May 1, 1957 East German Military Parade (Newsreel Excerpt)

An excerpt from a West German Newsreel of the May 1st, 1957, International Workers Day Military Parade in East Berlin
The film shows scenes of the National People's Army and Navy marching on Marx-Engels Platz.
The music in the background is called "Sozialistenmarsch"
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[@MaximusandHistory]

One of the best features of the National People's Army was how it kept the old Reichswehr / Wehrmacht uniforms! The Cold War was all about competition: Capitalism vs Communism, East vs. West, North vs South, etc. East and West Germany both competed against each other to legitimize their claims of being the "Real Germany" and so the East German leadership (With approval of the USSR) allowed the National People's Army to inherit the traditions of the previously defeated Wehrmacht in order to present themselves as the Real Germans, as apposed to the West Germans who modeled their armed forces, the Bundeswehr, on the basis of the American Army.

[@multimediayredesdeluxe]

En Argentina a través de la embajada estadounidense orquestaron el Golpe de Estado. Todo porque Perón saldó la deuda externa y allanar el camino para el FMI en 1956 para convertir a la Argentina en Estado lacayo con más villas miserias mediante corrupción y políticas de austeridad. Bombardearon la Plaza de Mayo cometiendo un genocidio y a partir de ahí el diseño alemán de los uniformes pasó al estilo yanqui. El uniforme de los gringos de la Segunda Guerra siempre fueron horribles, parece como salidos de un corralón o los soldados tenían pinta de albañiles.

[@marks_sparks1]

00:06 the NVA dropped that Russian/Soviet "present arms on the march" drill quickly enough. I never see it performed in future televised parades.

[@jameslongstreet9259]

But 00:08 sure looks Russian though. They never dropped that marching style with closed fists..😐

[@MaximusandHistory]

The Russian Bayonet Charge was dropped from the NVA drill regulations sometime in the late 1950's. The Russian "Present Arms" was still kept in the regulations way until the 1970's/80s.

[@Alpha_Foxtrot-28]

​@@jameslongstreet9259 yet their hand swing was not as high and aggressive as the russian counterpart, which i find it a unique combination.

[@rossiskaya]

@@Alpha_Foxtrot-28 los prusianos levantaba el brazo y cerraba el puño

[@Thefoodofficer]

Wait but why is the bayonet charge dropped later on in the NVA?

[@vitalii201]

There is an interesting video on your channel. But the comments are quite funny, however, as they say in the East: “Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”

[@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977]

?

[@andrew_snv]

0:08 There are yesterday's soldiers of the Wehrmacht or even the SS.

[@jasonscott6174]

Not very likely. The NVA was the sworn enemy of fascism.

[@worldclassflags]

❤

[@gunnarvongroppenbruch9270]

Sprecher: Hermann Rockmann, 26. 5. 1917 - 16. 8. 1997, vom NWDR, später NDR, Hamburg. Er spricht auch die Begrüßung der Schiffsbegrüßungsanlage beim "Willkomm-Höft" Schulauer Fährhaus.

[@marceloquiroga8877]

ahi estan los que no se cruzaron para el sector norteamericano, ingles y francés.

[@carlosmpsenyorcapitacollon6977]

Y porqué tendrían que hacerlo?

[@Stamsite111]

0:05 This is used by the PLA and Hongkong Police today.

[@MaximusandHistory]

Russian bayonet charge, the PLA inherited it from the USSR!

[@rossiskaya]

@@MaximusandHistory empire russia parade visit president frances march bayonet charge ONE STYLE

[@threestrikesmarxman9095]

@@MaximusandHistory What is the actual movement is called? I've never been able to find the actual name of that particular drill movement. Some videos on KZbin call it "bayonet actions" but that can't be right, as is calling it a Russian bayonet charge. The only thing that seems to be consistent is that it's performed with an eyes right.

[@lukasschmidt8986]

Whats the name of the march, which is plaing after the 7th second in the follow video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jWi9ZWylf8dqfac

[@Alpha_Foxtrot-28]

I wonder why the volksmarine didnt do the "russian" Present arms during march, but rather the traditional head turn.

[@percy6070]

it tied in to their desire to be seen as the “legitimate” german government, using more traditional german army drill instead of the uniforms/drill of their overlords was something they did to be seen as the “real” germany

[@hannovonbahrenfeld5986]

@@percy6070that’s complete nonsense. Russian drill does also include a head turn

[@percy6070]

@@hannovonbahrenfeld5986 I got the information from Mark Felton Productions and his video on the subject

[@hannovonbahrenfeld5986]

@@percy6070 Well yeah he’s an amateur historian who tells Wikipedia knowledge

[@percy6070]

@@hannovonbahrenfeld5986 it is his profession (he writes books and does original research) but it is entirely possible that he may have gotten this specific thing wrong

[@gogakot1157]

NVA DDR была последней настоящей немецкой армией,а бундесвер это жалкая пародия на Рейхсвер и Вермахт.USA постарались,превратили бундесвер в жалкую пародию.

[@aliakber775]

0:17 goofy ahh military vehicles

[@yegorburov5881]

Пикельхельмы и штальхельмы ( м 40 или м 35) выглядели гораздо привлекательнее. Да и вообще это были самые красивые каски.

[@user-rapira-111]

Ну так одень их и носи!

[@hefttackerdererste2837]

Der Stahlhelm der NVA wurde von der Wehrmacht entwickelt, ist aber nicht zum Einsatz gekommen.

[@a.n.5621]

​@@hefttackerdererste2837genau...wurden in Halberstadt hergestellt...hatten den besten Abpraller Effekt.

[@JGD185]

Those helmets look ridiculous. Looks like they're wearing cooking woks on their head. Should have kept the classic stahl helm.

[@ПавелЕгоров-ц2з]

Хороший технический шлем, проще в производстве и дешевле старой.

[@tst2363]

I seriously am so annoyed by people always whining about some Helmets that they find ugly. This isn't even your first comment about the NVA Helmets, huh?🙄

[@imperialweimarball]

They were going to adopt the M35 Stahlhelm series of helmets but the West German Bundesgrenzschutz had already adopted it so the Nationale Volksarmee had to select another helmet.

[@JGD185]

​​@@tst2363 it might be my 2nd time but still they look like cr*p and some Asian chef could take it off their head and make a beef stir fry with it. Terrible looking helmet. Aesthetics matter.

[@JGD185]

​@@tst2363​​​ it might be my 2nd time but still, it looks like an Asian chef could take it off their head and cook a beef stir fry in it. Terrible looking helmet, makes me think of the movie Space Balls. Aesthetics matter!

[@pejman.hasani]

I can never understand how the people of East Germany, with the bad economic situation, dictatorship, Stasi, poverty, and most importantly, the suppression of protests in 1953 by the Russians and the killing of people in that year, did not try to flee to West Germany by the millions, before When the Berlin Wall was built in 1961, they had blind prejudice and false hope of improving the future in the land of communist dictators, wrong hope of reforming the dictator's rule, everyone who fled to the West would have a better and happier life.

[@maximkretsch7134]

1953

[@pejman.hasani]

@@maximkretsch7134 yes, thankx 🙏

[@pejman.hasani]

@@CB-py1xh how old are you?

[@pejman.hasani]

@@CB-py1xh you are 3 years younger than me, so look with looking at history I understand that if communism was good, why people all time was running away from east germany to West Germany?

[@pejman.hasani]

@@hefttackerdererste2837 Ein Haus, in dem Sie in Ihrem Leben der Folter und Folter der Diktatur und den neugierigen Blicken der Regierung ausgesetzt sind und unter wirtschaftlicher Armut und Unfreiheit leiden und nicht reisen dürfen, ist es nicht wert, dafür zu kämpfen, Sie sollten es verlassen.

[@Object279.]

0:15 Willi stoph