- published: 10 Jul 2016
- views: 28980
A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who has had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field; "A veteran of..."
This page refers to military veterans, i.e., a person who has served or is serving in the armed forces. Those veterans that have had direct exposure to acts of military conflict may also be referred to as war veterans (although not all military conflicts, or areas in which armed combat takes place, are necessarily referred to as wars).
Military veterans often receive special treatment in their respective countries due to the sacrifices they made during wars. Different countries handle this differently: some openly support veterans through government programs, while others ignore them. Veterans are also subject to illnesses directly related to their military service such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). War veterans are generally treated with great respect and honour for their contribution to the world and country by their own nationals. Conversely there are often negative feelings towards the veterans of foreign nations held long after the war is over; for example towards the German Nazi soldiers, yet they are no less veterans of war than those of the winning side. There are exceptions. Veterans of unpopular or lost conflicts may be discriminated against. Veterans of short or small conflicts are often forgotten when the country fought bigger conflicts. In some countries with strong anti-military traditions (e.g., Germany after 1945), veterans are neither honoured in any special way by the general public, nor have their dedicated Veterans Day, although events are sometimes orchestrated by minority groups.
Actors: Luis Garcia (producer), Harold Phillips (actor), Audrey Walker (actress), Dennis Fitzpatrick (actor), Mercedes Rose (actress), Jon Garcia (writer), Jon Garcia (director), Jon Garcia (producer), Jon Garcia (editor), Trish Egan (actress), Charles Wall (actor), Benjamin Farmer (actor), Bruce Jennings (actor), Jacob Block (actor), Thomas Stroppel (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Thalia Harithas (producer), Christine Choy (producer), Christine Choy (actress), Noriko Sato (actress), Julie Atlas Muz (actress), Victoria Negri (actress), Philip Shepherd (actor), Mari Mori (actress), Andrew Kornhaber (editor), Andrew Kornhaber (miscellaneous crew), Jai Mitchell (actor), Andrew Kornhaber (actor), Jai Mitchell (producer), Catherine Thomas (actress), Steve Staso (producer),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Elizabeth Klinck (miscellaneous crew), Robert Lower (editor), Jamie Brown (producer), Tom Anniko (actor), Don Young (director), Don Young (writer), Lynne Skromeda (producer), Michael Hogh (miscellaneous crew), Danny Hassel (actor), Danny Hassel (actor), Celeste Sansreget (miscellaneous crew), Dan Caldwell (editor), Tom Hope (actor), Tom Hope (actor), Donald Bricker (actor),
Plot: In 1942, an elite group of over six hundred Canadian soldiers were trained to create a lethal battalion that would, along with their American counterparts, parachute behind German lines and wreak havoc upon the enemy. DEVIL'S BRIGADE is a compelling four-part series that chronicles the journey of 15 present-day Canadian and U.S. soldiers as they are taken back in time to face the grueling training and hardship the original Devil's Brigade endured at their training post in Helena, Montana. The present day experiences of these young soldiers are inter-cut with first-person interviews with Devil's Brigade veterans and compelling archival footage. Devil's Brigade remembers and pays tribute to this elite group of soldiers who regularly achieved what most called the impossible during the darkest days of the Second World War.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Elizabeth Klinck (miscellaneous crew), Robert Lower (editor), Jamie Brown (producer), Tom Anniko (actor), Don Young (director), Don Young (writer), Lynne Skromeda (producer), Michael Hogh (miscellaneous crew), Danny Hassel (actor), Danny Hassel (actor), Celeste Sansreget (miscellaneous crew), Dan Caldwell (editor), Tom Hope (actor), Tom Hope (actor), Donald Bricker (actor),
Plot: In 1942, an elite group of over six hundred Canadian soldiers were trained to create a lethal battalion that would, along with their American counterparts, parachute behind German lines and wreak havoc upon the enemy. DEVIL'S BRIGADE is a compelling four-part series that chronicles the journey of 15 present-day Canadian and U.S. soldiers as they are taken back in time to face the grueling training and hardship the original Devil's Brigade endured at their training post in Helena, Montana. The present day experiences of these young soldiers are inter-cut with first-person interviews with Devil's Brigade veterans and compelling archival footage. Devil's Brigade remembers and pays tribute to this elite group of soldiers who regularly achieved what most called the impossible during the darkest days of the Second World War.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Elizabeth Klinck (miscellaneous crew), Robert Lower (editor), Jamie Brown (producer), Tom Anniko (actor), Don Young (director), Don Young (writer), Lynne Skromeda (producer), Michael Hogh (miscellaneous crew), Danny Hassel (actor), Danny Hassel (actor), Celeste Sansreget (miscellaneous crew), Dan Caldwell (editor), Tom Hope (actor), Tom Hope (actor), Donald Bricker (actor),
Plot: In 1942, an elite group of over six hundred Canadian soldiers were trained to create a lethal battalion that would, along with their American counterparts, parachute behind German lines and wreak havoc upon the enemy. DEVIL'S BRIGADE is a compelling four-part series that chronicles the journey of 15 present-day Canadian and U.S. soldiers as they are taken back in time to face the grueling training and hardship the original Devil's Brigade endured at their training post in Helena, Montana. The present day experiences of these young soldiers are inter-cut with first-person interviews with Devil's Brigade veterans and compelling archival footage. Devil's Brigade remembers and pays tribute to this elite group of soldiers who regularly achieved what most called the impossible during the darkest days of the Second World War.
Genres: Documentary,Actors: David Alan Graf (actor), Cheryl Dent (actress), Bryan Sundstrom (miscellaneous crew), Richard Eden (actor), Ike Gingrich (actor), Dana Niu (composer), Diane Sellers (actress), Fred Toma (actor), Karen Rasch (editor), Ted Collins (producer), Michael McLafferty (actor), Ted Collins (actor), Nick Staller (miscellaneous crew), Nick Staller (miscellaneous crew), Mick Page (actor),
Genres: ,Actors: Elizabeth Klinck (miscellaneous crew), R.H. Thomson (actor), Jamie Brown (producer), Don Young (writer), Don Young (director), Lynne Skromeda (producer), Olaf Pyttlik (composer), David McGunigal (editor), Mick Paulusma (miscellaneous crew), Janice Tufford (miscellaneous crew), Ryan FitzGerald (miscellaneous crew), Martin Harper (actor), Nick Patel (actor), Nick Patel (actor), Burke Thomas (actor),
Plot: Using a unique blend of living history elements, CGI, first-person interviews and never-before-seen WWII footage, this dramatic four-part documentary series follows a new generation of young men - all of whom are descendants of WWII veterans - as they undergo training to become a Lancaster aircrew. While these new recruits struggle to come to terms with 1940s discipline and values, we hear the harrowing anecdotes of the "real" Bomber Boys - the veterans who flew into the night skies over Occupied Europe to fight in some of the most critical battles of the war. As the two groups come together, a special bond emerges, building a bridge between the generations and giving new understanding to the experiences of those who fought in the Second World War
Genres: Documentary, History, War,Actors: Bruce French (actor), Adam Sandler (actor), John McEnroe (actor), Peter Gallagher (actor), Blake Clark (actor), Jared Harris (actor), Erick Avari (actor), David Boston (actor), Allen Covert (actor), Steven Brill (actor), Erik Betts (actor), Steve Buscemi (actor), Eric Bruno Borgman (actor), Al Sharpton (actor), Rob Schneider (actor),
Plot: When Longfellow Deeds, a small-town pizzeria owner and poet, inherits $40 billion from his deceased uncle, he quickly begins rolling in a different kind of dough. Moving to the big city, Deeds finds himself besieged by opportunists all gunning for their piece of the pie. Babe, a television tabloid reporter, poses as an innocent small-town girl to do an exposé on Deeds. Of course, Deeds' sincere naiveté has Babe falling in love with him instead. Ultimately, Deeds comes to find that money truly has the power to change things, but it doesn't necessarily need to change him.
Keywords: abbreviation-in-title, apple-tree, bare-butt, billionaire, blown-cover, butler, car-accident, car-crash, cat, character-name-in-titleActors: Tim Thomerson (actor), Lloyd Nelson (actor), John Russell (actor), Matt Clark (actor), John McIntire (actor), Macon McCalman (actor), Jerry Hardin (actor), Barry Corbin (actor), Gary Grubbs (actor), Charles Cyphers (actor), Roy Jenson (actor), Clint Eastwood (actor), Robert V. Barron (actor), Clint Eastwood (producer), Tracey Walter (actor),
Plot: As the film opens on an Oklahoma farm during the depression, two simultaneous visitors literally hit the Wagoneer home: a ruinous dust storm and a convertible crazily driven by Red, the missus' brother. A roguish country-western musician, he has just been invited to audition for the Grand Ole Opry, his chance of a lifetime to become a success. However, this is way back in Nashville, Red clearly drives terribly, and he's broke and sick with tuberculosis to boot. Whit, 14, seeing his own chance of a lifetime to avoid "growing up to be a cotton picker all my life," begs Ma to let him go with Uncle Red as driver and protege. Thus begins a picaresque journey both hilarious and poignant.
Keywords: 1930s, alcoholic, audition, based-on-book, based-on-novel, blood, brother-in-law-brother-in-law-relationship, brother-sister-relationship, bus, chickenActors: Franklyn Farnum (actor), Charles Flynn (actor), Ernie Adams (actor), Rodney Bell (actor), Bobby Barber (actor), Stanley Blystone (actor), Stanley Andrews (actor), Robert Bray (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Raymond Burr (actor), Robert Clarke (actor), James Conaty (actor), Joe Devlin (actor), Robert Dudley (actor), Byron Foulger (actor),
Plot: Television viewer seeing this for the first time: Gee whiz, it's in black-and-white and was made in the 40's and is about crime and...Eureka!...another "noir" film is discovered. How about just another typical Martin Mooney film that starts out as pretending to be something socially significant---call Prison Warden Lewis E. Lawes to do another prologue speech---and then quickly gets into just another cops-vs-robbers (or good crooks vs. bad crooks)B-feature action-thriller that will open in every 2nd-tier theatre in the country on Sunday, close on Wednesday... and be the bottom-half of a grind-house twin-bill two weeks later. "San Quentin" ably fills that description. Ex-con Jim Rowland (Lawrence Tierney), gone straight and returning from WWII as a hero, is more than a bit irked, as one of the founders of the Prison Welfare League (cons rehabilitating cons inside and outside the walls), when he learns that bank robber Nick Taylor (Barton MacLane) has used the good name of the PWL to escape from San Quentin, and knocked the Warden in the head to boot. This is one founding father that isn't going to stand idly by after the good name of the PWL has been stained, especially by the likes of Barton MacLane, probably still laughing at the thought there was a Warden somewhere who would actually trust him. So Jim and his ex-con pal 'Broadway' (Joe Devlin) set out to track down Nick Taylor. They encounter Marian Carr along the way.
Keywords: 1940s, b-movie, black-convict, bus-passenger, cab-driver, cell-mate, cigarette-smoking, cigarettes, coffee-shop, criminalOld man sits in the public park-Sun has set and soon
comes dark! Last bottle is empty, throat is dry-No place
to sleep, it's cold outside!
He lost his friends in a war-Back in 1944! Once he stood
there with a gun-Now he's tired, old and done!
Once he fought for the Fatherland-When Russians came, he
fought like a man! We owed him lot but we've betrayed-He
did his part, we never paid!
He never got out anything-From what leaders promised to
him! You'll get your share when the war is won-Now they
treat him like a scum!
How it feels now, did you win? Was it worth everthing?
The land's still free, but they've forgot-Just who to
thank for we have got?
Once he fought for the Fatherland-When Russians came, he
fought like a man! We owed him lot but we've betrayed-He