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An ensign is a national flag when used at sea, in vexillology, or a distinguishing token, emblem, or badge, such as a symbol of office in heraldry. The word has also given rise to the military rank of "ensign", a rank of junior officer once responsible for bearing the ensign.
The word is derived from the Latin plural insignia.
In nautical use, the ensign is flown at the stern of a ship or boat to indicate its nationality. Ensigns may also be flown from the gaff of a ship, and may be shifted to a yardarm when the ship is under way, where it is known as a steaming ensign. Vexillologists distinguish three varieties of a national flag when used as an ensign:
Many countries do not distinguish between these uses, and employ only one national flag and ensign in all cases. Others (like the United Kingdom, Italy, Russia, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan) use different ensigns. Such ensigns are strictly regulated and indicate if the boat is a warship, a merchant vessel or a yacht, for example.
Actors: Gerard Butler (actor), Cassandra Barbour (miscellaneous crew), Laura Sevier (miscellaneous crew), Nicholas Guest (miscellaneous crew), Nick Jameson (miscellaneous crew), Brieann Rich (miscellaneous crew), Jodie Foster (actress), Christopher Baker (actor), Gerard Butler (actor), Patrick Doyle (composer), Abigail Breslin (actress), Michael Carman (actor), Fiona Searson (miscellaneous crew), Jeffrey Kurland (costume designer), Carolina Häggström (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Anything can happen on Nim's Island, a magical place ruled by a young girl's imagination. It is an existence that mirrors that of her favorite literary character, Alex Rover - the world's greatest adventurer. But Alexandra, the author of the Rover books, leads a reclusive life in the big city. When Nim's father goes missing from their island, a twist of fate brings her together with Alexandra. Now they must draw courage from their fictional hero, Alex Rover, and find strength in one another to conquer Nim's Island.
Keywords: agoraphobia, airplane, airport, aloneness, alternate-world, american-expatriate, animal, animated-scene, answering-machine, arachnophobiaActors: Douglas W. McHenry (miscellaneous crew), Cid Swank (miscellaneous crew), Dianne Dreyer (miscellaneous crew), Richard Marvin (composer), Robert Dawson (miscellaneous crew), Ante Novakovic (miscellaneous crew), Matthew McConaughey (actor), Dino De Laurentiis (producer), Bill Paxton (actor), Harvey Keitel (actor), David Keith (actor), Jon Bon Jovi (actor), Thomas Kretschmann (actor), Dirk Vahle (miscellaneous crew), April Ferry (costume designer),
Plot: In the midst of World War II, the battle below the seas rages. The Nazi's have the upper edge as the Allies are unable to crack their war codes. That is, until a wrecked U-boat sends out an SOS signal, and the Allies realise this is their chance to seize the 'enigma coding machine'. But masquerading as Nazi's and taking over the U-boat is the smallest of their problems. The action really begins when they get stranded on the U-boat.
Keywords: bare-chested-male, based-on-real-events, battle, binoculars, blood, bomb, burned-alive, canon, cigarette-smoking, codeActors: Gene Roddenberry (writer), Matthew Montgomery (actor), J.T. Tepnapa (producer), J.T. Tepnapa (director), J.T. Tepnapa (actor), J.T. Tepnapa (actor), Brandon Stacy (actor), Ryan Keating (actor), ErinRose Widner (actress), Dave Bundtzen (actor), Gina DeVettori (actress), Joni Bovill (actress), Sharon Savene (actress), Rob Caves (writer), Rob Caves (writer),
Plot: For the last six years, has continued the ongoing missions of Starfleet after the journeys of Star Trek: The Next Generation, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, and Star Trek: Voyager. More than "just a fan film", has made an improving production using spectacular special effects.
Keywords: fanfilm, star-fleet, star-trek-spinoff, starshipActors: Matt Orefice (miscellaneous crew), Jerry Kokich (actor), Tyler Bunch (actor), T.J. Glenn (actor), Thomas Torrey (actor), Tasha Oldham (miscellaneous crew), Valerie Azlynn (actress), Bailey Pryor (producer), Kirkland Tibbels (producer), Jim Chiros (actor), Jeff Crandall (miscellaneous crew), Cass Warner (miscellaneous crew), Eric Sherman (producer), Daniel Neiden (actor), Scott Myers (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Young Jonah Johnson and his family move into Mystic, CT. The town's local fisherman's son, Schooner, quickly befriends him and the two soon discover what seems to be a 300-year-old treasure map. The treasure of Captain Kidd that was lost in the town 3 decades earlier. While trying to evade the town's bullies, Jonah and Schooner keep their eye on Clive Steelway, a rich treasure-seeker who seems to have conniving plans for the treasure and the boys.
Keywords: family-relationships, independent-film, pirate, treasureActors: Dave Gist (writer), Don Edmonds (writer), Don Edmonds (director), Craig Shoemaker (actor), John Kerry (actor), Sazzy Lee Calhoun (actress), Daphne Cheung (actress), Mike Gibbons (miscellaneous crew), Jasmine Touschek (actress), Steven Henry (actor), Corrine Foster (actress), Alex Wexler (actor), James Strauss (editor), Kent Bryant (actor), Kerri Danesi (actress),
Genres: Action, Comedy,Actors: Frank Mayo (actor), Robert Malcolm (actor), James B. Leong (actor), Richard Loo (actor), Eddie Lee (actor), George J. Lewis (actor), Ludwig Donath (actor), Nacho Galindo (actor), Fritz Leiber (actor), Frank Lackteen (actor), John Hoyt (actor), Tom Coleman (actor), Edgar Barrier (actor), Henry Kulky (actor), Frank McClure (actor),
Plot: Based on the files of the United States Department of Treasury. Commissioner Michael Barrows is an American Government Agent. On board a Coast Gaurd boat off the California coast he chases a ship. The Captain of the ship, the Kira Maru, panics and ruthlessly sends 100 Chinese slaves to a watery death. Barrows recovers a live preserver that tells him the ship is out of Shanghai. He travels there to track down the ship's captain and discovers that these deaths point to a huge drug smuggling operation. In Shanghai, while searching for the captain of the Kira Maru, he becomes suspicious of a women, Ann Grant, believing she's Jean Hawks the narcotics ringleader. He follows the narcotics trail "to the ends of the Earth" taking him from Shanghai to Cairo, Beirut and Havana to stop the drugs and the jean Hawks ring at the US border.
Keywords: 1940s, binoculars, black-and-white, boxes, camel, cameo, chase, chinese-girl, cook, cubaActors: Jack Baxley (actor), Chester Clute (actor), Eddie Acuff (actor), William Bailey (actor), Wheaton Chambers (actor), Eddy Chandler (actor), William Bailey (actor), Al Bridge (actor), Steve Brodie (actor), Ralph Brooks (actor), Paul E. Burns (actor), King Baggot (actor), Wally Cassell (actor), Douglas Carter (actor), Frank Darien (actor),
Plot: Soldier Joe Allen is on a two-day leave in New York, and there he meets Alice. She agrees to show him the sights and they spend the day together. In this short time they find themselves falling in love with each other, and they decide to get married before Joe has to return to camp.
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Plot: Bijou, a saloon singer with a reputation for insighting brouhahas, is one of several deportees from a south Pacific island to arrive at another U.S. protectorate, Boni Komba. She becomes very popular with U.S. navymen by performing at the 'Seven Sinners'. A navy Lieutenant is attracted to Bijou despite the Governor's machinations to keep them apart, and the competing affections of local mobster, Antro. Will the Lieutenant give up the navy for Bijou, and will he survive Antro's forces?
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Genres: Drama,There's blood on their hands
The rotten stench of a lie
Take the flag, raise it up
Strike the match, burn it down
Deny - there's no future
Control - do you know where the real power lies
Where it lies
Cauterize kill the flesh
Break their will, break their backs
Deny - no freedom
Control - we've let it all slip away
Take it back
Burn it down
From the ashes we can rise
From the ashes we will rise
There's blood on their hands