Yorckscher Marsch Rare Version

This video conveys the age of war. All content depicted and all sides shown in this video are not to be misconstrued within the context of this video as being glorified. I believe soldiers fight for their countries regardless of the side, this video merely is an attempt to put the audience back in time, to experience the music and the footage of the time as if they were actually there.

[ibrahimali]

Could you imagine being Eighteen in June of 1914, the flower of your Nation's youth, and hearing for the first time the words "Someone shot the Archduke" and not truly registering what's about to come down the line for you. Unbelievable

[stefanwelzel]

Most of these guys killed and/ or died. It still makes you cry today. This precious film sequence is a reminder.

[HarborLockRoad]

Listening to this on my phone one day at work. Boss says, nazi music huh? I said thats Beethoven. See how far the brainwashing goes?

[bwwwbb]

This is a great collection of WWI era German film clips!..Thank you.

[rickjohnson]

Those guys being reviewed by the Crown Prince must have been on their way to Verdun. Imagine that most of those marching past didn't survive into the next year.

[randomobserver]

I respect your disclaimer if it represents your genuine sentiments. If it's an attempt to deflect YouTube, I think it a pity it is necessary. Nothing about German soldiers in the First World War requires any disclaimer, any more than those of other armies of that war. But beyond, that this is some excellent and well put together footage with a fine version of the classic Beethoven march.

[hc]

Precious footage! Thanks for putting this together.

[Nez_]

God bless all who fought in WW1!! God bless the Germans!

[whicker]

Ur video description describes the essence of history.
I enjoyed watching this as a notice the little dog going with the German soldiers, a wagon load of hay to feed the work horses, and young boys playing war n street as well as doing army drills (no video games nor tv n 1910s). Pride no matter which side.

[RealAugustusAutumn]

Video of the kids is awesome! Reminds me of my time in a military academy.

[beneckendorff]

2:02 Dude imagine if kids these days could still have fun like this!? That's insane levels of cool.

[PaladinKonrad]

German children, more disciplined than most non-German adults.

[jessicabourguet]

Que bellos uniformes prusianos, amo lo prusiano y sus marchas . Greeting from chile. Danke Germán .

[scanida]

2:02
Note the kids practicing the Prussian drill and wearing the Navy’s uniform or at least similar ones. It was very common in schools back then to practice military drill, marching and even parades with marches.

This tradition has somewhat survived to this day with the local marksmen clubs in Westphalia still doing it frequently before their parades.

Edit: So here‘s a funfact:
It‘s actually illegal in Germany to march over a bridge in step. This is because many lighter bridges could start to swing which could potentially damage the bridge. Quite funny though how this is seen as a crime ^^

[perulu]

That childrens will fight twenty years after...

[flaviofaccia]

Heritage, class and proud. Wonderful footage

[elchavodelochobr]

Glad youtube didn't censor it! Nowadays any song from the German army is considered Nazi by youtube.

[HaradaTaro]

very quick paced one. I cant imagine soldiers walking at such a pace. would look like a benny hill ending. But sure one of the 5 greatest marsch on Earth. when you have Beethoven composing for your army you end up so.

[stuka]

"whatever be the verdict of history on her policy, unstinted tribute is due to the incomparable endurance and skill with which Germany more than held her own for four years against superior numbers, an epic of military and human achievement." - History of the First World War

[АндрейШмырев-хн]

Артилерия у немцев в 1 мировую войну была одной из лучших!