I'm not British, but I have nothing but admiration for this kind of sheer style. It is the product of a thousand years of history and can only be emulated by other nations.
There was a time when the globe, being coloured red over much of it, was run competently and efficiently by anyone's standards, by clever, thoroughly decent men, British men, right there in London's Whitehall.... from the War Office..........a time when foreign troublemakers knew their place, and the otherly hued were being charitably delivered from their benightedness into the Christian light. And this all was happening as British Army bands thundered their mighty melodies to warm loyal hearts. Willie....The Royal Canadian Regt....33 years with the Colours! ----------------------------------------------------
In my years wearing HM's Canadian Infantry fig leaf, your grace, I knew no others than empire loyalists. If I cast my mind back, it's been that way since Sitting Bull appeared to tally wampum and doff his war bonnet to the Great White Mother. Can't imagine that anything has changed since. Did you like the short video above? Well if you want the whole two hour spectacle and haven't discovered it yet, plug in to: "British Army Massed Bands, Wembley 1981". At about video 3 of 9, a little ditty you may be familiar with....The Voice of the Guns ....could correct any circulation problems you might have, Me....I am still seeking an upload of a 1942 War Office training film that I first saw at the home station in Wolseley Barracks in 1959....."On Parade"....a Guards platoon sharing intimate moments on the square with a caring drill sergeant. PRO PATRIA!
This is astonishing. It is just mind boggling how a field of that many musicians can all sound so amazingly in tune and also stay synchronized across such a piece of "moving acreage". I play massed pipes and drums all the time and the huge groups I've played in never approach this kind of synchronization or tuning. Wow.
@BugMagnet After living in Germany for the last 4 years, I can safely assure you that you have much to be very proud about in your homeland. A stunning, beautiful country, second to none in my opinion.
I remember doing this gig with the Junior Band of the Kings Div, as a cornet player. Its such a shame that we wont ever see bands as big or as good as this anymore due to "evolution!" We definately saw the best years!!!!!!
stanley tomlinson i was in the audience that night .you might like to know the ticket was three pounds...its hard to believe so little money to see so much!....marty
wish people played more attention to this bands or corps of drums, im 13 and play the bugle my self and wish i could play in a massed band like that. it sounds bloody amazing. Cant agree more with TheMiniuzi23 this makes our country look amazing, we dont need no Beijing opening ceremony for the Olympics, get as many massed bands together as we can and show the world what we really, were a glorious country, were looked down upon by many a country, this is our time to shine.
thanks for posting this excellent video. Makes me so proud to have served in the British Army with remarkable blokes from around the world -- Fiji, Canada, Kenya, the Bahamas, Cyprus, etc. ...There is so much for this country (and the Commonwealth) to be proud of - both historically and in the present.
coming back, here again, as , when I 1st JUST HEARD IT , BEFORE LOOKING AT THE VIDEO , THOUGHT , I,WAS LISTENING , TO AN AMERICAN SCHOOL BAND , AS THEY ARE SOMEOF THE WORLDS FINEST SCHOOL BANDS , BUT HERE WE ARE !!!`~~~ Bravo !!! now we know where they get it from !!! bravo to all !!!!
Ah, the good old Red Cloak. Brings back memories. Probably the best part of 2000 musicians marching here. Amazing. Going out to Europe United, (Willie Zell.)
That is a very spectacular display even though I wasn't born that year, my brother was, I was born 3 years later in 1986. I'm absolutely amazed by this just to show how many military bands took part in this display at Wembley. This shows how great and proud it is to be British this way. What a great video, I love this and I love it to bits.
I remember this well. It's the half time entertainment at the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley. After West Germany took a seemingly unassailable 17-0 lead into the dressing room this rousing spectacle (and an astute switch by master tactician Sir Alf Dambuster, sending misfiring centre forward Gordon Banks into goal and moving goalie Bobby Charlton into midfield), inspired England to win the second half by 4 goals to minus 15, including a hat-trick by substitute World Cup Willy. And who could forget the immortal words of the referee "They think it's all over the line" or the reply of his Russian linesman "It fucking is now!"
I'm Aerican and love to be a part of cold stream band are any British Band outstanding! The Brit's know how to get it done!. they are the best of the best!.
As an ex military musician, I would love to see a video of the silver jubilee pageant I took part in. At that time, the biggest gathering of British military musicians ever. Happy days but never the like again
keeping time in an environment like that is an absolute nightmare, the echo from the stadium throws everyone off, so bloody well done to these guys for holding it all together, especially on that scale. When playing outside there is always the temptation to speed up, for no apparent reason, much to the MDs annoyance :p
Historically all the participating bands are from the British Army. As far as I know we were the only bands from Canada to ever take part in the tattoo. There was my band, the pipes and drums and brass reed of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and the Toronto Scottish pipes and drums. The only time a non army band took part was for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The Royal Marines were in the show that year.
The Union Jack shown has all three crosses (St. George-England, St. Andrew-Scotland and St. Patrick-Ireland) so ALL of the UK were representated. At the other end of the pitch was the Canadian flag (didn't get on this clip but was in full tattoo). This tattoo also had more Commonwealth Countries marching too. Canadians, Gurkhas etc. A MUST SEE in it's entirity...
Victor, Good luck trying to find me in the cast. I am wearing a scarlet tunic and bearskin. I am with the Band of the Royal Regiment of Canada. One of four first time Canadian band taking part in that year's show.
all of the bands here are british army..corps,infantry,cavalry...the band of the royal regiment of canada was also present in this part of the display..the helmets you see are home pattern helmets worn by the line infantry battalions and the REME i think..i was in the audience..the first and only time i saw the wembly pageant ...1981...marty
Don't you think that's the other way around in view of WW1 and WW2? Without the USA England would have been TOAST. Sorry to point out a rather inconvenient truth.
SpeedyNeutrino172 United Kingdom fought WW1, not solely England. 9/10 British and commonwealth forces who went to the western front came home, whereas 3/4 Scots who went to the western front never came home. Scotland suffered the second highest casualties in WW1 just under Serbia losing 13% of the adult male population and 1/6 of male university graduates.
look at your history,for the usa ,they are all immigrants,from every nation in the world,they try to do what every other nation cant,when it comes out roses everything is ok ,but if they do wrong there lambasted,so russia is ok doing what there doing?
SpeedyNeutrino172 80% of the Nazi Military was killed by the Soviet Russians in WW2. Do not delude yourself, and stop talking shit about the British, out of an obvious ignorance you cling to.
Olly DaMan Unbelievably I seem to be one of those folks stuck in a time warp. Freedom of speech should be what it says it is, which sadly it isn't. As for the trans type people, I have no issues with them, infact if I was in charge I'd give them a district of their own, a town maybe? Brighton perhaps? I feel sorry for Tommy England here, it must be devastating seeing so much change in such a short time, although I understand there are people who actually believe this is a good thing!! These folks obviously don't have children so are not to worried about the future, do trans people have children? I can't imagine that, but sadly, I'm trapped in a time warp!!
Olly DaMan Couldn't of said it better myself! It's not racist want a homeland with limited immigrants. I think everyone knows how out of control it is, but are terrified of being branded racist if they talk about this! You've hit the nail on the head and kept your composure, I couldn't do that as well! Personally, I think robust nationalism is all we have left, but who am I to say! Sensible words mate.
To Justin47sway... Are you kidding me. Did you actually just try to say that the dressing is not good.What are they, like 65 across and 60 or so back. This is nuts. I play in a Mil Band and it's not easy to stay in line with even so much as 14 across let alone 65. This video is amazing and British Mil Band are amazing no matter how you put it. I've never seen this many all together though, I've seen the Royal Marines but never army bands. Well done.
Kote: It makes every sense, these boys may be bandsmen and drummers but they are fighting troops. medics and stretcher bearers and often in the thick of the fight; Neither will I become involved about argument but as soon as I saw your comment I knew its origin! You didn't have to tell me, am I supposed to bow in awe?
I have this on two VHS tapes (there was a second part of this show published separately). One of my great frustrations is that BBC who whomever owns this video doesn't go back to the original masters (if they still exist) and put this out on DVD.
More British Muslims fight for ISIS then they do the British Army, this makes me fucking angry. Oh and when are we going to ban the burka ffs. So happy we voted leave! Time to seriously start taking back control.
Tingle down the spine or what guys, brilliant, awkward marching on grass and having an echo too. This will be the total strength of our Armed Forces soon the way the Government is going, the Royal Air Force will be gone soon. Respect to all shown in this film,wonderful stuff! Thanks
If you read my comment you would have seen I never made made any comment about the whole of the USA only the ones that come to videos like this and make a fool of themselves. And in terms of which band is better, its not what moves are made and how flashy it is but the people doing it, the audience and how disciplined they are that makes a band great.
Winnie9212 Merci pour cette video. "the Red Cloak" (La Cape Rouge) de J.W. Mansfield est une marche British magnifique dont je viens de commander les partitions chez Boosey and Hawkes : votre video est donc bien bénéfique !!!
Thanks to the Government’s defence cuts you will never see such a marvellous sight in modern Britain, I wish one of the major parties would stand up for properly funding our military as 30 years of cuts are starting to show “just enough funding” is not enough, the Army, Navy and Air Force are not just our defenders they are part of our very culture, I remember even just 30 years ago that seeing troops walking around the streets was common and regular anywhere in the UK, now it’s a rare sight unless you live near a large garrison. Bring back the local regiments, bring back the red tunics and ceremonial pith helmets, bring back our ships. God bless our armed forces.
Just a thought. There are circa 1300 troops on parade here and that looks a lot . But the British Army lost 19,240 dead on the first day of The Battle of the Somme, nearly 15x as many as are marching here.
Now I have a little problem with this one, because I can't remember coming back from Osnabruck to play at Wembley in either 78 or 79. 3 Para went to Germany in 77 and I'm pretty sure I is in this mess somewhere.
Bluebelly: Greetings. I have great respect for what your grandads did in the Pacific, it was quite remarkable. But please look up the following on Wikepedia: There were about 16 British aircraft careers in the Pacific fleet, also above Iwo Jima on the fatal day there were close on 400 British and Australian pilots. They are never mentioned, but please look it up and report back with what you find.
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Bloody marvel ! It makes me proud to be British . By the way ,i'm Luso - Britanico . ( Portuguese by birth, British by choice )
riotagus
Ah our oldest Allie. Fantastic combination!
American by birth, British by choice.
I'm not British, but I have nothing but admiration for this kind of sheer style. It is the product of a thousand years of history and can only be emulated by other nations.
I like how they play even music that dates back to the days of the American Civil War like the Battle Hymn of the Republic.
Eric Kessler
Know your history boy and be glorious in defeat. Ya can’t lose!
Believe it or not but us Brits hugely respect America and its history
There was a time when the globe, being coloured red over much of it, was run competently and efficiently by anyone's standards, by clever, thoroughly decent men, British men, right there in London's Whitehall.... from the War Office..........a time when foreign troublemakers knew their place, and the otherly hued were being charitably delivered from their benightedness into the Christian light. And this all was happening as British Army bands thundered their mighty melodies to warm loyal hearts. Willie....The Royal Canadian Regt....33 years with the Colours!
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Glad to see a fellow Loyalist among the ranks, Bob... 12 years Royal Canadian Artillery!
In my years wearing HM's Canadian Infantry fig leaf, your grace, I knew no others than empire loyalists. If I cast my mind back, it's been that way since Sitting Bull appeared to tally wampum and doff his war bonnet to the Great White Mother. Can't imagine that anything has changed since. Did you like the short video above? Well if you want the whole two hour spectacle and haven't discovered it yet, plug in to: "British Army Massed Bands, Wembley 1981". At about video 3 of 9, a little ditty you may be familiar with....The Voice of the Guns ....could correct any circulation problems you might have, Me....I am still seeking an upload of a 1942 War Office training film that I first saw at the home station in Wolseley Barracks in 1959....."On Parade"....a Guards platoon sharing intimate moments on the square with a caring drill sergeant. PRO PATRIA!
willie
God Save The British Empire
God Save The Queen
May UK rise again
@@MikeAnderson-mh2og one can only hope
What a legend. You’ll live in infamy big son Britannia.
May she let us rise once more for the planet needs it.
sends chills down my spine.
This is astonishing. It is just mind boggling how a field of that many musicians can all sound so amazingly in tune and also stay synchronized across such a piece of "moving acreage". I play massed pipes and drums all the time and the huge groups I've played in never approach this kind of synchronization or tuning. Wow.
A never to be seen or heard again moment - I have the VHS tape and I keep the player just for this
Only a once great empire could bung something like this on just for the fun of it.
Kenneth Griffin yes we are good
@BugMagnet After living in Germany for the last 4 years, I can safely assure you that you have much to be very proud about in your homeland. A stunning, beautiful country, second to none in my opinion.
I remember doing this gig with the Junior Band of the Kings Div, as a cornet player. Its such a shame that we wont ever see bands as big or as good as this anymore due to "evolution!" We definately saw the best years!!!!!!
Look at them...all in step and all in tune!!! Great.
best of british forever.from a man who served in the ,raf..Yorkshire yeomanry..royal corps of transport and finished up in the black watch in perth..
brian wroe you are a greedy sod then I was reme
Damn. Im not even british but damn.
Lovely, massed bands of military service. A beautifulnoise.
Not only good at marching & parades but very good at fighting & winning.
I think there was a very good reason for putting the Para bands in the middle and then dressing by the centre. We are good at both!
in 5.1 surround sound fantastic show would pay £20.00 to see something
like this in real life the bass is first class great post but weres the ball
also pretty good at retaining support of Daughter Countries sharing the same values and ideals.
stanley tomlinson i was in the audience that night .you might like to know the ticket was three pounds...its hard to believe so little money to see so much!....marty
@@lejournalgaulois3109 what has America (USA) won on its own. Ah=nswer please on a post card.
Pride.... you will never take that from me
LONG LIVE THE UNITED KINGDOM
Huzaren
Tapptoe
Roomeleven
wish people played more attention to this bands or corps of drums, im 13 and play the bugle my self and wish i could play in a massed band like that. it sounds bloody amazing.
Cant agree more with TheMiniuzi23 this makes our country look amazing, we dont need no Beijing opening ceremony for the Olympics, get as many massed bands together as we can and show the world what we really, were a glorious country, were looked down upon by many a country, this is our time to shine.
thanks for posting this excellent video. Makes me so proud to have served in the British Army with remarkable blokes from around the world -- Fiji, Canada, Kenya, the Bahamas, Cyprus, etc. ...There is so much for this country (and the Commonwealth) to be proud of - both historically and in the present.
we do it so good
Holy f! Great!!! I love this- thanks for posting!!
Imagine being the guy to organize this, he must be living in pain
"A grand day out" Well done lads,now middle aged men. Thanks for sharing this great footage.
Now that's a Band!
dave!
coming back, here again, as , when I 1st JUST HEARD IT , BEFORE LOOKING AT THE VIDEO , THOUGHT , I,WAS LISTENING , TO AN AMERICAN SCHOOL BAND , AS THEY ARE SOMEOF THE WORLDS FINEST SCHOOL BANDS , BUT HERE WE ARE !!!`~~~ Bravo !!! now we know where they get it from !!! bravo to all !!!!
God, that's a whole lot of musicians. :O
Again, EPIC.
0.27 to 0.35 the most awesome gait ever, splendid, incomparable worldwide
A fair few barracks must have been empty that night
I don't think some people realize the amount of organizing and effort they put into these types of performances.....
I doubt if we combined the three services now,we would still not be able to make a band as big as this beauty! Such a shame!
Band of the Royal marines is Vast, combined with the household divisions and other smaller regimental bands, I think we could get it bigger!
3345778 617276263 Definitely mate, the Combined RM bands are huge.
Ah, the good old Red Cloak. Brings back memories. Probably the best part of 2000 musicians marching here. Amazing. Going out to Europe United, (Willie Zell.)
That is a very spectacular display even though I wasn't born that year, my brother was, I was born 3 years later in 1986. I'm absolutely amazed by this just to show how many military bands took part in this display at Wembley. This shows how great and proud it is to be British this way. What a great video, I love this and I love it to bits.
This is very nice! I enjoyed this!
The British military has excellent ceremonial uniforms.
I remember this well. It's the half time entertainment at the 1966 World Cup final at Wembley. After West Germany took a seemingly unassailable 17-0 lead into the dressing room this rousing spectacle (and an astute switch by master tactician Sir Alf Dambuster, sending misfiring centre forward Gordon Banks into goal and moving goalie Bobby Charlton into midfield), inspired England to win the second half by 4 goals to minus 15, including a hat-trick by substitute World Cup Willy.
And who could forget the immortal words of the referee "They think it's all over the line" or the reply of his Russian linesman "It fucking is now!"
This is absolutely fantastic. I honor the musicians playing in these military bands.
Great job ! Keep it up !
And many thanks.....
I'm Aerican and love to be a part of cold stream band are any British Band outstanding! The Brit's know how to get it done!. they are the best of the best!.
Salut from Poland
As an ex military musician, I would love to see a video of the silver jubilee pageant I took part in. At that time, the biggest gathering of British military musicians ever. Happy days but never the like again
Hi, The Silver Jubilee. Was that the one where all the Light Division buglers had candles and formed a 25 .
keeping time in an environment like that is an absolute nightmare, the echo from the stadium throws everyone off, so bloody well done to these guys for holding it all together, especially on that scale. When playing outside there is always the temptation to speed up, for no apparent reason, much to the MDs annoyance :p
Historically all the participating bands are from the British Army. As far as I know we were the only bands from Canada to ever take part in the tattoo. There was my band, the pipes and drums and brass reed of the 48th Highlanders of Canada, and the Toronto Scottish pipes and drums. The only time a non army band took part was for the Queen's Silver Jubilee. The Royal Marines were in the show that year.
The Union Jack shown has all three crosses (St. George-England, St. Andrew-Scotland and St. Patrick-Ireland) so ALL of the UK were representated. At the other end of the pitch was the Canadian flag (didn't get on this clip but was in full tattoo). This tattoo also had more Commonwealth Countries marching too. Canadians, Gurkhas etc. A MUST SEE in it's entirity...
Victor,
Good luck trying to find me in the cast. I am wearing a scarlet tunic and bearskin. I am with the Band of the Royal Regiment of Canada. One of four first time Canadian band taking part in that year's show.
Excellent presentation and thanks for posting it.
all of the bands here are british army..corps,infantry,cavalry...the band of the royal regiment of canada was also present in this part of the display..the helmets you see are home pattern helmets worn by the line infantry battalions and the REME i think..i was in the audience..the first and only time i saw the wembly pageant ...1981...marty
Wembley has to be the best place to have a military band display, The sound georgeous
In my unbiased opinion,they are good and maybe,if I go unbiased,some countries would not exist,without british intervention,including the usa.
Don't you think that's the other way around in view of WW1 and WW2? Without the USA England would have been TOAST. Sorry to point out a rather inconvenient truth.
SpeedyNeutrino172 The USA used to be a bunch of fucking colonies of england idiot.
SpeedyNeutrino172 United Kingdom fought WW1, not solely England. 9/10 British and commonwealth forces who went to the western front came home, whereas 3/4 Scots who went to the western front never came home. Scotland suffered the second highest casualties in WW1 just under Serbia losing 13% of the adult male population and 1/6 of male university graduates.
look at your history,for the usa ,they are all immigrants,from every nation in the world,they try to do what every other nation cant,when it comes out roses everything is ok ,but if they do wrong there lambasted,so russia is ok doing what there doing?
SpeedyNeutrino172 80% of the Nazi Military was killed by the Soviet Russians in WW2. Do not delude yourself, and stop talking shit about the British, out of an obvious ignorance you cling to.
How patriotic do I feel right now! Should do this again would boost morale and support to an all time high
Nice performance - good old Wembley !!!
greetz from Germany
When the British army was at its best, before the days of 4" 2 guardsmen and political correctness.
chuck Berry Some one should take over the BBC for a day and just play untold amounts of British epicness that they hide from the majority.
chuck Berry :D EastEnders is just proof our Empire is dead and gone.
I am from the East End and I am probably the last White English Cockney here.
Tommy England probably best to get out of there, but in the same breath why should you? That's where your roots are !
Olly DaMan Unbelievably I seem to be one of those folks stuck in a time warp. Freedom of speech should be what it says it is, which sadly it isn't. As for the trans type people, I have no issues with them, infact if I was in charge I'd give them a district of their own, a town maybe? Brighton perhaps? I feel sorry for Tommy England here, it must be devastating seeing so much change in such a short time, although I understand there are people who actually believe this is a good thing!! These folks obviously don't have children so are not to worried about the future, do trans people have children? I can't imagine that, but sadly, I'm trapped in a time warp!!
Olly DaMan Couldn't of said it better myself! It's not racist want a homeland with limited immigrants. I think everyone knows how out of control it is, but are terrified of being branded racist if they talk about this! You've hit the nail on the head and kept your composure, I couldn't do that as well! Personally, I think robust nationalism is all we have left, but who am I to say! Sensible words mate.
thank you very much!
@Byron10301 The tune is the Battle Hymn of the Republic over here in the states.
Just reminded me what a shit hole Wembley stadium was.
At least we could fill it. We can’t even do that anymore before the virus came along
Wonderful!
I hope they do something like this for her Majesty's Diamond Jubilee in 2012! Such a spectacle!
Steht an erster Stelle bei meinen Favoriten. Tolle Musik und Leistung !!
It's nice to hear the crowd cheer an American military classic ... Battle Hymn of the Republic!
To Justin47sway...
Are you kidding me. Did you actually just try to say that the dressing is not good.What are they, like 65 across and 60 or so back. This is nuts. I play in a Mil Band and it's not easy to stay in line with even so much as 14 across let alone 65.
This video is amazing and British Mil Band are amazing no matter how you put it.
I've never seen this many all together though, I've seen the Royal Marines but never army bands.
Well done.
OMG - I wasin that band - it was such fun rehersing at Wembley Stadium that week !
Kote: It makes every sense, these boys may be bandsmen and drummers but they are fighting troops. medics and stretcher bearers and often in the thick of the fight; Neither will I become involved about argument but as soon as I saw your comment I knew its origin! You didn't have to tell me, am I supposed to bow in awe?
Thanks to our British military, and those of our allies; past, present and future. God bless you all!
I have this on two VHS tapes (there was a second part of this show published separately). One of my great frustrations is that BBC who whomever owns this video doesn't go back to the original masters (if they still exist) and put this out on DVD.
+Steve R was it called the greatest band spectacular?
Come on Theresa May -- do it again! They don't like it up 'em do the Remainiacs!
More British Muslims fight for ISIS then they do the British Army, this makes me fucking angry.
Oh and when are we going to ban the burka ffs.
So happy we voted leave! Time to seriously start taking back control.
Thomas Holland can’t wait to leave the eu to XD
One of the few things that still makes me proud to be British
Uh, when the British Empire was still alive.
Now let's make way for the successors ... a bunch of muslim fascists.
Salute to the british army they ruled our india but lets be good friends now and look forward
May god save the queen
Freedom against the communist Chinese.
Respect my Indian bro we wish you no harm but a great future!!!!
amazing i love this..
great and wonderful, best Show
Tingle down the spine or what guys, brilliant, awkward marching on grass and having an echo too. This will be the total strength of our Armed Forces soon the way the Government is going, the Royal Air Force will be gone soon. Respect to all shown in this film,wonderful stuff! Thanks
If you read my comment you would have seen I never made made any comment about the whole of the USA only the ones that come to videos like this and make a fool of themselves. And in terms of which band is better, its not what moves are made and how flashy it is but the people doing it, the audience and how disciplined they are that makes a band great.
Fantastic is the only word for it
God, this is awesome!
beautifull thank...
This is from a VHS/DVD "The Biggest Band Spectacular in the World"
Battle hymn of the Republic
Magnifique vidéo. Bravo à ces Messieurs, qui ont dù s'entrainer sérieusement, pour réussir ce magnifique défilé.
As far as I've seen,the British army bands supersedes almost everyone in the world.
Winnie9212 Merci pour cette video. "the Red Cloak" (La Cape Rouge) de J.W. Mansfield est une marche British magnifique dont je viens de commander les partitions chez Boosey and Hawkes : votre video est donc bien bénéfique !!!
Fantastic Band Group,I liked !
You are so right
fantastic, makes you proud to be British
oh yeah awesome performance. I wish I could've seen this in person. I bet it was a awesome sound.
Thanks to the Government’s defence cuts you will never see such a marvellous sight in modern Britain, I wish one of the major parties would stand up for properly funding our military as 30 years of cuts are starting to show “just enough funding” is not enough, the Army, Navy and Air Force are not just our defenders they are part of our very culture, I remember even just 30 years ago that seeing troops walking around the streets was common and regular anywhere in the UK, now it’s a rare sight unless you live near a large garrison.
Bring back the local regiments, bring back the red tunics and ceremonial pith helmets, bring back our ships. God bless our armed forces.
Long live our beloved Majesty, the Queen!
@bobasagit
No, it's the old Wembley Stadium that was knocked down to make way for the new stadium.
And what a great tune at 2:17 Hooah USA and the Union forever. Bob M
I was there, though this is great it was better live we will never see this sight again. Blood Shame.
Well done the Brits.
Just a thought. There are circa 1300 troops on parade here and that looks a lot . But the British Army lost 19,240 dead on the first day of The Battle of the Somme, nearly 15x as many as are marching here.
Compliments to the UK bands!
WOW what a big Show Thanks from Germany
Now I have a little problem with this one, because I can't remember coming back from Osnabruck to play at Wembley in either 78 or 79. 3 Para went to Germany in 77 and I'm pretty sure I is in this mess somewhere.
Bluebelly: Greetings. I have great respect for what your grandads did in the Pacific, it was quite remarkable. But please look up the following on Wikepedia: There were about 16 British aircraft careers in the Pacific fleet, also above Iwo Jima on the fatal day there were close on 400 British and Australian pilots. They are never mentioned, but please look it up and report back with what you find.
I'm proud to be British (and a Londoner) when I see this.
i am gleaming with pride right now!
Them British sure are brilliant to do such thing, I'ld wanna be in there like nothing else.
5*****
Great Video!!!!
Best regards
Andreas
Great to see the paras military band here,every man an emperor,bless them all.
Awesome !
I love to do that but it takes time to learn the basic marches.
@Torxtal I,AM ASIAN AND PRAISED ALL WHO LOVE THE NOTES OF GOD.GOD BLESS YOU ALL AND ESPECIALLY THE BRITISH MARCHING BANDS.