Flag from Le Voyage dans La Lune: A Trip to the Moon 1902

In the first of first science fiction classics Le Voyage dans La Lune 1902, A Trip to the Moon.  A flag is present at the launching of a space vessel to the moon.  The flag is a vertical tri-bar of pink, yellow, and pink.

This film would stir the imaginations of generations born in the 1800s.  Little did they know that many who saw this film would live to see science fact follow in the wake of science fiction.  A year after the films official release the wright brothers would build a flying machine. And 67 years later mankind did indeed send a ship with men to the moon.

Earth Flag from Le Voyages dans la Lune 1902

This film was produced and directed under the creative genius of George Melies who accomplished a spectacular work with the limited means of his times.







In the closing sequence which predates 75 years plus, the Star Wars classic celebratory scene.  In the upper left hand corner we can see a varied collection of flags.

Flag of the Terran Empire: Star Trek Enterpirse 2005

In the American-Visual Arts Epic Poem of Star Trek a unique flag appears in the 700th official canonized broadcast - the flag of the Terran Empire.

The idea of the Terran Empire originates from the original Star Trek Series and this story plot revives it self in Star Trek: Enterprise, whose story line occurs before the original 1960s series, but was made long after the original series. 

The flag of the Terran Empire has a red background and features the earth coloured black and white, with the continents being black and the ocean white.  A straight sword pierces the earth from the north to south.  

 During a communique with earth a real fabricated Terran Empire flag can be seen over the left shoulder of the speaker. 

The Red Flag in Carl Jung's Red Book - "Liber Novus"

In the first illustration of Carl Jung's personal, mystical and poetic confession The Red Book: Liber Novus a ship with a red flag appears near a harbor.  Liber Novus is a hand written book by one of the leading and pioneering scientists to explore the human mind from a modern point of view.

The coincidence of a ship with a red flag in the first image of the The Red Book is a classic example of what Dr. Jung would call "Synchronicity."  But if you rewind the timeline 200 years earlier to the 1600s they would call this phenomena "Providence."  Perhaps in another 200s years in the 2200s another mind will repackage this idea with slightly different details?


Mr. Jung was of that gifted generation to grow up in the 1800s live through two world wars and witness the dawn of Earth's space age. He lived in a time of transition from horse and buggy to the age of space ships and when texting was simply dots and dashes. Unfortunately this generation has all passed and now we are born surrounded by technologies that direct our civilizations.

You can also see what seems to be the flag of France in a small border illustration near the top. The illustration is of a war scene. 

This is the first page in Dr. Carl Jung's very personal narrative.  It was published in 2009 forty eight years after his death in 1961. 

Love Boat Officer Emblem

Captain Merrill Stubing is perhaps the most enchanted captain from America's fantasia.  Captain Stubing sailed the Pacific Princess unto many voyages into the depths of the American Heart.

This was no ordinary voyage into regular space but rather to the many and varied and enchanted isles of love and emotion that the heart can get stuck or stranded upon.

There was something magical about the love boat cruses that put cupid and his buddies into overtime.


The emblem of the officers consisted of a semi-heraldic icon.  It is composed of a golden wreath along the supporter sides, a golden crown at the helm and in the center, a golden anchor at an angle upon a quartered X flag of white, red, yellow, and blue.

 

The Care Bear Mast Head Pennant

The mast head pennant is usually flown from the tallest sail point of a war ship.  But in the Care Bear's 1985  movie, this special war ensign was made a new into a caring ensign.  Although the Care Bear's originate in the imaginations of America Care Bear's are a non-partisan elite corps of non commissioned caring spirits that help kids from all nations and of all religions.  Whenever kids are in trouble they send unlimited beams of caring energy for kids who need it the most.  

 The mast head pennant of the Care Bears is pink and swallow tailed.  However it has a triangular cut out along the hoist.

Close up of the Care Bear mast head with most of the original Care Bears in company.  Note the empty hole near the hoist repeats the swallowtail fly end.