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Three Brothers (2005 Film)
Three Brothers may refer to: Film and television * ''Three Brothers'' (1944 film), a U.S. Army animated short by Friz Freleng * ''Three Brothers'' (1981 film), an Italian film by Francesco Rosi * ''Three Brothers'' (2014 film), a film by Jan Svěrák * ''Three Brothers'' (TV series), a 2009 South Korean drama * ''The Three Brothers'' (film), a 1995 French comedy film Literature * "The Three Brothers", a story from ''Grimms' Fairy Tales'' * Three brothers of ''Mémoires de M. d'Artagnan'': Henri d'Aramitz, Armand d'Athos and Isaac de Porthau * Three sworn brothers of Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Liu Bei, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei Places * Three Brothers (New South Wales), three mountains in Australia * Three Brothers, Chagos, a group of coral islands * Three Brothers, Lancashire, a group of rocks in England * Three Brothers (islands), Indonesia, or Rukan Islands * Three Brothers, Okhotsk Sea, three large rocks off Eastern Cape, Kamchatka, Russia * Tri Brata ('Three Brother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (1944 Film)
''Three Brothers'' is part of the Private Snafu series of animated shorts produced by Warner Bros. during World War II. Screened for troops in September 1944, the cartoon was directed by Friz Freleng and features the familiar voice of Mel Blanc. A series of cartoons for the Navy featuring Private Snafu's brother "Seaman Tarfu" were planned, but the war came to a close and the project never materialized, save for a single cartoon entitled Private Snafu Presents Seaman Tarfu in the Navy. Plot Private Snafu is seen performing the tedious task of sorting boots. Driven to madness by boredom he is taken to visit his brothers, Seaman List of U.S. government and military acronyms#T, Tarfu and FUBAR, Fubar by the gruff Technical Fairy, First Class, somewhat in the spirit of Ebenezer Scrooge and the Ghosts of Christmas. Brother Tarfu is seen tending to every need of carrier pigeons while brother Fubar is the unlucky dummy used in training attack dogs. After seeing his brothers' terribl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers, Okhotsk Sea
The Three Brothers is a group of steep white islets in the Sea of Okhotsk, about 650 m off the Eastern Cape, just outside Veselaya Bay, about 13 km from the town of Magadan in the Kamchatka peninsula, Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the largest country in the world, with its internationally recognised territory covering , and encompassing one-eigh .... It is a local tourist landmark and a favorite target for photographers. See also * Three Brothers, islands at Cape Sagan Khushun, near Olkhon, Lake Baikal, Russia * Three Brothers or Tri Brata a group of three upright rocks in Avacha Bay, Kamchatka External links The Three Brotherson Panoramio The Three Brothers and the Capeon Panoramio The Three Brothersat Club.Foto.ru Islands of the Sea of Okhotsk {{FarEast-Russia-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Vanderbilt (1862)
USS ''Vanderbilt'' was a heavy (3,360-ton) passenger steamship obtained by the Union Navy during the second year of the American Civil War and utilized as a cruiser. ''Vanderbilt''—with her high speed of 14 knots—was outfitted with a large battery of heavy guns and sent out on the high seas in a futile search for commerce raiders of the Confederate States of America which were inflicting serious damage to Union commercial shipping. Later she served as part of the Union blockade of the Confederacy, and, post war, she had the honor of transporting the Queen of Hawaii from San Francisco, California, to Hawaii. Launched in New York in 1857 ''Vanderbilt''—originally a transatlantic passenger and mail steamer—was built by Jeremiah Simonson of Greenpoint, Long Island, New York, in 1856 and 1857. On 31 October 1858, the ship ran aground in the Weser while on a voyage from Bremen to Southampton, United Kingdom and New York. ''Vanderbilt'' was refloated and taken in to Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (ship)
''Three Brothers'' was a small wooden Great Lakes lumber freighter built in 1888 by the Milwaukee Shipyard Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin for the Chicago-based John Spry Lumber Company. Originally she was christened as the ''May Durr'' and bearing the official number 91998. The vessel was rated at 582 gross tons, 444 net tons, and measured in length, had a beam and a draught of . She could carry of lumber. The machinery was Steeple Compound steam engine built by the Frontier Engine Works of Buffalo, New York in 1888. The engine was rated at at 96 revolutions per minute. The fire box boiler was manufactured by R. Davis of Milwaukee and rated at . In 1892 ''May Durr'' was renamed to ''John Spry''. Between 1905 and 1910 the vessel was sold to the William H. White & Co. of Boyne City, Michigan, where she was renamed as ''Three Brothers'' after the White brothers William, James and Thomas of Charlevoix, Michigan. The vessel was then pressed in coarse lumber service b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers Hill
Three Brothers Hill () is a conspicuous hill, 210 m, which is the remnant neck of an extinct volcano situated at the east side of Potter Cove, King George Island, in the South Shetland Islands. The name was used by Scottish geologist David Ferguson in a 1921 report based upon his investigations of King George Island in 1913–14, but may reflect an earlier naming by whalers. The name may be suggestive of the appearance of the feature which consists of two higher summits and one which is lower. Landforms of King George Island (South Shetland Islands) Hills of the South Shetland Islands {{KingGeorgeIslandAQ-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
O'Brien Island
O'Brien Island is a small rocky island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. It lies south-west of Aspland Island and rises to 540 m. A strong marine channel, named Tasman Rip, runs between O'Brien Island and Eadie Island. The name dates back to the survey of the South Shetlands carried out by Edward Bransfield and William Smith in 1820, when it was applied to O'Brien, Eadie and Aspland Islands as a group. It is now established in international usage. Important Bird Area The island has been identified as an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because there are records (from 1977) of it supporting large breeding colonies of chinstrap penguins (21,000 pairs) and southern fulmar The southern fulmar (''Fulmarus glacialoides'') is a seabird of the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the northern fulmar, ''F. glacialis'', it belongs to the fulmar genus ''Fulmarus'' in the family Procellariidae, the true petrels. It is also ...s (8000 pairs). See ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eadie Island
Eadie Island is an island long which lies between Aspland Island and O'Brien Island, in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. A strong marine channel, named Tasman Rip, runs between Eadie Island and O'Brien Island. The island was first charted with its neighbours in February 1820, as the three 'O'Brien Islands', during a survey of the South Shetlands carried out by Edward Bransfield and William Smith (mariner). A year later they were rediscovered by a Russian expedition under Fabian Gottlieb von Bellingshausen, who used the name "Ostrova Tri Brata" (Three Brothers) for the present Aspland, Eadie and O'Brien Islands. Eadie Island was then named for the dockyard manager of the Melbourne Harbor Trust of Williamstown, Australia, by Lieutenant L. C. Hill of the Royal Naval Reserve, captain of the ''Discovery II'', which engaged in survey work in the area in 1936–37. Birds The island forms part of the Aspland Island and Eadie Island Important Bird Area, identified as su ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspland Island
Aspland Island is a small island west of Gibbs Island in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica. The name dates back to at least 1821. Moonlight Point () is the northwest point of Aspland Island. It was so named by a Joint Services Expedition to the Elephant Island Group (JSEEIG) party canoeing from O'Brien Island to Aspland Island on January 3, 1977, because the point appeared silhouetted against a full moon. The name was approved by the UK Antarctic Place-Names Committee in 1980. Birds The island forms part of the Aspland Island and Eadie Island Important Bird Area, identified as such by BirdLife International because both islands support large colonies of chinstrap penguins and southern fulmar The southern fulmar (''Fulmarus glacialoides'') is a seabird of the Southern Hemisphere. Along with the northern fulmar, ''F. glacialis'', it belongs to the fulmar genus ''Fulmarus'' in the family Procellariidae, the true petrels. It is also kno ...s. See also * List of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (Washington)
Three Brothers is a 7,303-foot-elevation (2,226 meter) triple-peak mountain summit located in Chelan County of Washington state. It is situated 1.3 miles east of Navaho Peak, on the boundary of the Alpine Lakes Wilderness, on land managed by Wenatchee National Forest. Three Brothers is the third-highest point in the Teanaway area of the Wenatchee Mountains. Precipitation runoff from the peak drains into tributaries of the Wenatchee River. The view from the summit of this peak showcases the impressive Mount Stuart and Stuart Range for those who climb it. Climate Lying east of the Cascade crest, the area around Three Brothers is drier than areas to the west. Summers can bring warm temperatures and occasional thunderstorms. Most weather fronts originate in the Pacific Ocean, and travel east toward the Cascade Mountains. As fronts approach, they are forced upward by the peaks of the Cascade Range, causing them to drop their moisture in the form of rain or snowfall onto t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (Yosemite)
The Three Brothers is a rock formation, in Yosemite Valley, California. It is located just east of El Capitan and consists of Eagle Peak (the uppermost "brother"), and Middle and Lower Brothers. The name ''Three Brothers'' Members of the Mariposa Battalion named the Three Brothers after the capture of the three sons of Chief Tenaya near the base of the Three Brothers. Their original name The Ahwahnechee name was "Kom-po-pai-zes", or sometimes "Pompomposus", is translated as "mountains with heads like frogs when ready to leap". John Muir John Muir John Muir ( ; April 21, 1838December 24, 1914), also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks", was an influential Scottish-American naturalist, author, environmental philosopher, botanist, zoologist, glaciologist, a ... considered the view from Eagle Peak to be the most beautiful view of Yosemite Valley available. References External links * Mountains of Mariposa County, California Rock forma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers (Ozarks)
Three Brothers is a group of summits in the U.S. state of Arkansas. The summits are located in northwestern Baxter County and are traversed by Arkansas Route 5 Highway 5 (AR 5, Ark. 5, and Hwy. 5) is a designation for three state highways in Arkansas. The southern segment of runs from Highway 7 in Hot Springs north to US Highway 70 (US 70) in Little Rock. A northern segment of b .... The community of Three Brothers, Arkansas lies about 1.5 miles to the southeast of the peaks. The western peak of the group reaches an elevation of just over 1320 feet. There are three mountains in the group, hence the name. References Landforms of Baxter County, Arkansas Mountains of Arkansas {{BaxterCountyAR-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Three Brothers, Arkansas
Three Brothers is an unincorporated community in northwestern Baxter County, Arkansas, United States. The community is located on Arkansas Route 5 approximately three miles south of the Arkansas- Missouri state line. The site is situated on a ridge three miles northeast of an arm of Bull Shoals Lake and eight miles northwest of Mountain Home A mountain is an elevated portion of the Earth's crust, generally with steep sides that show significant exposed bedrock. Although definitions vary, a mountain may differ from a plateau in having a limited summit area, and is usually higher th ....''Midway, AR,'' 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1966 (1982 rev.) A post office called Three Brothers was established in 1912, and remained in operation until 1953. The community was named after nearby Three Brothers mountain which lie approximately 1.5 miles to the northwest along Route 5. References Unincorporated communities in Baxter County, Arkansas Unincorporated com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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