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The Captain
Captain is a rank or title for commander of a military unit, commander of a ship or other vessel, or leader of a unit or organization. Captain or the Captain may also refer to: Rank *Captain (armed forces), a commissioned officer rank historically corresponding to the command of a company of soldiers *Captain (naval), rank corresponding to command of the largest ships in English-speaking navies *Captain (Canadian army and air force) *Captain (D) or Captain Destroyers, a shore-based commander in the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom **Captain (D) afloat, a related rank *Group captain, senior commissioned rank in the air forces of many countries *Sea captain, high grade licensed mariner in ultimate command of the vessel *''Kapitän'', shortened version of several ranks in the German navy *Pilot in command, the lead pilot on an aircraft Film and television * Captain (1994 film), ''Captain'' (1994 film), a Telugu-Tamil bilingual film * Captain (1999 film), ''Captain'' (1999 film), a Ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (novel)
''The Captain'' is a 1967 novel by Dutch writer Jan de Hartog. It is a sequel of a sort to his 1940 book ''Captain Jan'', though not having the same characters as the earlier book. Both books deal with the life of sailors in ocean-going tugboats - a field in which the Netherlands has great prominence. The earlier book dealt with the peacetime sailor protagonists' conflict with the exploiting, authoritarian Kwel Shipping Company which demands feudal-like fealty from its employees. In the present book this goes on under the extreme wartime conditions of WWII, with the Kwel company having escaped the occupied Netherlands and moved operations to London, its vessels contracted to take part in various Allied operations - particularly, the highly dangerous Arctic convoys of World War II, Arctic convoys. Even under these extreme conditions, the conflict between tyrannical bosses and rebellious sailors is still there, interweaving with the vast war against Nazi Germany. Plot summary T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain
Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader or highest rank officer of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, etc. In militaries, the captain is typically at the level of an officer commanding a company or battalion of infantry, a ship, or a battery of artillery, or another distinct unit. It can also be a rank of command in an air force. The term also may be used as an informal or honorary title for persons in similar commanding roles. Etymology The word "captain" derives from the Middle English "capitane", itself coming from the Latin Latin ( or ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic languages, Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally spoken by the Latins (Italic tribe), Latins in Latium (now known as Lazio), the lower Tiber area aroun ... "caput", meaning "head". It is consi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (2017 Film)
''The Captain'' () is a 2017 international co-produced historical drama film written and directed by Robert Schwentke. It was screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2017 Toronto International Film Festival. It tells the story of German war criminal Willi Herold, who assumed a stolen identity as a German officer and orchestrated the killing of deserters and other prisoners at one of the Emslandlager camps. Plot In April 1945, during the final weeks of the war, Willi Herold, a young Luftwaffe Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) escapes the pursuit of a roving German military police commando who wishes to execute him for desertion. After his escape, Herold finds an abandoned car containing the uniform of a decorated Luftwaffe captain. Herold takes the uniform and impersonates an officer, taking command of a number of stragglers as he moves through the German countryside under the guise that he is on a mission, ordered by Hitler himself, to assess morale behind the front. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (manga)
is a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba which ran in ''Monthly Shōnen Jump'' (published by Shueisha) from 1972 to 1979. This series ran concurrently with another Chiba manga series '' Play Ball'', which ran in ''Weekly Shōnen Jump'' (also published by Shueisha) from 1973 to 1978. ''Captain'', along with ''Play Ball'', won the 22nd Shogakukan Manga Award for shōnen in 1977. The manga was adapted into a film by Eiken and released in theaters on 1981-07-18. It was also adapted into a 26 episode anime television series which aired on NTV from 1983-01-10 to 1983-07-04. The TV series was also directed by Satoshi Dezaki. The ''Captain'' TV series was ranked 95th in the top 100 favorite anime titles of all time in a web poll conducted by TV Asahi in 2005. In a 2006 TV Asahi survey of Japanese celebrities, the ''Captain'' TV series ranked 13th in a list of the top 100 responses. A spin-off manga by Cozy Jōkura began serialization in Shueisha's ''Grand Jump is a Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain (Hellsing)
''Hellsing'' is a manga series written and illustrated by Kouta Hirano, also adapted as the anime series ''Hellsing (TV series), Hellsing'', the OVA ''Hellsing Ultimate''. It tells the story of a powerful vampire named Alucard (Hellsing), Alucard and his battle against supernatural forces in service of the titular Hellsing Organization. The series takes place primarily in a fictitious United Kingdom, which is under attack by the undead forces characterized as a rogue Nazism, Nazi battalion which survived the end of World War II. Many of the characters in ''Hellsing'' were based on concepts from Hirano prior works as a Freelancer, freelance manga artist. Hellsing Organization The main characters at the start of the series are members of the Hellsing Organization—a clandestine British royal chivalric order, order that is tasked with defending the United Kingdom from supernatural threats in the manga. Alucard ; is the most powerful vampire in the series. He serves the Hellsing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (magazine)
''The Captain'' was a magazine featuring stories and articles for "boys and old boys", published monthly in the United Kingdom from 1899 to 1924. Its headquarters were in London. It is perhaps best known for printing many of P. G. Wodehouse's early school Short story, stories. The magazine was established in April 1899 by publisher George Newnes Ltd, George Newnes, with R. S. Warren Bell as its first editor. Authors who contributed to ''The Captain'' include P. G. Wodehouse, Frederick Selous, F. C. Selous, Bertram Mitford (novelist), Bertram Mitford, C. B. Fry (the Athletic Editor), Edward Step, William Gordon Stables, Dr Gordon Stables, Harold Avery, E. H. D. Sewell, and Charles Gilson. Artists who provided illustrations include Tom Browne (illustrator), Tom Browne, Paul Hardy (illustrator), Paul Hardy, Alfred Pearse, and John Hassall (illustrator), John Hassall. The editor Warren Bell's brother, John Keble Bell, also contributed under the pen name Keble Howard. Howard suggeste ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captain (play)
''The Captain'' is the title of a Jacobean era stage play, a comedy written by Francis Beaumont and John Fletcher. It was originally published in the first Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1647. Performance and publication The play was acted at Court by the King's Men during the Christmas season of 1612–13 (the season that saw the lavish celebration of the wedding of King James I's daughter Princess Elizabeth with Frederick V, Elector Palatine); the company performed the play again at Court in May 1613. The partial cast list published with the play in the second Beaumont and Fletcher folio of 1679 mentions Richard Burbage, Henry Condell, William Ostler, and Alexander Cooke. Since Ostler joined the King's Men almost certainly in 1609, the play is judged to have originated in the 1609–12 period. The play was revived in the Restoration era, but does not seem to have been particularly popular, or to have been staged often. Authorship The consensus of scholarship agrees ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vijayakanth
Vijayaraj Alagarswami (25 August 1952 – 28 December 2023), known by his stage name Vijayakanth, was an Indian actor, filmmaker, philanthropist and politician. He worked in Tamil cinema in a career spanning four decades. He ventured into politics in the later part of his career and founded his own party Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam. Vijayakanth acted in Vijayakanth filmography, over 150 films in his career. Some of his popular films include ''Vaidehi Kathirunthal'' (1984), ''Amman Kovil Kizhakale'' (1986), ''Poonthotta Kaavalkaaran'' (1988), ''Senthoora Poove'' (1988), ''Pulan Visaranai'' (1990), ''Chinna Gounder'' (1992), ''Honest Raj'' (1994), ''Thayagam'' (1996) and ''Vaanathaippola'' (2000). He was nicknamed "Captain" following his role in the film ''Captain Prabhakaran'' (1991). He was also credited as "Puratchi Kalaignar" (revolutionary artist) in the film titles as he often appeared in roles as a law enforcer, vigilante, or a village head. He won two Filmfare Awards S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Captain Kangaroo
''Captain Kangaroo'' is an American children's television series that aired weekday mornings on the American television network CBS for 29 years, from 1955 to 1984, making it the longest-running nationally broadcast children's television program of its day. In 1986, the American Program Service (now American Public Television, Boston) integrated some newly produced segments into reruns of past episodes, distributing the newer version of the series to PBS and independent public stations until 1993. Conception The show was conceived by Bob Keeshan, who also played the title character "Captain Kangaroo", and who based the show on "the warm relationship between grandparents and children". Keeshan had portrayed the original Clarabell the Clown on NBC's ''The Howdy Doody Show'' during the network's early years. Show structure ''Captain Kangaroo'' had a loose structure, built around life in the "Treasure House" where the Captain (the name "kangaroo" came from the bigger pockets in hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Minor The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy Characters
''The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy'' is a comedy science fiction franchise created by Douglas Adams. Originally a 1978 radio comedy, it was later adapted to other formats, including novels, stage shows, comic books, a 1981 TV series, a 1984 text adventure game, and 2005 feature film. The various versions follow the same basic plot but they are in many places mutually contradictory, as Adams rewrote the story substantially for each new adaptation. Throughout all versions, the series follows the adventures of Arthur Dent and his interactions with Ford Prefect, Zaphod Beeblebrox, Marvin the Paranoid Android, and Trillian. Main characters Arthur Dent Arthur Philip Dent, accompanied by Ford Prefect, barely escapes the Earth's destruction when it is demolished to make way for a hyperspace bypass. Arthur spends the next several years, still wearing his dressing gown, helplessly launched from crisis to crisis while trying to straighten out his lifestyle. He rather enjoys te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Non-rail Vehicles (Thomas & Friends)
This is a list of all characters from the British children's television series ''Thomas & Friends'' and the reboot series ''Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go''. Standard gauge engines Steam Team Current members Former members Other engines Narrow gauge engines Minimum gauge engines Rolling stock Non-rail vehicles Sodor Construction Company Humans and animals References {{DEFAULTSORT:Thomas and Friends characters Fictional locomotives Television characters introduced in 1984 Thomas & Friends characters Lists of character lists Anthropomorphic vehicles Lists of characters in British television animation Thomas & Friends British railway-related lists ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Captains (film)
''The Captains'' is a 2011 Feature length, feature documentary that follows actor William Shatner through interviews with the other actors who have portrayed starship captains in five other incarnations of the ''Star Trek'' franchise. Shatner's subjects discuss their lives and careers before, during, and after their tenure with ''Star Trek''. They explore the pressures, stigmas, and sacrifices that accompanied their roles and their larger careers. The film makes use of conversations, personal observations, interviews, and archival footage. Cast Main * William Shatner, who portrayed James T. Kirk in ''Star Trek: The Original Series'', and conducts the interviews that make up ''The Captains'' * Scott Bakula, who portrayed Jonathan Archer in ''Star Trek: Enterprise'' * Avery Brooks, who portrayed Benjamin Sisko in ''Star Trek: Deep Space Nine'' * Kate Mulgrew, who portrayed Kathryn Janeway in ''Star Trek: Voyager'' * Chris Pine, who portrays an alternate timeline version of James T. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
