Military Ceremony by the NVA Orchestra on State Occasions (1962) — Full HD

This documentary film (Militärisches Zeremoniell des Orchesters der NVA bei Staatsanlässen) was produced in 1962 by the Army Film Studio of the National People’s Army (NVA) in East Germany. This seven minute long documentary film showcases the Prussian era drill movements that were utilized by the Military Band of Guard Regiment No. 1 (“Friedrich Engels“) on State visits by foreign leaders to the GDR. The Musikkorps was led by drum major Gerhard Kienow, and the Honor Guard Company was led by Hauptmann Stolz. The only known copy of this film was originally uploaded by a YouTuber named @timetravelinghistorian8341 in 2015. However this copy was a very poor standard definition / SD (480p) analogue encoding that was likely produced sometime in the 1990s or early 2000’s. I was the first person in the world to digitize the original b/w 35mm film. All translations were by me. Special Thanks to my Donators: Gustav Noobster Wackelpudding LeColon