The Rank Organisation the Rank Group acquired all the outstanding shares of the Rank Organisation. In spring 1997, Rank sold Rank Film Distributors, including its library of 749 films, to Carlton Television for £65 million and immediately became known as Carlton/RFD Ltd. Pinewood Studios and Odeon Cinemas were both sold off in 2000. The company finally severed its remainings connection with the film industry in 2005 when it sold its DVD distribution business and Deluxe technical support unit. A = The Archers<br> BB Betty E. Box–Ralph Thomas Productions<br> C = Cineguild Productions<br> GB = Gainsborough Pictures<br> H = Hammer Studios<br> I = Individual
Mann (military rank) most Nazi Party organizations, the rank of "Mann" held no distinctive insignia. Some groups, however, granted a minor form of rank insignia such as a blank collar patch or simple shoulder board to denote the rank of "Mann". (see right: SS rank insignia pattern from 1933) Even lower ranks, e.g. "Bewerber, Jungmann, Anwärter, Vollanwärter", were established in the mid-1930s as a recruit or candidate position, held by an individual seeking an appointment as a "Mann" in a Nazi Party paramilitary organization. Mann (military rank) Mann (German for "man" or "male"), was a paramilitary rank used by several Nazi Party paramilitary