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Blockade (other)
Blockade is the prevention of troops and supplies from reaching an opposing army. Blockade may also refer to: * ''Blockade'' (board game), a strategy game by Lakeside * ''Blockade'' (novel), written by Derek Hansen * ''Blockade'' (solitaire), a type of solitaire card game * ''Blockade'' (video game), video game * ''Blockade'' (1928 film), a film by George B. Seitz * ''Blockade'' (1938 film), a film by William Dieterle starring Henry Fonda * ''Blockade'' (2006 film), a documentary film by Sergei Loznitsa * ''Blockade'' (2016 film), a documentary film by Arif Yousuf * Blockade ''(Stargate Universe)'', an episode of the television series ''Stargate Universe'' See also * * * ''The Big Blockade'', 1940 British wartime propaganda film * ''Blockade Billy'', 2010 novel by Stephen King * Coulomb blockade, in physics * '' Operation: Blockade'', 2002 video game * Procaine blockade, medical treatment * Block (other) Block or blocked may refer to: Arts, entertainment ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade
A blockade is the act of actively preventing a country or region from receiving or sending out food, supplies, weapons, or communications, and sometimes people, by military force. A blockade differs from an embargo or sanction, which are legal barriers to trade rather than physical barriers. It is also distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually directed at an entire country or region, rather than a fortress or city and the objective may not always be to conquer the area. While most blockades historically took place at sea, blockades are also used on land to prevent entrance of an area. For example, Armenia is a landlocked country that Turkey and Azerbaijan blockade. Thus, Armenia cannot conduct international trade through those countries, and mainly trades through Georgia. This restricts the country's economic development. A blockading power can seek to cut off all maritime transport from and to the blockaded country; although stopping all land transp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (board Game)
''Blockade'' (also known as Cul-de-sac) is a strategy board game for two players with the motto "beat the barrier". It's played on a board with an 11x14 grid of spaces, barriers and 2 mobile playing pieces per player. The object of the game is to maneuver ones pieces around barriers and into the opponents starting spaces. The game is long out of production. History Blockade was created by Philip Slater in 1975. In United States, it was published by Lakeside under the name Blockade. In France, Germany, Sweden, and United Kingdom the game was published by Lazy Days under the name Cul-de-sac (French, ''translation'' dead-end). Lakeside went bankrupt in 1983 and ceased production. Gameplay and rules The rules are simple, but it provides an interesting and deep game. Each player are given 2 pawns, 9 green walls (placed vertically), and 9 blue walls (placed horizontally). Pawns are placed on their starting locations on each of the four corners of the 11×14 board. First players' sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (novel)
''Blockade'' is a 1998 novel written by Derek Hansen about logging in Australia. Plot summary The protagonist is Miklos Bollok, a logging company owner who uses corrupt politicians to clear-fell the last remaining wilderness in Victoria, Australia. He is stymied by a direct action Direct action originated as a political activist term for economic and political acts in which the actors use their power (e.g. economic or physical) to directly reach certain goals of interest, in contrast to those actions that appeal to othe ... campaign by conservationists. His downfall also comes about by a dark secret that is made public by his wife. Release details *1998, Australia, HarperCollins, (), Pub date 1 January 1998, paperback (First edition) *1999, reprinted, (). Reception Jean Ferguson of the Illawarra Mercury calls it "A passionate and explosive new novel from a great storyteller". Herald Sun's Simon Caterson writes "A well-spun yarn lasting 500 easily digestible pages, Block ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (solitaire)
Blockade is a patience or solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. As in most solitaire games, the object of the game is to play the cards into the eight foundations."Blockade" (p.87) in ''The Little Book of Solitaire'', Running Press, 2002. The play is reminiscent of the popular solitaire game, Forty Thieves, but with 12 piles instead of 10. Rules The game starts with twelve piles, each containing a card (the rest form the stock). Cards are built down by suit (''e.g.,'' 7-6-5-4) and cards or groups of cards can be moved from one pile to another or to the foundations. The foundations are built up also by suit, starting from the ace. An empty pile will be filled up immediately by a card from the stock. When all possible moves are done without success, a card is dealt onto each pile, even with those that have sequences. This and the placing of cards on empty piles is done until the stock runs out. After that, any card or group of cards can be placed on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (video Game)
''Blockade'' is a monochrome arcade video game developed by Gremlin and released in November 1976. It was the first of what would become known as " snake games". It was designed by Lane Hauck, Ago Kiss, and Bob Pecarero. In Japan, it was distributed by Taito in 1977 as "Barricade II". Gameplay Using four directional buttons, each player moves their character around leaving a solid line behind them, turning at 90 degree angles. To win, a player must last longer than the opponent before hitting something, with the first person to hit something losing. The game ends after one player gains six wins. Reception ''Blockade'' was first demonstrated at the AMOA show in November 1976. It was one of the two most talked-about arcade games at the show, along with Namco's electro-mechanical racing game '' F-1'' demonstrated by Atari, Inc. ''Blockade'' was possibly the most-played arcade game at the show. ''Play Meter'' praised the simplicity of the gameplay. Legacy Several ''Blockad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (1928 Film)
''Blockade'' is a 1928 American silent drama film directed by George B. Seitz. Cast * Anna Q. Nilsson as Bess * Wallace MacDonald as Vincent * James Bradbury Sr. as Gwynn * Walter McGrail as Hayden See also * List of early sound feature films (1926–1929) This is a list of early pre-recorded sound and part talking/ all talking feature films made in the US and Europe during the transition to sound, between 1926-1929. During this time a variety of recording systems were used, including most notably ... References External links * 1928 films Silent American drama films American silent feature films 1928 drama films Films directed by George B. Seitz American black-and-white films Film Booking Offices of America films 1920s American films 1920s English-language films {{1920s-silent-drama-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (1938 Film)
''Blockade'' is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, and Leo Carrillo. Premise During the Spanish Civil War a farmer takes up arms to fight for the Republican side. Cast * Madeleine Carroll as Norma * Henry Fonda as Marco * Leo Carrillo as Luis * John Halliday as Andre Gallinet * Vladimir Sokoloff as Basil * Robert Warwick as General Vallejo * Reginald Denny as Edward Grant * Peter Godfrey as Magician * Fred Kohler as Pietro * Carlos De Valdez as Major del Rio * Nick Thompson as Seppo * William B. Davidson as Commandant * Katherine DeMille Katherine Lester DeMille (born Katherine Paula Lester; June 29, 1911 – April 27, 1995) was a Canadian-born American actress who played 25 credited film roles from the mid-1930s to the late 1940s. The adopted daughter of director Cecil B. DeM ... as Cabaret Girl Release The film had a loss of $135,672. References External links * * 1938 films Spanish Civil Wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (2006 Film)
''Blockade'' is a 2005 documentary film by Sergei Loznitsa. The film was shot with no dialogue and consists of black and white footage shot during the Siege of Leningrad. It has a run time of 52 minutes. Reception ''Blockade'' has a score of 70 out of 100 on Metacritic Metacritic is a website that aggregates reviews of films, TV shows, music albums, video games and formerly, books. For each product, the scores from each review are averaged (a weighted average). Metacritic was created by Jason Dietz, Marc ..., based on 5 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".https://www.metacritic.com/movie/blockade References 'A Chronicle for Our Time, Loznitsa's ''Blockade'' - Denise J. Youngblood, ''Russian Review 66'', October 2007 External links Icarus films 2005 films 2005 documentary films Documentary films about World War II Eastern Front of World War II films Documentary films about the Soviet Union History of Saint Petersburg Films directed by Sergei L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (2016 Film)
''Blockade'' is a 2016 documentary film by Arif Yousuf on nonviolent peace activism in the US protesting the genocide of Bangladesh (then East Pakistan) in 1971. This depicts the story of nonviolent actions to stop the shipment of arms from the US to Pakistan during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Synopsis In early 1971, Bengalis in eastern parts of Pakistan had voted on their right to govern after a convincing election victory. Shortly afterward a humanitarian crisis and war extended down the Bengal Delta as the military dictatorship attempted to repress the people. The events eventually led to the birth of an independent Bangladesh Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and dependencies by population, eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million pe ....medium.coBlockade in Review, Remembering Bangladesh in 1971/ref> Accolades References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade (Stargate Universe)
"Blockade" is the nineteenth and penultimate episode of the second season of the military science fiction television series ''Stargate Universe''. The episode originally aired on May 2, 2011 on Syfy in the United States. The episode was directed by longtime director and producer of the Stargate franchise Andy Mikita. It was written by Linda McGibney. In this episode, the drones set up blockades at various stars at which the ''Destiny'' wishes to recharge. Unable to engage in another battle with the drones, Eli ( David Blue) comes up with the idea to recharge in a blue supergiant. However, because of the intense heat that a blue supergiant puts out, it is extremely dangerous and requires both Eli and Dr. Rush (Robert Carlyle) to stay behind to pilot the ship. The rest of the crew are forced to gate to a planet where their descendants once lived and scavenge for supplies as they await the fate of the ''Destiny''. Plot In a standard power-braking maneuver, ''Destiny'' skirts a gas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Big Blockade
''The Big Blockade'' is a 1942 British black-and-white war propaganda film in the style of dramatised documentary. It is directed by Charles Frend and stars Will Hay, Leslie Banks, Michael Redgrave and John Mills. It was produced by Michael Balcon for Ealing Studios, in collaboration with the Ministry of Economic Warfare. At one stage, the film was known as ''Siege''. Plot This is a propaganda film in which the British strategy of the economic blockade of Nazi Germany is illustrated through a series of scenes and sketches, combined with documentary footage. Although released in 1942 it was largely made in 1941 so part of the story is complaint of America's non-involvement. Main cast *Leslie Banks as Taylor, Civil Service *Michael Redgrave as a Russian on the train *Will Hay as Skipper, Merchant Navy *Bernard Miles as Mate, Royal Navy * Michael Rennie as George, Royal Air Force *John Mills as Tom, Royal Air Force *Frank Cellier as Schneider *Robert Morley as the senior Nazi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blockade Billy
''Blockade Billy'' is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional baseball catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans during the 1957 season. The novella took King two weeks to write. He had the following to say about the novella: Plot The book is told through a framing device, where an old man in a retirement home, George "Granny" Grantham, is telling the story to Stephen King. Granny tells of the 1957 Major League Baseball season, when he was the third base coach for a now-defunct team, the New Jersey Titans. When the team loses both of their catchers days before the start of the season, they are forced to request a minor league player as a last-minute replacement. The replacement turns out to be a young man named William "Billy" Blakely. Although Billy seems to be feeble minded and highly susceptible to suggestion, he turns out to be a phenomenal player. He becomes especially well known for his incredible ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
