Blockade (disambiguation)
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Blockade may refer to:
- BlockadeBlockadeA blockade is an effort to cut off food, supplies, war material or communications from a particular area by force, either in part or totally. A blockade should not be confused with an embargo or sanctions, which are legal barriers to trade, and is distinct from a siege in that a blockade is usually...
, the prevention of troops and supplies from reaching an opposing army - Blockade (board game)Blockade (board game)Blockade is a "the Beat the Barrier" board game for two players, invented by Mirko Marchesi and published by Lakeside in 1975. The newer strategy game Quoridor shares many of the same characteristics as Blockade.-Gameplay and rules:...
, a strategy game by Lakeside - Blockade (novel)Blockade (novel)-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 campaign by conservationists...
, written by Derek Hansen - Blockade (solitaire)Blockade (solitaire)Blockade is a solitaire card game which uses two decks of 52 playing cards each. Akin to solitaire games like Klondike and Gargantua, the object of the game is play the cards into the eight foundations.-Rules:...
, a type of solitaire card game - Blockade (arcade game)Blockade (arcade game)Blockade is an arcade maze game developed and published by Gremlin in 1976. 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...
, video game - Blockade (1928 film)Blockade (1928 film)-Cast:* Anna Q. Nilsson as Bess* Wallace MacDonald as Vincent* James Bradbury Sr. as Gwynn* Walter McGrail as Hayden...
, a film by George B. SeitzGeorge B. SeitzGeorge Brackett Seitz was an American playwright, screenwriter, film actor and director. He was known for his screenplays for action serials, including:*The Perils of Pauline *The Exploits of Elaine... - Blockade (1938 film)Blockade (1938 film)Blockade is a 1938 American drama film directed by William Dieterle and starring Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda and Leo Carrillo. During the Spanish Civil War a farmer takes up arms to fight for the Republican side.-Cast:* Madeleine Carroll - Norma...
, a film by William DieterleWilliam DieterleWilliam Dieterle was a German actor and film director, who worked in Hollywood for much of his career. His best known films include The Devil and Daniel Webster, The Story of Louis Pasteur and The Hunchback of Notre Dame...
starring Henry Fonda
See also
- The Big BlockadeThe Big BlockadeThe Big Blockade is a 1942 British, black-and-white, comedy-drama, propaganda film, war film, directed by Charles Frend and starring Will Hay, Ronald Shiner as the Shipping Clerk and John Mills. It was produced by Ealing Studios...
, 1940 British wartime propaganda film - Blockade BillyBlockade BillyBlockade Billy is a 2010 novella by Stephen King. It tells the story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely, a fictional catcher who briefly played for the New Jersey Titans during the 1957 season. It took King two weeks to write it...
, 2010 novel by Stephen King - Coulomb blockadeCoulomb blockadeIn physics, a Coulomb blockade , named after Charles-Augustin de Coulomb's electrical force, is the increased resistance at small bias voltages of an electronic device comprising at least one low-capacitance tunnel junction. Because of the CB, the resistances of devices are not constant at low bias...
, in physics - Operation: BlockadeOperation: BlockadeOperation: Blockade is a 2002 first person shooter video game developed by Screaming Games and published by Infogrames for the PC and arcade systems...
, 2002 video game - Procaine blockadeProcaine blockadeProcaine blockade is a medical treatment, where procaine solution affects the peripheral nervous system. Procaine blockade was developed by Aleksandr Vasilyevich Vishnevsky in 1929. There are lumbar, jugular, sacral, extremity and short neural blockades used....
, medical treatment - Block (disambiguation)