"Music Parade of the NVA" - East German Film (1971)

[@MaximusandHistory]

Join my Discord: discord.gg/ZPc2pK25ET The Yorckscher Marsch at 28:55 is the best part of the film! The drums sound like cannons! 😎

[@brianrunyon266]

You weren't kidding.

[@phaminhphuockhoi8916]

Natürlich

[@KEA-1988]

The best version of this marsch I ever heard! Those drums roars 😍

[@jean6872]

*A remarkable well-edited and disciplined production. This film is a treasure. So many ordinary and courageous people fought fascism and prevailed to victory. They will never be forgotten.*

[@alejandrovidal6441]

But they couldn´t cross to the other side...

[@jean6872]

@@alejandrovidal6441 It was impossible to maintain a political system while hemorrhaging the loss of trained engineers, scientists, professionals, and certified tradesmen including service workers who could improve their material status by crossing to the Bundesrepublik. All those people who were leaving had been educated and trained in the DDR which represented a major investment in the future only to see it robbed of its people. Something had to be done.

[@user-fb9ql8bm2e]

@@alejandrovidal6441the socialist countries were in a constant 'state of emergency', if you will. Border restrictions were imposed to restrict the capacity of Western intelligence agencies to establish contacts and wreak havoc behind the lines, and also to prevent the brain drain that crippled East Germany's early years (the region was historically agricultural/underdeveloped and it industrialised en masse for the first time under socialism)

[@DungNguyen-jf4in]

​@@jean6872but why? Why did those intellectuals had to flee to the West, but not the opposite thing?

[@trollwaffenunit1garrison784]

@@jean6872 that's a really funny way of saying "the conditions were bad so they tried to leave but the government forced them to stay"

[@phaminhphuockhoi8916]

3:42 Für den Friden der Welt 5:39 bis zu 7:30 der Kleine Trompeter 13:08 Weil wir jung sind, ist die Welt so schön 14:18 Jugend erwacht (Bau auf, Bau auf) 14:38 Du hast ja ein Ziel vor den Augen 15:46 Lied von der blauen Fahne

[@horstmatzkuhn4839]

45 Jahre in Frieden.

[@BerndNeumann-ss4jz]

Und ich war dabei.

[@midnightteapot5633]

It is unfortunate that a lot of these Military music documentaries from the Soviet Union and its allies chose to overdub the live music with recordings made in a studio or elsewhere instead of allowing the bands to be heard live and in true "warts and all" glory. Putting aside the shortfalls of recording equipment from this period, there is nothing better than a military band playing on the march in the open air!!!

[@freak2ser324]

Wonderful! Thanks for posting this gold!

[@Thefoodofficer]

The Yorckscher Marsch was so epic!

[@NandiCollector]

*My favorite of all time!*

[@Narrowsplice]

Wunderbar!

[@DzTr]

Ostalgie!! many thanks for sharing this with us

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

Here’s the list of Marches/Songs I know off the top of my head :) 0:00 Unsere Volkspolizei 0:21 Preußischer Lockmarsch 0:30 Yorkscher Marsch 2:37 Brüder zur Sonne zur Freiheit 3:42 Für den Frieden der Welt 4:02 ? 4:45 ? 5:39 Der Kleine Trompeter 7:30 Die Thälmann Kolonne 8:36 Thälmannlied 9:43 Die Moorsoldaten 10:36 Der Heilige Krieg 10:59 ? 12:17 Die Republik 13:08 Weil wir Jung Sind 13:43 ? 14:18 Jugend Erwacht 14:38 Du hast ja ein Ziel vor den Augen 15:15 ? 15:49 Lied von der Blauen Fahne 16:46 Jung Sind die Linden 18:22 Unterwegs (В Путь) 19:00 In Warschau Beschlossen 20:35 ? 22:47 Ob Sonnenschein ob Hagelschlag 23:47 Drei Soldaten Zogen in die Stadt 25:13 Grenztruppenlied 25:30 Im Regiment Nebenan 26:13 ? 26:48 Für Frieden und Freundschaft 28:46 Preußischer Lockmarsch 28:55 Yorkscher Marsch

[@decannerlin5950]

9:42 could be "Die Moorsoldaten".

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

@@decannerlin5950Exactly Right!

[@norbertzimpfer7548]

14:18 FDJ Marsch

[@3rd-SA]

"Die Moorsoldaten" and "You Fell Victim" have the same theme right? 3:42 - "Für den frieden der welt" 6:38 - "Die Thälmann-Kolonne" should have started here My bad, 6:38 should be Der kleine Trompeter...

[@NandiCollector]

*Yorckscher Marsch is so f epic!*

[@СелантийКарманов]

В самом начале видео Тамбурмажор просто супер. Выправка и начало движения великолепны!!!

[@OlegOshurkov]

Эталон!

[@ernstachterhof6481]

Thank you so much for that!

[@pacilanmichaelangelop5761]

I love the quality of this video 👌🏻

[@MaximusandHistory]

I am glad you enjoyed it! :)

[@nikolaiiiromanov7556]

Your creations are really awesome! I do appreciate your work!!!

[@multimediayredesdeluxe]

Escriben sobre fascismo y veo el horrible final de los Romanov. Y el encargado fue Yurovsky de origen judío a instancias de Lenin.

[@thefrench8847]

6:54 Cpt. Waldemar Pabst, Wolfgang Kapp, Walther v. Lüttwitz

[@loicdupont9857]

Thank you !

[@MaximusandHistory]

You're welcome!

[@bernabecampos720]

Saludos desde Chile ultimo reducto q conserva la tradicion militar de prusia ...gracias a Emil korner

[@hannovonbahrenfeld5986]

That’s completely wrong

[@altenburg55]

EXCELLENT...kommt nie wieder.

[@acriasson]

Ach ja, da kommen gleich Erinnerungen hoch. Bin da groß geworden (Schiffbauerdamm) und konnte jeden Mittwoch 12:00 Uhr den Ausmarsch des Wachbatallions sehen. Und als ich älter wurde, habe ich mit meiner ersten Freundin an der Rückseite des Ehrenmals geknutscht, an so manchen lauen Abendstunden.

[@MaximusandHistory]

You met your girlfriend behind the Neue Wache? Now that is an amazing story!

[@zymelin21]

it almost beats the irish song "I met my love in the graveyard......."

[@backerlin1518]

The traditional parade is great.

[@KaiserRomanIV]

3:42 Für den Frieden der Welt 5:39 / 6:29 Der kleine Trompeter 9:43 Die Moorsoldaten 10:36 Священная война 14:38 Du hast ja ein Ziel vor den Augen

[@thefrench8847]

Also Slawiaščdnnaja Wojna known as Der Heilige Krieg (The Holy War) in German kzbin.info/www/bejne/e5ClgYeJp9mgY80si=5jSF-8XqEliLacLw

[@NandiCollector]

*This is just majestic. Can't have enough of DDR military music. THANK YOU!*

[@MaximusandHistory]

Thank you for the comment, I am glad you enjoyed watching this cool film!

[@ニゴイスキー]

DDR also regarded Beethoven as great music composer. NVA band played Yorkscher Marsch composed by Beethoven.

[@petershen6924]

Old Prussian tradition missing from the Bundeswehr.

[@revanofkorriban1505]

Heh? They play most of the old songs, including many the NVA refused to. They still wear grey and the Prussian beret, bear the old-fashioned music band standards, and march in the Prussian light infantry fashion. Sure, the Bundeswehr is Americanized. But the NVA was Sovietized too. But to pretend only the NVA retained its Prussian heritage is disingenuous.

[@thefrench8847]

⁠​⁠@@revanofkorriban1505green beret is not even Prussian, the NVA don't even march like Russian, they are more like Wehrmacht without nazi insignia. Only thing russian about the nva is equipment (except the helmet) thats it.

[@hannovonbahrenfeld5986]

@@thefrench8847That’s complete bullshit

[@kiennguyenanh8498]

​@@thefrench8847They definately march with Soviet style, not Prussian ones

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

@@kiennguyenanh8498It’s more of a hybrid, the closed fist is russian but the arm swing is low like Prussians, they also march to 114 tempo and the step height is also Prussian.

[@NorwegianBaron]

Amazing quality as always 🇩🇪

[@MaximusandHistory]

Thank you! I am glad you enjoyed it!

[@realFlamefamm]

6:29 i believe thats still the continuation of Der Kleine Trompeter, but with more instruments thrown for the second part of that march 20:35 is Getreu Der Partei, regarded as a inspiration for the Oceania anthem, but also my favourite east German song imo

[@Rudiger-gx7sg]

Гроссе Данке,Геноссе!

[@berserker4940]

Glorious

[@historiasmundiais8972]

Great film ❤❤

[@thomasminecraft4856]

Watched this already 😢

[@captderichelieu2280]

They left undefeated and that should not be forgotten.

[@jimijarvinenorgan]

Thank you again for uploading these treasures ! Are you possibly planning to upload some new October 7. Parade footages in the near future ?

[@MaximusandHistory]

Absolutely! I will always look forward to purchasing new and unseen footage of the October 7 parades! It just takes a lot of time and money unfortunately.

[@自由惑星同盟-l3h]

@@MaximusandHistory 請拜託不要再有剪輯哩，請讓大家看到完整版

[@MaximusandHistory]

@@自由惑星同盟-l3h I don't have the full version!

[@KulturKampf65]

Wunderschoen echte preussisches tradition! 🙏

[@СелантийКарманов]

Lieder und Märsche kœnnten von unsere Sieg ! 😊

[@sabo_v]

❤

[@paulswarbrick7098]

Is it possible for you to add English subtitles to any of your videos? I am eager to learn and understand not just through video but through words. Thankyou for your work. 🙂

[@polreamonn]

"Must destroy Capitalism"

[@wolfgangdiehl9300]

Das waren noch deutsche Soldaten!

[@naratemalwer9738]

Ach und heute nicht?! Das damals waren Soldaten eines totalitären Unterdrückungs- und Unrechtsregimes

[@tomlee6430]

True Germany

[@naepopoescu7322]

GDR??? True Germany???? Hahaha, u should try stand-up

[@ReneHalbauer]

Die DDR war meine Schönste Zeit im Leben

[@TheKickingDonkey]

Klar, weil Sie da jung waren. Man könnte auch sagen "Die Jugend war die schönste Zeit meines Lebens". Alles Gute!

[@ReneHalbauer]

nein die DDR zeit war die Schönste @@TheKickingDonkey

[@klausdieterschilling9649]

Das ist meine Armee, für Frieden.und was ist jetzt.

[@redacted7060]

20:35 is Getreu der Partei (allegedly what inspired the anthem of Oceania from 1984 but i dont buy it)

[@gatosimple2354]

De seguro esas hermosas esculturas que estaban ubicadas en Alemania Oriental ya no existen en la actualidad. Fotos del recuerdo .

[@RickVanArkensteijn]

Prussian tradition. 👍🏻

[@mett-eagle2942]

Just being a little nit-picky: The men in the first segment were not soldiers of the NVA but members of the Ministry for State Security in NVA uniforms. As the occupation rules did not allow for the deployment of regular German troops in Berlin they had to slightly play the system here. (Felix Dzerzhinsky Guards Regiment)

[@laurentdevaux5617]

A very interesting precision, thanks ! And when I think the NVA guards regiment bore the name of a foreigner, and more, a criminal...

[@zymelin21]

oh ja. STASI in uniform. "Soldaten die sind alle gleich. Lebendig und als Leich" (Wolf Biermann)

[@matti38]

Ehrenvoll gedient bis zum letzten Tag: 01.11.1984-02.10.1990! 😉

[@olegsolovyev8291]

Die beste Armee und die besten Soldaten. Wo bist du jetzt?

[@falkbaldermann7157]

Was für Soldaten gegen die Pfeifen der heutigen Bundeswehr! Einsame Spitze.

[@jacobus6829]

Schämen sie sich für Ihren Kommentar! Zahlreiche Soldaten (Frauen und Männer) der Bundeswehr sind in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten im Einsatz gefallen.

[@darrenjones2933]

When Germans were proud to be German.

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

Exited!

[@cnino1971]

I have to say, they had their shit together! ❤

[@privatprivar2419]

wenn man sowas sieht bekommt man leicht Respekt

[@fibosxpivots6238]

A folk that can build Fachwerkhaeuser and Mercedes-Benz can or must have an efficient army.

[@daniyilsemi2941]

Hello!

[@bumbul81]

Wow! I am so impressed with the great condition of this documentary, and the music and choreography are flawless. Nobody here would likely dispute that this is a feel-good propaganda film designed it promote DDR ideology: to glorify socialism and reinforce confidence in the NVA in protecting the DDR against so-called fascist Western aggression. The Berlin Wall was so-called "die antifaschistische Schutzmauer" with the same ideology in mind.

[@jurgen7579]

Für die einen "Der kleine Trompeter"..für die anderen "SA vor der Feldherrenhalle"..

[@thomashille7584]

stimmt!!! 😅😊

[@Sp00nexe]

I'm curious, considering that you had to pay quite a bit to get the footage from the Bundesarchiv, did they really still put their watermark on it?

[@GavinHawkinsMusic]

It’s a requirement, and honestly the bundesarchiv is pretty affordable compared to other media archives so it’s well worth it.

[@jeanbat9475]

9:35 What is the music played ?

[@drburgermaster]

9:35 is the end of Thälmannlied - Ernst Thälmann Song Then is Die Moorsoldaten - The Peat Bog Soldiers

[@rustycaddy]

Military parades and music were important parts of the NVA's ceremonies and propaganda efforts to demonstrate national pride and strength. Great film....

[@foxy9553]

What does the Mexican flag do from minute 7:28

[@MaximusandHistory]

Not sure, but it could possibly represent Mexicans who fought in the Spanish Civil War!

[@crouserm]

With the realignment of power labels and structures, wouldn't it be nice if Germany could recover more of its parade ceremonial?

[@cruzhb]

7:30 Mexican flag

[@ulrichgroe6334]

Die NVA war das letzte Heer auf deutschem Boden

[@semperfi5364]

Ich bin stolz in der NVA gedient zuhaben. StFw im FJB/LStR - 40. Wir die gedienten einer fremden Streitkraft. Wir dürfen uns nicht Reservisten geschweige noch Veteranen nennen. Traurig. Aber ich trage meinen Dienstgrad und meine Auszeichnung mit würde

[@AlbertAlbertowitsch]

So ist es, BS, Pi- Batl 8, Hfw. ICH muß deren Klimbim nicht haben! Und Resi, in dem Verein? Und Veteran? In dem Verein? Nee, unvorstellbar!@@semperfi5364

[@majorblin8962]

7:30 what’s with the Mexico flag??

[@MaximusandHistory]

I honestly have no clue, but from what it looks like, these were Mexicans who volunteered to fight in the Spanish Civil War against the Fascists.

[@majorblin8962]

@@MaximusandHistory that’s badass, Mexico mentioned RAAAAHHHH

[@axelulisesvazquezibanez4603]

Viva México jajaja XD

[@psds7466]

Cool video. Thank you. I am also interested in the history of the GDR and I think that East Germany was a pretty good country. IMHO. OFFTOP: I do not dispute that there are negative aspects. It is a pity that quite a lot of people look at the countries of the social bloc and the history of Russia and the USSR, in particular, as some kind of fucking Mordor and through the prism of stereotypes. Especially now, when there is a war between Russia and Ukraine, many are trying to cancel our history and culture, and consider us almost barbarians and savages. And everything communist is considered shit. Forgetting that many people's (including britains, americans, poles, baltic states, finnish and etc.) hands are dirty too.

[@naepopoescu7322]

Hahaha

[@herrquestenhorst3501]

Weiß jemand, wo das war? Nach Berlin sieht es ja nicht unbedingt aus.

[@juancarlosnahuelnir9401]

👏👏🎺🎺🎺🎺🎺👍👍💪💪💪💯🎺🎺🎺🎺💥💥💪👏👏👏

[@vincentmattis530]

The Socialist Ideology is bad, but the Prussian Style is nice!

[@brunokirchensittenbach9294]

Ost Deutschland ich bin Stolz auf mein…🇩🇪🇷🇺🇩🇪👊💥🇩🇪🇷🇺👊🇩🇪….

[@patrickschaeffer8536]

DDR, SED, NVA.... Kaputt !

[@RK-rj5ye]

Leider ohne Bodensteiner Marsch

[@stefanspreer8215]

Uns fehlte die Weitsicht rol back

[@catholic3dod790]

What is NVA?

[@MaximusandHistory]

National People's Army

[@berndgnodtke1319]

Das hat noch Schmiss gehabt.

[@na3044]

Bundeswehr kann dagegen einpacken.

[@naratemalwer9738]

Im Gegensatz zur NVA existiert diese und das ist auch gut so!

[@ykamoshita]

The hat is a government cap, even though it is East German.

[@Dan-tf1zq]

Still looks a lot like a Nuremburg rally only this time with a different "ISM" !!!

[@the_babbleboom]

13:43 "wenn abeiter und bauern" (kommen überein wird es nicht lange mehr dauern und es wird frieden sein)

[@Александр-т9у8ь]

Как приятно это смотреть.. Германия - сила Европы.... Если бы не один художник из Австрии.. Вполне вероятно сейчас на политической карте Европы было бы две империи Российская и четвёртый рейх.. Мой отец был офицером в гсвг.. О немецких военных говорил только как о профессионала причём у них это семейное.. Альтес лагерь часть 50346.. 1984- 1984... Светлая память сыну немецкого народа товарищу хонакеру..

[@multimediayredesdeluxe]

Potencia de Europa? Cuarto Reich? Es sarcasmo?. Imperio ruso? ...bueno ahora está la Novorossiya de Putin y una guerra sin fin. Honaker? Que ensalada rusa 😨.

[@lssahadolf]

Unterwegs was more patriotic here in this documentary

[@lani6647]

Brueder zur sonne zur freiheit

[@грошитапенязи]

Demokratski nimci )

[@gustianursafta4360]

Better than german now

[@helmutrosenau6852]

Gut das es die Ostzone nicht mehr gibt

[@NotraceOfRay]

Nur noch in manchen Köpfen.... Leider.

[@АлександрСлукин-т5ч]

Слава ГСВГ , УДТК.

[@jonhart7630]

Ein freies Deutschland ohne Amerikanischen Meister

[@Geseletype2x]

It’s ironic that at the beginning of the video we see the memorial to the victims of fascism and militarism, but NVA showed the classic Prussian style, and Prussia is synonymous with militarism

[@MaximusandHistory]

Celebrating Military tradition does not ≠ Militarism

[@Geseletype2x]

@@MaximusandHistory But the GDR was a highly militarized state, like any other country in the Eastern Bloc. There were parades in the GDR of military staff dressed in Prussian uniforms of the 18th and 19th centuries. There were rumors that the political leaders of East Germany, Ulbricht and Honecker, did not want a Prussian-like style for the nva, but for some reason the “senior comrades” from Moscow ordered them to do so.

[@redacted7060]

​​@@Geseletype2xwas the NVA at war with any Country? Because if not then it's not militarist

[@Geseletype2x]

@@redacted7060 What I meant was that the DDR officially condemned militarism, and on the other hand, its army preserved the traditions of Prussia, one of the most militaristic states in the history of the world. It looks ironic and funny. For example, the NVA had military awards named after famous Prussian generals - the Scharnhorst Order and the Blücher Order

[@MaximusandHistory]

@@Geseletype2x I understand what you're trying to say, there is some irony to the fact that they are using some Prussian traditions, which in turn was used by a state was historically embracing full blown Militarism. But the GDR itself was a satellite state of another country (USSR) and it did not bother to expand its borders or subjugate its neighbors through war & conquest. The GDR was definitely prepared for a Third World War because it was at the epicenter of the Cold War and it was at the border where East meets West, so it had prepare militarily for any outcomes.

[@владкотов-т8л]

Строевой шаг очень сложный,сложнее даже нашего и требует большой подготовки

[@phoenixphoenix4573]

Der Bohrschritt entspricht dem Stechschritt! Erfunden von Friedrich Wilhelm, dem Großen Kurfürsten (1620-1688) . ‼Die Koreaner meistern ihn excellent und zwar über zwei Stunden‼

[@zafaradeel2107]

😢😢😢Miss my lovely DDR! ! !the true workers paradise on earth.

[@naepopoescu7322]

Hahaha u r agreat comic, try stand-up

[@RussianDrummer]

Ну как вам живется братья из ГДР в обьединенной Германии среди сирийцев ,афганцев ,самалийцев ,пакистанцев и прочих дикарей о такой свободе вы мечтали в начале 90х когда вас обьединили с ФРГ и ГСВГ убежала сверкая пятками назад в РФ.

[@RussianDrummer]

@yetizero5563 я в курсе что это ГДР.

[@tufikum2633]

Da haben Sie sehr recht, mein russischer Freund. Es ist schade, dass die Rote Armee 1945 nicht bis zum Rhein marschiert ist, dann wäre Deutschland heute noch deutsch.

[@supremeunk]

COMMIES WERE COOL