Video of 1989 NVA Parade in Berlin?

[torstenbel]

Michael, Andreas is sending me a copy of his video already...thanks again Andreas.. but I think that video is black & white.,...would yours be in colour by any chance? Cheers, Torsten.

Ralph,

A Stasi Collector "Sweating". Now that's rich. !!!

Torsten,

Also, when I find the video this weekend, and arrange to have it duplicated, I will endeavor to have them freeze the frame in which you appear, and make a photograph from it. I think this possibly might result in a very "Clean" picture wherein you are recognizable. That would be really neat if it is possible.

[Soviet]

Thanks for the information Torsten.

[Mike G.]

Michael, Andreas is sending me a copy of his video already...thanks again Andreas.. but I think that video is black & white.,...would yours be in colour by any chance? Cheers, Torsten.

Yes, my video is in "Color".

Also, the company I use for dubbing these videos can "Freeze Frame" the shot in which you appear (3rd person from left), and a nice photograph can be made of it.

The weekend is almost here.

Cheers,

Michael

[torstenbel]

Michael, that just would be brilliant to have a colour!!! print of that frame...I know that I can be seen in the video more than just that one time, but that frame certainly looks like a real good one...once more: Thanks Andreas

After us marching past the tribune, we all had to position ourselves along the Karl Marx Allee and wait for the motorized part of the parade to go past (very, very smelly and very, very smoky and not nice to have to stand right next to for nearly two hours)...anyhow, my marching block was positioned directly opposite the tribune ---> I was in the first row of my marching block and I was, therefore, also in the first row of the line up, i.e. right at the edge of the road. We were actually positioned just in front of the little camera tower that took the shots of the tribune...as a matter of fact, the shots that you can see right at the start of Good Bye Lenin were taken by that camera and I was only standing about 10m to the right in front of it...so, I nearly, nearly made it into Good Bye Lenin.. I think that one of Andreas' frames shows our marching block standing in front of that little camera tower, but I am just outside to the left of that shot...and I was standing directly opposite of Egon Krenz and I had to look at him for about two hours... (these are Egon's teath)...

Also, incidentaly, Egon's son was the same age as me and he was at the OHS LSK/LV in Kamenz at the same time as me...and there were all sorts of rumours about what he got up to...

Anyhow, there you go..maybe this is of interest to someone..??..what happened after the parade and in the weeks following that is another story and one that I may tell later sometime....if anyone is intersted??..Cheers, Torsten.

Yes, my video is in "Color".

Also, the company I use for dubbing these videos can "Freeze Frame" the shot in which you appear (3rd person from left), and a nice photograph can be made of it.

The weekend is almost here.

Cheers,

Michael

[Thälmannpionier]

thats the only close up i could get from the Ernst Thälmann OHS,when General Stechbart did welcome the soldiers.

Torsten,could you actually complete your Officer career in the NVA or BW ?
In Oct.1989 was not much Time left
Maybe you already posted about that,then I just missed it.sorry

[torstenbel]

I think that is my marching block...??..but I really cannot tell for sure from the pic..
no, I did not complete the military academy...you had to do a total of four years to complete the studies and get a University level Honours Degree, as well as the officer's patent....I started in August 1987 and I left after the Wende on 28th February 1990 (I was actually in the first lot of men to leave the military academy, after being given that choice...)...before then there not many possiblities of leaving a professional army officer carreer, i.e. 25 years, after you had signed up for it...

So, basically I was half way through Third Year when it all finished for me and just like Dirk (AR-11) I would still be in it now had the wall not collapsed...we might even be serving in the same unit... just like we were in exactly the same unit at the military academy...have a look at Dirk's website and you will get an idea what he and I did in the Army...although, of course he has got a lot more experience, as I spend all of my time in the Army at the military academy only and never saw any frontline service out with the troops...

Gruss, Torsten. (ebay id german.militaria)

thats the only close up i could get from the Ernst Thälmann OHS,when General Stechbart did welcome the soldiers.

Torsten,could you actually complete your Officer career in the NVA or BW ?
In Oct.1989 was not much Time left
Maybe you already posted about that,then I just missed it.sorry[/IMG]

[Thälmannpionier]

thanks for the info,very interesting. I didn't know the career steps of a NVA Officer before.

Yes,I already had a look at Dirks website.I like it alot,especialy the nice photos.very good Dirk

[torstenbel]

Andreas, you can see the camera tower and the camera man standing there in the background to the left of the pic...that was the camera that took the opening pics in Good Bye Lenin.. .Gruss, Torsten.

thats the only close up i could get from the Ernst Thälmann OHS,when General Stechbart did welcome the soldiers.

Torsten,could you actually complete your Officer career in the NVA or BW ?
In Oct.1989 was not much Time left
Maybe you already posted about that,then I just missed it.sorry

[torstenbel]

Andreas, I have looked at that pic again really, really closely and I am now 90% certain that this is my marching block (I think I recognise three of the people in the front row as having been in my Zug) and I am also 90% certain that I would just be standing 1 1/2 people to the right, basically next to the one that is only half on that shot...would it be possible to get a still from the video, just a little bit further to the right or was the camera just stationary then? ... and I will love you forever... Cheers, Torsten.

Andreas, you can see the camera tower and the camera man standing there in the background to the left of the pic...that was the camera that took the opening pics in Good Bye Lenin.. .Gruss, Torsten.

[Thälmannpionier]

Like the Thälmannpioniers do..
This is the last man from the right of this marching block

[torstenbel]

Andreas, thanks for the pic...I am the fourth from the right..or maybe the third...I just don't know anymore...I need to watch the video... ...danke. Gruss, Torsten.

Like the Thälmannpioniers do..
This is the last man from the right of this marching block

[Tommaso]

I bought the colour version of this video at Lesen&Schenken Dienstbuch for 40euros.

cheers
Tom

[torstenbel]

Tom, sounds great...would you be able to make a copy of it for me or could you tell me where I can find that company?? Cheers, Torsten.

I bought the colour version of this video at Lesen&Schenken Dienstbuch for 40euros.

cheers
Tom

[Bone Collector]

I bought this on vcd a little more than a year ago. Sadly, the disc broke so I only had the chance to watch the whole thing 3 times or so.

I'd be ever so grateful if someone would make me a (PAL) copy of this.

It truly was a really great parade.

[Rob Brown]

A kind person gave me a copy, watched the 1989 parade this morning! Was really interesting to watch.

Being in Kazakhstan and watching one of their parades, I noticed the Kazakhs marched the exact same way as the NVA and also shouted something when they did an eyes right. I take it there was a universal marching standard for countries that were in the Warsaw pact at that time? Or is something that the Kazakhs and NVA took off the Russians?

Thanks

Rob