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Guardsman is a rank used instead of private in some military units that serve as the official bodyguard of a sovereign or head of state. It is also used as a generic term for any member of a guards unit of any rank.
In the Canadian Forces, the rank is used by privates in the Governor General's Foot Guards and the Canadian Grenadier Guards. The rank is considered non-gender specific and therefore applies equally to female soldiers. The rank badge is identical to that of private, a single chevron.
Guards units in Scandinavia all use the rank. This includes the Danish Army's Gardehusarregimentet (Guard Hussar Regiment) and Den Kongelige Livgarde (Royal Life Guards), the Norwegian Army's Hans Majestet Kongens Garde (His Majesty's Royal Guard), and the Swedish Army's Livgardet (Life Guards).
In the Indian Army the rank is used by the elite Brigade of the Guards.
In the Singapore Armed Forces, the rank is used by the elite Singapore Guards.
The British Army's Foot Guards regiments have used the rank since 1920, when it was adopted instead of private.
The Guardsman is a 1931 film based on the play Testőr by Ferenc Molnár. It stars Alfred Lunt, Lynn Fontanne, Roland Young and ZaSu Pitts. It opens with a stage re-enactment of the final scene of Maxwell Anderson's Elizabeth the Queen, with Fontanne as Elizabeth and Lunt as the Earl of Essex, but otherwise has nothing to do with that play.
The movie was adapted by Ernest Vajda (screenplay) and Claudine West (continuity) and was directed by Sidney Franklin.
Lunt and Fontanne were husband and wife and a celebrated stage acting team. This movie was based upon the roles they had played on Broadway in 1924 and it was their only starring film role together. They were nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actress in a Leading Role respectively.
The story revolves around a husband-and-wife acting team. Simply because he is insecure, the husband suspects his wife could be capable of infidelity. The husband disguises himself as a guardsman with a thick accent, woos his wife under his false identity, and ends up seducing her. The couple stays together, and at the end the wife tells the husband that she knew it was him, but played along with the deception.
Windsor Castle is a royal residence at Windsor in the English county of Berkshire. The castle is notable for its long association with the English and later British royal family and also for its architecture. The original castle was built in the 11th century after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror. Since the time of Henry I, it has been used by succeeding monarchs and is the longest-occupied palace in Europe. The castle's lavish, early 19th-century State Apartments are architecturally significant, described by art historian Hugh Roberts as "a superb and unrivalled sequence of rooms widely regarded as the finest and most complete expression of later Georgian taste". The castle includes the 15th-century St George's Chapel, considered by historian John Martin Robinson to be "one of the supreme achievements of English Perpendicular Gothic" design. More than 500 people live and work in Windsor Castle.
Originally designed to protect Norman dominance around the outskirts of London, and to oversee a strategically important part of the River Thames, Windsor Castle was built as a motte and bailey, with three wards surrounding a central mound. Gradually replaced with stone fortifications, the castle withstood a prolonged siege during the First Barons' War at the start of the 13th century. Henry III built a luxurious royal palace within the castle during the middle of the century, and Edward III went further, rebuilding the palace to produce an even grander set of buildings in what would become "the most expensive secular building project of the entire Middle Ages in England". Edward's core design lasted through the Tudor period, during which Henry VIII and Elizabeth I made increasing use of the castle as a royal court and centre for diplomatic entertainment.
Actors: Orson Bean (actor), Jerry Jameson (director), Kyle A. Clark (producer), William Clark Coit III (miscellaneous crew), Peter McKernan (miscellaneous crew), Treat Williams (actor), Bruce Broughton (composer), Mark S. Thomas (miscellaneous crew), Marta M. Mobley (producer), Zach Bradshaw (miscellaneous crew), Lina Wong (producer), Dan Paulson (actor), Dan Paulson (producer), John Colton (actor), Nancy Travis (actress),
Plot: Doug and Robbie are about to set sail on a long trip when they unexpectedly find themselves foster parenting a group of troubled teenage boys. The experience changes their lives for the better, and they decide to stay in town and run the foster home for boys permanently.
Keywords: alcoholic-mother, arsonist, based-on-true-story, coast-guard, corrupt-official, happy-ending, judge, juvenile-delinquent, sailboat, sailingActors: Boaz Davidson (writer), Donald Bruce (miscellaneous crew), Trevor Short (producer), Christa Campbell (actress), Avi Lerner (producer), Kenneth M. Badish (writer), Boaz Davidson (producer), Danny Dimbort (producer), Atanas Srebrev (actor), Judd Nelson (actor), Kenneth M. Badish (producer), Kristy Swanson (actress), David Selby (actor), Claude Forest (miscellaneous crew), Tibor Takács (director),
Plot: It's 2 A.M. in St. Louis when a routine scientific experiment goes terribly wrong and an explosion shakes the city. A scientific team investigates, clashing with an intergalactic, voltage-devouring creature that vaporizes them. By 7 A.M. a chain of earthquakes is tearing the city apart while a massive swirling black hole is consuming the remains. The alien is devouring every source of electricity it finds and destroying every human who blocks its way. Mass chaos rules as St. Louis is being evacuated. Only a few people, scientist Eric Bryce, his assistant Shannon, and General Ryker comprehend the mortal danger. By midnight, the Pentagon initiates a nuclear attack against the black hole. Bryce has only one hour to find a solution to obliterate the alien and the colossal black hole before mankind is annihilated.
Keywords: ambulance, anger, army, black-hole, blackboard, blood-splatter, bomber, bullhorn, computer, convoyActors: Zdenek Liska (composer), Petr Cepek (actor), Karel Hábl (actor), Pavel Landovský (actor), Ladislav Novotný (miscellaneous crew), Bedrich Kubala (miscellaneous crew), Josef Somr (actor), Miroslav Hájek (editor), Theodor Pistek (costume designer), Karel Belohradský (actor), Frantisek Vlácil (writer), Frantisek Vlácil (director), Bohumil Vávra (actor), Milos Willig (actor), Emma Cerná (actress),
Plot: In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when he discovers her sheltering her German-soldier brother.
Keywords: character-name-in-titleActors: George DeNormand (actor), Malcolm McGregor (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Tracy Layne (actor), Frankie Marvin (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), William Farnum (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Ray Corrigan (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Alan Curtis (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), John Merton (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: George DeNormand (actor), Malcolm McGregor (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Tracy Layne (actor), Frankie Marvin (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), William Farnum (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Ray Corrigan (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Alan Curtis (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), John Merton (actor),
Genres: Sci-Fi,Actors: Rita Tushingham (actress), Richard Lester (director), Richard Lester (actor), Charlotte Rampling (actress), John Barry (composer), Jane Birkin (actress), Dandy Nichols (actress), Jacqueline Bisset (actress), Peter Copley (actor), John Bluthal (actor), Julian Holloway (actor), Michael Crawford (actor), Timothy Bateson (actor), Antony Gibbs (editor), Walter Horsbrugh (actor),
Plot: In England, the times are a changing: it's mods and rockers. On the day Nancy gets off the London train, cases in hand, looking for the YWCA, Colin has had enough of missing out on the sexual revolution. He begs his smooth (and misogynistic) pal Tolen to teach him 'the knack' - how to score with women. Serendipitously, Colin and his new lodger Tom meet up with Nancy while Colin's buying a bed larger than Tolen's. The three hit it off, but their simple fun ends when Tolen meets Nancy. Colin is jealous but impotent, and Tolen both attracts and repels her. She swoons, wonders what happened, and cries 'rape.' Impish serendipity rubs against unsettling ambiguity; Tolen bolts.
Keywords: 1960s, apartment-house, based-on-play, bed, drum, fantasy-sequence, identically-dressed, independent-film, junkyard, london-englandActors: George DeNormand (actor), Malcolm McGregor (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Tracy Layne (actor), Frankie Marvin (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), William Farnum (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Ray Corrigan (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Alan Curtis (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), John Merton (actor),
Plot: Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine searching the sea and little Billy Norton, the professor's son stows away, of course. When they find Atlantis they are caught in a war between peaceful Atlanteans, note their white capes, and war-monging Atlanteans, note their black capes. After many harrowing moments for Crash, Diana, Prof. Norton and Billy, they barely get away with their lives when they escape a tower of Atlantis raised to the surface for the sole purpose of dominating or destroying the Earth (Which one depends on the compliance of the upper world dwellers.)
Keywords: 12-chapters, abyss, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, annapolis-maryland, arena, army, athlete, atlantis, atom, b-movieActors: George DeNormand (actor), Malcolm McGregor (actor), Monte Blue (actor), Lon Chaney Jr. (actor), Tracy Layne (actor), Frankie Marvin (actor), Lane Chandler (actor), Franklyn Farnum (actor), William Farnum (actor), Raymond Hatton (actor), Ray Corrigan (actor), Smiley Burnette (actor), Alan Curtis (actor), Jack Ingram (actor), John Merton (actor),
Plot: Crash Corrigan, a recent graduate of Annapolis, and Diana, a go-getting reporter, join Professor Norton for a search for the source of a string of earthquakes, Atlantis. They ride Prof. Norton's rocket submarine searching the sea and little Billy Norton, the professor's son stows away, of course. When they find Atlantis they are caught in a war between peaceful Atlanteans, note their white capes, and war-monging Atlanteans, note their black capes. After many harrowing moments for Crash, Diana, Prof. Norton and Billy, they barely get away with their lives when they escape a tower of Atlantis raised to the surface for the sole purpose of dominating or destroying the Earth (Which one depends on the compliance of the upper world dwellers.)
Keywords: 12-chapters, abyss, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, annapolis-maryland, arena, army, athlete, atlantis, atom, b-movieActors: Luis Buñuel (miscellaneous crew), Luis Buñuel (actor), Luis Buñuel (actor), Maurice Schutz (actor), Maurice Schutz (actor), Jean Epstein (producer), Jean Epstein (writer), Jean Epstein (director), Sandra Milovanoff (actress), Nino Constantini (actor), René Ferté (actor), George Sand (writer), Alexej Bondireff (actor), Alex Allin (actor), Halma (actor),
Genres: Drama,A Scots Guardsman guarding the St. James's Palace entrance got angry and yelled at a dancing tourist in front of him. make way for the queen's guard scots guards queen's guard queens guard fail british guard foot guards household division angry queens guard angry british guard british army british infantry UK bearskin cap red tunics changing of the guard trooping the colour bbc queens guard yelling
Queen's Guardsman poses for sweet snap with toddler who's dressed as Guard him 06/01/2017 Queen's Guardsman poses for sweet impromptu snap with toddler who's all dressed up as a mini version of him. The young boy was wearing summer version of a guardsman's uniform complete with red jacket and bearskin before Coldstream Guard beckoned him over for a snap. A young fan was given the surprise of his life when he went to see Changing the Guard at Windsor Castle and a soldier stopped for a photo. The tot, dressed in the summer version of a guardsman's uniform complete with red jacket and bearskin, looks in ore as the four soldiers march past. But what happens next has really amazed the youngster, who saluted as the men went past. After their official duty was complete, one of the four Coldst...
The heat at the Queen's Trooping the Colour ceremony on June 17 was too much for a guardsman. He fainted during the performance at Horse Guards parade with the Royal Family and thousands of spectators watching. Five Guardsmen in total fainted during the ceremony and had to be stretchered off while the others marched on.
A QUEENS guardsman (SCOTS) saw red when a giggling student took the mickey out of him outside a royal palace by mimicking his actions - and went on the ATTACK. Columbian student Nick Ibarra, 23, began larking about for pal Suzanne Cadosch, 22, who was videoing the armed guard on duty in his bearskin and red tunic. As the guardsman marched up and down as he stood sentry duty outside St James Palace in front of dozens of tourists, laughing Nick marched alongside him. He had heard that the famed royal guards never leave their post unless a threat to the royals presents itself. But he got the shock of his life when this one lost his cool and quick marched over to him and clipped him round the back of the head and aimed a boot at him. Then according to Nick he pushed him away with his SA-80...
When the Emperor travels in disguise to understand the problems that his people face, his enemies discover his identity and team up with Japanese pirates to assassinate him. Now, it is up to a group of loyal warriors to protect the Emperor and bring peace to the kingdom.
The moment a little boy met his hero at Windsor Castle has been captured on film. The youngster, dressed in the summer version of the Coldstream Guards uniform, complete with bearskin, watches in awe as the Changing of the Guard takes place. But he looks totally stunned when one of the soldiers marches up to him to pose for a photo, something normally unheard of. Lovely moment caught on camera as boy salutes The video, which was shared online by Charanpreet Siing, one of the Guards involved, has been watched by more than a million people in less than 24 hours. The little boy, called Marshall, was celebrating his birthday when one Coldstream Guards posed for a photo with him. The original video was taken by tourist Joanna Feng, who just happened to have been videoing the marching gu...
Taking 15,000 quick steps in full battle order that weighs almost 30kg is anything but easy. This is just one of the key tasks every trainee must pass to go to the next level of training in this intensive and tough 3-week Guards Conversion Course. Making the Cut looks at 122 full-time national servicemen and regulars from various SAF units, coming together for a single purpose, to attain the coveted khaki beret and to be part of the Guards family. In this first episode, watch how the Guardsmen trainees adapt to the high standards of discipline and training required of every Guardsman and their introduction to the dreaded 12km fast march. And watch how some try and overcome their fear of heights when they're introduced to cliff rappelling, every Guardsmen's staple of operations. Narrated...
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