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Cavalry (from French cavalerie, cf. cheval 'horse') or horsemen were soldiers or warriors who fought mounted on horseback. Cavalry were historically the third oldest (after infantry and chariotry) and the most mobile of the combat arms. A soldier in the cavalry is known by a number of designations such as cavalryman, horseman or trooper.
The designation of cavalry was not usually given to any military force that used other animals, such as camels or mules. Infantry who moved on horseback, but dismounted to fight on foot, were known in the 17th and early 18th centuries as dragoons, a class of mounted infantry which later evolved into cavalry proper while retaining their historic title.
From earliest times cavalry had the advantage of improved mobility, making it an
instrument which multiplied the fighting value of even the smallest forces, allowing them to outflank and avoid, to surprise and overpower, to retreat and escape according to the requirements of the moment.
A man fighting from horseback also had the advantages of greater height, speed, and inertial mass over an opponent on foot. Another element of horse mounted warfare is the psychological impact a mounted soldier can inflict on an opponent.
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( /ˈrɒnəld ˈwɪlsən ˈreɪɡən/; February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States, serving from 1981 to 1989. Prior to that, he was the 33rd Governor of California from 1967 to 1975 and a radio, film and television actor.
Born in Tampico, Illinois and raised in Dixon, Reagan was educated at Eureka College, earning a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics and sociology. After his graduation, Reagan moved first to Iowa to work as a radio broadcaster and then in to Los Angeles in 1937 where he began a career as an actor, first in films and later television. Some of his most notable films include Knute Rockne, All American, Kings Row, and Bedtime for Bonzo. Reagan served as president of the Screen Actors Guild, and later as a spokesman for General Electric (GE); his start in politics occurred during his work for GE. Originally a member of the Democratic Party, his positions began shifting rightward in the late 1950s, and he switched to the Republican Party in 1962. After delivering a rousing speech in support of Barry Goldwater's presidential candidacy in 1964, he was persuaded to seek the California governorship, winning two years later and again in 1970. He was defeated in his run for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 as well as 1976, but won both the nomination and general election in 1980, defeating incumbent Jimmy Carter.
Actors: Tom Wilkinson (actor), Helena Bonham Carter (actress), Barry Pepper (actor), Joel Thingvall (actor), Lew Temple (actor), Stephen Root (actor), William Fichtner (actor), James Frain (actor), Rance Howard (actor), W. Earl Brown (actor), Joaquín Cosio (actor), Johnny Depp (actor), Damon Herriman (actor), Johnny Depp (producer), Jerry Bruckheimer (producer),
Plot: In the 1930s, an elderly Tonto tells a young boy the tale of John Reid, the Lone Ranger. An idealistic lawyer, he rides with his brother and fellow Texas Rangers in pursuit of the notorious Butch Cavendish. Ambushed by the outlaw and left for dead, John Reid is rescued by the renegade Comanche, Tonto, at the insistence of a mysterious white horse and offers to help him to bring Cavendish to justice. Becoming a reluctant masked rider with a seemingly incomprehensible partner, Reid pursues the criminal against all obstacles. However, John and Tonto learn that Cavendish is only part of a far greater injustice and the pair must fight it in an adventure that would make them a legend.
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Plot: Holy Man is the story of Douglas White, an 88 year old Lakota Sioux medicine man from Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota, who spent 17 years in federal prison for a crime he did not commit. During the making of this film, filmmakers uncovered new evidence of White's innocence and brought the case back to Federal Court. Holy Man offers a rare glimpse into the mysterious world of Lakota religion, their intimate connection to the land, and a provocative expose of the systemic injustice that Native Americans face in the criminal justice system.
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Plot: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Keywords: ambush, apache, bar-fight, bar-shootout, based-on-true-story, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bounty-hunterActors: Kevin Tighe (actor), Walter Hill (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Wes Studi (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), John Milius (writer), John Milius (writer),
Plot: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Keywords: ambush, apache, bar-fight, bar-shootout, based-on-true-story, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bounty-hunterActors: Kevin Tighe (actor), Walter Hill (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Wes Studi (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), John Milius (writer), John Milius (writer),
Plot: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Keywords: ambush, apache, bar-fight, bar-shootout, based-on-true-story, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bounty-hunterActors: Kevin Tighe (actor), Walter Hill (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Wes Studi (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), John Milius (writer), John Milius (writer),
Plot: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Keywords: ambush, apache, bar-fight, bar-shootout, based-on-true-story, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bounty-hunterActors: Kevin Tighe (actor), Walter Hill (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Wes Studi (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), John Milius (writer), John Milius (writer),
Plot: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Keywords: ambush, apache, bar-fight, bar-shootout, based-on-true-story, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bounty-hunterActors: Kevin Tighe (actor), Walter Hill (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Wes Studi (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), John Milius (writer), John Milius (writer),
Plot: The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.
Keywords: ambush, apache, bar-fight, bar-shootout, based-on-true-story, battle, battlefield, blood, blood-spatter, bounty-hunterActors: Kevin Tighe (actor), Walter Hill (producer), Hoke Howell (actor), Stephen McHattie (actor), Scott Wilson (actor), Wes Studi (actor), Gene Hackman (actor), Matt Damon (actor), Jim Beaver (actor), Mark Boone Junior (actor), Robert Duvall (actor), M.C. Gainey (actor), Lee de Broux (actor), John Milius (writer), John Milius (writer),
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Genres: Horror, Thriller,