The Dove, Yacht Ensign - film for young dreamers 1974

Hoisting the Yacht Ensign
The Dove 1974

In 1974 The Dove set sail into the imagination of American Youth. It is based upon the true story of Robin Lee Graham who sailed around the world starting from California at the age of 16. Loneliness, despair, romance, kittens, love and a little adventure were his constant companion on his voyage around the world.

The book was originally written in 1972. However Mr. Graham set sail back in 1965 from Southern California following the sun towards the South Pacific. He returned home back to Southern California in 1970.

This book is an must read for high school students perhaps at 10th grade as they can related to 16 year old adventurer.

BUT READ THE BOOK FIRST!

The Dictator 2012 flags - featuring Sacha Baron Cohen

The Dictator 2012
Sacha Barron Cohen as the Dictator

The flag features a horizontal partition of three equal parts. The middle is orange while the upper and lower are green.



The public waving his flag

A fun bag humornaut going were no giggle has gone before, crossing lines and hamming things up poking egos and eyes, no one is above the humorous reach of the Dictator.


The Dictator

Mr. Sparkle Farts lets one rip on the public that will surely tickle your gizzard with giggles and pungent punchlines.

Police and Fireman fallen on duty flags

For Fallen Police Officers
in the line of duty


The fallen officer in the line of duty flag matches in pattern to the fallen firefighter on duty flag. Both flags are horizontal tri-bars. The colour blue is commonly associated with the police. Likewise fire trucks are often coloured red - thus a red stripe.

For Fallen Firemen

in the line of duty

Police and firefighters are like natural extensions of the city.  They must accept the call whenever it occurs and have confidence and courage to act with bravery.  Typically they have excellent instincts matched with excellence of strength.  

Often it is people from firefighter or police families who make excellent military personnel. 

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome Vexilloids - Bartertown Official Staff

Semi-religious official and
Spokesman of Bartertown

Long long ago, before the Hunger Games there was Mad Max and a Thunderdome...

In 1985 the third movie of the Max Mad trilogy came out - Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome presents a clear and enchanting view of a post apoctylipic world. In the final quarter (1980s) of the Cold World the threat of a nuclear holocaust was real and present, every more so than terrorism.

But Mad Max presents a story where the world goes on. Things have changed, but the human drama stays the same. Politics and power struggles never go away.

Two Men Enter,
Once Man Leaves

But at Bartertown - disputes are resolved on an individual basis. Instead of a complicated legal system with lawyers - the community preaches that people with unresolved issues duke it out to the death and leave the rest of the community alone. People with disputes face off in the Thunderdome. The chant is "two men enter, one man leaves."



During the Thunderdome sequence a vexilloid makes an appearance. It features an elegantly fashioned black and white pole. The finial is a black ball topped with a silver wheel with wings.
Also note the Master of Ceremonies also has wears a Freemason pendant as a necklace.

Mad Max franchise is one of those odd series that arguable gets better with the sequels. But it is an Australian film after all and things often spin the other way down under.

Thunderdome Fight Scene: Mad Max III 1985

Bartertown Imperial Guard Vexillums & Pigs = Power, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985

Bartertown Imperial Guard with Vexillum

Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is a part of the epic post apocalyptic series about the future of humanity after a nuclear war.

The film does not explain who was wrong, right or place blame - rather it illustrates a state of culture that changes to into techno wild-west mash up.




Whole Vexillum

Close up of Bartertown's "AUNTY ENTITY IMPERIAL GUARD RULE O.K." flag. All the imperial guard flags feature a portrait of the chief administrator Aunty Entity played by Tina Turner.









Pigs = Power Vexillum

The key resource of Bartertown is methane - which is extracted from pig manure. As it is now and in this imaginary future, allocation of energy resources are powerful aspects of power and politics.

May the 4th (FORCE) Holiday Fun - a flag from Return of the Jedi

Jabba's Sail Barge Ensign
from Return of the Jedi 1983

May 4th has become something of Star War holiday, due to the iconic expression "May the Force be with you" and its similarity to "May Fourth."

In honor of this American Original Holiday, it is appropriate to talk about Star Wars. Flags appear in the newer prequel episodes but the only vexilloid that remotely looks like a flag appears in the 'original pre-post-movies.' Bascially in the original 1970-1980s Star Wars movies.

A small flag appears during Han's rescue aboard Jabba's sail barge. Near the back end of Jabba's sail barge - we can see a small black pennant. The detail is difficult to make out, probably has something to do with Jabba the Hut. Maybe it is a personal coat of arms? Who knows?

Princess Leah at gun turret with
Jabba's Sail Barge Ensign

In the upper right hand side you can see the black pennant blowing the in wind behind the pole.

George Lucas is careful not to have any flags appear in the original movies. But it is the only one to be seen fluttering in the wind. It is one Star Wars prop worth a significant amount. It's probably sitting somewhere on someone's wall or forgotten in a dusty drawer bin.




Jabba's Sail Barge Flag with Boba Fett and other alien thugs

Lost Boy Vexillum - Mad Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome 1985

Mute Shaman Boy Vexilloid

Several flags appear in the third episode of the Mad Max movies. This vexillum is seen in the room of the mysterious mute lost boy who apparently is something like a shaman.

The vexillloid is hand made with primitive tools. It features the face of the mute boy with black and white face paint. Perhaps due to his incapacity to talk, he is regarded by the others as a holy figure - perhaps with a highly developed sense of the intuitive mind.


Mute Boy with black and white face paint

The Lost Children are a group of kids who crash landed in the Australian Desert after a nuclear war and the adults have long ago all passed away. They grow up isolated from any adult culture. This results in a misinterpretation of their heritage and mutation of their language.

But they believe that someday 'Captain Walker' will come back. They interpret the arrival of Mad Max played by Mel Gibson as the cosmic return of the semi-legendary Captain Walker.