streaker at the Super Bowl LV in Tampa. One of the reported 22,000 fans let into today’s game, in spite of COVID-19, made his way onto the field , forcing CBS to cut away from coverage for a bit.
A short video documenting the streakers focused on one person dashing quickly toward the middle of the field. The streaker made it near the 10-yard line before they were tackled by at least six ...
The series was created after the airing of a one-time special called Dogfights: The Greatest Air Battles in September 2005. That program's combination of realistic-looking CGI dogfights, interviews, period documentary footage, and voice-over narration proved so successful, that the History Channel requested the production of an entire TV series, which became Dogfights. [2]
The 911 call came in at about 4 p.m. on Sept. 18, 2014, to Gilchrist County dispatchers in Florida. On the tape, the 911 operator could hear a man admitting to killing his adult daughter and his ...
Chasing the Deer (later re-titled Culloden 1746) is a 1994 British war film directed by Graham Holloway and starring Brian Blessed, Lewis Rae, Iain Cuthbertson, Fish and Mathew Zajac. It depicts the 1745 Jacobite Rebellion , in which Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in Scotland , trying to claim the British throne.