Pretty sure the only reason they made the Japanese army a little farther away was to hide the fact that not many of them were actually Japanese, same with the boxers
Songs played: 3:06 🇬🇧 UK: The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu/The Pibroch of Domhnall Dubh 3:27 🇺🇸 USA: Semper Fidelis March and Yankee Doodle 3:55 🇩🇪 Germany: Defiliermarsch von Carl Faust 4:24 🇮🇹 Italy: Inno di Garibaldi 4:36 🇷🇺 Russia: Solovej Solovej 4:48 🇫🇷 France: Marche Lorraine 4:55 🇯🇵 Japan: Kimigayo Sadly, there is none for Austria-Hungary :( 🇦🇹🇭🇺
@Lt. Gonville Bromhead no, it is The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu, not Scotland the Brave. Listen to both pieces and you'll find out that they sound different, and that it was the former that was featured in this scene, not the latter.
when i saw the film with all the nations arriving at once i thought 'bosh' but it's realistic, there was a race tobe the first one in and different natinos attacked different gates to be the first, the japanese, eager to prove themselves attacks 2 knocking the russians one gate over, the British enter therefore by the 'water gate' they came in through the sewers but they would not have had bag pips. the white british troops were the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
0:55 Now THAT is going in style. He's in his finest uniform using his pistol AND rifle down to the last bullet and the last bit of strength to fend off a literal horde... We may never know his name, but he fought his hardest and his best as any true soldier would.
@@andrewpytko4773 not only that, but due to its close proximity and not being engaged in other conflicts, Japan sent the biggest contingent to Peking: 20,300 Army troops, 540 Marines, and 18 warships. Britain was busy fighting in the Second Boer War. The US was busy fighting against the Philippines.
The Japanese truly are a unique nation, but my best guess would be its there code of military, although there fighting styles have changed with the modern times i dare say the Japanese still very much carry the old spirit of there forfathers of samurai and Samurai as basically Morden spartans.. the bravest of the brave Mad respect to Japan from Australia 🇦🇺❤️🇯🇵 So the bow would represent a thank you for helping us live another day but they would not have expected help to arrive and would of died to the last no iffs or buts. As eberyone else after 55 days naturally would want to go home.. the Japanese may want to go home as well but they act like they are already dead (pretty sure the samurai way had a belief that dying in battle was considered the highest honour ) and thats why they are some of the bravest people i have met
0:01 Chinese Boxers 🐉 3:00 British Indian Calvary 🇬🇧🇮🇳 3:11 British Royal Navy 🇬🇧 3:24 British Indian Army 🇬🇧🇮🇳 3:30 U.S Military 🇺🇸 4:00 German Imperial Army 🇩🇪 4:26 Royal Italian Army 🇮🇹 4:39 Imperial Russian Army 🇷🇺 4:49 French Army 🇲🇫 4:56 Imperial Japanese Army 🇯🇵 I guess the Spanish did not come
That is why Mainland China needs to divide to Europe and make the West more dumber with Tic Tok, because eventhough China is now a Great World Power, China knows it could get its ass kick by an Allied force of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia.
Actually it's not Punjab regiment. Punjab regiment never existed it was Sikh regiment you are referring to but even i doubt that because, the pagadi was compulsory for every Lancer so
@@prasadchaturdesale5795 sorry bhul gaya tha i think Lancers mainly mysore jodhpur Hyderabad se ate the battle of Haifa me major dalpat Singh Shekhawat ke under inhone jita tha
During the siege, all 8 legations (U.S./British/French/German/Russian/Austro-Hungarian/Italian/Japanese) were defended by naval units: USMC, Royal Marines, French “Fusiliers Marins”, German and Austro-Hungarian “Seebatalion”, Imperial russian naval batallions and Japanese “Rikusentai”. Only exception were the Italian “Bersaglieri”, as they were not (to my knowledge) navy units. However most relief troops were army units, such as the British Army of India and the Imperial Russian Army.
@@jacktattis Legations were usually guarded by "navy" units, which had more experience in colonial deployments. Those were usually NOT under command from the Ministries of war/defense but under colonial affairs. In a way, they formed their own corps like the US Marines or the french Infanterie de Marine. Regular foot soldiers were only deployed for military interventions, such as the relief of Peking.
@@Briselance Yep. They were mostly used in colonial wars such as Ethiopia and China during peacetime, but also in large-scale military operations in Europe in wartime.
2:44 United Kingdom 🇬🇧 3:11 Austria-Hungary 🇦🇹🇭🇺 3:30 USA 🇺🇲 4:00 German Empire 🇩🇪 4:26 Kingdom of İtaly 🇮🇹 4:38 Russian Empire 🇷🇺 4:48 France 🇫🇷 4:55 Empire of Japan 🇯🇵
It's not Austria-Hungary, it is the european british troops. In thsi movie they march with a scottish song in the background, but in reality they were the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
450 million taels of fine silver (around 18,000 tonnes, worth approx. US$333 million or £67 million at the exchange rates of the time) were to be paid as indemnity over a course of 39 years to the eight nations involved. The Chinese paid the indemnity in gold on a rising scale with a 4% interest charge until the debt was amortized on December 31, 1940. After 39 years, the amount was almost 1 billion taels (precisely 982,238,150), or ≈1,180,000,000 troy ounces (37,000 tonnes) at 1.2 ozt/tael. This is how much China got to pay to these raiders -David Liu 🎂
The Japanese fighting the Russians only 4 years later Thank god the Chinese got that one Russian officer, or else his sheer balls would’ve sunk the Japanese navy!
They got lucky with a mine four years later as the admiral of the Russian fleet started to be a serious danger, but then was blown up by a freak mine. Which collapsed the morale of the fleet, it would later be taken out with land artillery after the Japanese managed to take a hill over the port (after suffering immense casualties charging up it through barbed wire and machine gun fire in wave attacks for weeks).
@@irenepongarrang7386 Japan took initiative to attack the most defended Walls. Secondly they had a force much more smaller than any of the other nations. Also many of them insisted returning to the fight after wounded. Respectable soldiers.
#1 I don't think the most nations were greeting the troops like this #2 They had not enough asian looking people in spain for this movie. Fun Fact: pretty every china Restaurant in spain was closed than they made the movie because they were all here in this movie.
I love how when the Americans arrive the ones already fighting run right up and hug them before joining in line like they’re so happy to see each other
You cut the best part: When the dowager empress says sadly "Water can support a ship. It can also upset it. The dynasty is finished." I can't remember many lines from movies, but obviously I remembered that one. She gave a great performance.
Interesting interpretation of history. I have my doubts though that these units would have been entering a contested area like it was just some average road march. I'm pretty sure that those units had to fight their way in.
@@sirboomsalot4902 I think though that by this stage and with artillery support, the Boxers and Chinese army personnel were in retreat. After that, they would reform and march in. Its just the uniforms lok way too clean for a post fight entry. But, hey, it's a film
Music of the nations British Raj:Qadam Qadam badhaaye ja (I found it similar, but not the same) Scotland:The pibroch of domhnall dubh/the piobaireachd of donald dhu USA:Semper Fidelis and Yankee doodle Germany:Defilier Marsch Italy:Inno di Garibaldi Russia:Solovej, Solovej or nightingale France:Marche Lorraine Japan:Kimigayo Credits to those who discovered these songs
One of the great iconic epics they made...along with zulu and lawrence of arabia. Classic films with deep feeling and a fantastic cast to carry the story the way it was meant to be told
If you make anything like this, it'll get taken down because "It supports imperialism". It's understandable, yes, but hey, I sometimes want to see some actual history.
@@Syndicatian That's the problem though, you need to draw a fineline between "showing actual history" and portraying the imperialists as heroes and saviors
@@SyndicatianFr. Everybody doesn’t care if it’s history, they just want to have the chance to cancel someone. Back when everybody didn’t care and just wanted a good film with action, history, etc.
@@Bravo_BZWho cares about this fine line stuff. Just make an awesome movie with good plot, attractive character, and compelling scenes, and there, you've got a good work of art. You're going to offend some idiot anyway, especially nowadays, so might as well go all out and create something worthwhile
@@Bravo_BZyes but you cannot pretend they were sad about the boxers. If anything is Even more real because it’s the gruesome Reality of invaders that believed they werte the good guys.
@@andrewstackpool4911 This entrance is still Hollywood. The relief columns didn't all arrive in perfect marching order because they had to fight through to the city in real life. If the goal was to create emotional impact, flags would have made it more over the top but no less historically accurate than what was already presented onscreen.
@@TheCoolCucumber Yep. If you're going to have an ahistorical entrance you might as well make it look cool/easier for a layman to understand who is who. On a personal note I think flags would add to the whole 'Look there's my country!' aspect.
Fathers, sons, brothers all far from their homeland stood in the ultimate act of bravery against a horde of Chinese warriors 55 days of battle 55 days of sacrifice and 55 days of true bravery
the Chinese Boxers and the empress dowager. There are Chinese allies too, like Li hongzhang who relayed info to the Alliance and refused to cooperate with the empress
@@johnpatrickdelacruz2910 you're thinking of the Taiping rebellion and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. That occurred a good few decades before when a Chinese bloke got ahold of a poor early Chinese translation of the Bible and decided that he was the brother of Christ. 20 million deaths ensued. As a history student, hearing about the sheer scale of just some of the rebellions that occurred in China is insane when compared to most full-scale wars in European history.
German here: There are 3 Voices. They go: "Das sind ja die Unseren!" "Die Uns´ren!" "Mensch, das sind ja die Unseren" That translates to: "Those are ours (our Troops/men)! They are ours! Wow, those are ours!".
Menurut saya... ada partisipasi beberapa negara di dunia, sekitar 15 negara dalam sejarah BOXER REBELLION di Tiongkok ini yaitu: Amerika Inggris + Australia & India Perancis + batalion Afrika Jerman Jepang Italia Austria-Hungaria Rusia Belanda Belgia Spanyol Portugis Dan satu negara netral: Khilafah Utsmani yang bertugas "membujuk" Tiongkok untuk menghentikan perlawanan, meski terlambat karena pertempuran telah berakhir...
Opium needs nothing to flow world history shows any attempt to prevent addicts from getting it only kills massive amounts of non addicts. Of course actions of groups to force import evil but it would have came except under extreme oppression of population. There really are no significant good guys in most of earths history and efforts to blame other groups actions of the past only prevent own groups advancing and dealing with own culture damage. Irony without the Enlightenment of the last group of colonial nations slavery would still be considered fine and building colonial empires fine. This does not excuse the wrongs but it to point out the only the “insert group” is evil is false and unproductive.
It was, until McKinley announced the "open door" policy for China, an idea of NOT carving China up into colonies. I heard Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was so pissed off about that he ordered invasion plans drawn up to invade the US mainland. The German general staff was aghast, but followed orders, hoping the Kaiser would cool off by the time they were done. When they presented the plans to him they were horrified when Wilhelm said something about "implementing them". The Germans started the preliminaries when the Kaiser came back from some sort of diplomatic thing in Europe. He had met US president Teddy Roosevelt and became buddies, hence the plans, to the relieve of the German high command, were shelved. Teddy ended up building up the US navy during his presidency, so those plans became unworkable.
@Sugawara4319 That's the reason for the Acting world, Although in real history, The Japanese relief were greated by only a few Soldiers, as the rest of the Defending troops were either dead or In Hospice because they had taken the Most offensive approach to the Siege
Truly a movie from a bygone era. Glorifying the tearing of an ancient civilization by greedy foreign powers. Though I despise the CCP and it's influence on China today, one can argue that its rise to power was greatly aided by the inherent grudge held by the Chinese people from their memories of this time period. The "Western world" made one of their own worst enemies and yet today are still stupid enough to be overly reliant on China for almost everything we need that is manufactured. It sucks that the actions of old, arrogant, selfish bastards from a time gone by still has repercussions for the world today.
Didn't help that China is as big as it is and that the Emperors were so deeply entrenched in their ideas as they were. China had stagnated and been left behind by the rest of the world and refused to do anything to make it so the West did respect them on an equal footing. "Industry? I dont need that, I have half a billion peasants that can make up the difference. Railroads? I stick to dirt tracks and cobbled streets." They had all these cool things they invented and refused to use to make themselves a superpower. Meanwhile, the West took what the Chinese invented, improved upon them, and made better than anything China had, especially firearms.
It was not that simple. NOTHING is that simple. Read some history. In particular, I believe that if you ask the Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese about "old arrogant, selfish bastards," they would most likely point you in the direction of Beijing. As usual, governments are at fault, and the common people suffer.
@@DieFlabbergast I do read history. I majored in Asian Studies at university. I am of Asian descent myself. I think you're focusing too much on the CCP and not my original criticism of this movie which portrays foreign invaders of China as somehow noble/heroic. Historically speaking yes, the corruption of the Qing Dynasty and the entrenched class system and Confucian ideology hampered China's ability to progress and match the power of other Imperialist nations of that time. But when you have the British smuggling opium into the country to get the populace addicted to it because jolly England was spending too much silver on porcelain, tea and silks and so wanted their money back by peddling drugs, and when the Qing govt rightfully tried to stop that only to loose two wars over it leading to unequal treaties resulting in the foreign legations in Peking being formed. Who is in the wrong here?
@kiwihermit5080 The Opium Wars were also fought about two generations before the Boxer Rebellion, and exploited already nasty flaws in Imperial China, most of that being the military that was woefully outdated. The corruption of the elites that you mentioned is also one of the biggest reasons. Especially when the emperor at the time genuinely wanted to improve his nation and was deposed for it. Though, that is kind of on him for not cutting kneecapping the reactionaries to ensure his reforms could go through.
Actually not. As the beggining the movie sets very clear how many nations were forcefully over chine.So that explains pretty clear the origin of the boxers .Later the movie is based on the the resistance of a small defence force whit a lot of civilians against a massive force.
British, Americans, Germans, French, Japanese, Italians, Russians, Indians, and all in China. Imagine if this was YOUR country and that a bunch of foreigners walked in uninvited and were treated in some Holly wood film as if they were heroes.
It's ironic that after this campaign that in 1914, most of these nations would be at war with each other. In 1937, Japan invaded parts of China and, in 39 Europe would be once again embroiled in the beginning of ww2.
@@kennethkellogg6556 Does that make it right to glorify the slaughtering of a dozen times as many Chinese civilians in return? You can have your "retribution" all you like, but to then make a movie glamorizing the violence is just vulgar
4:24 -- Italy Bersaglieri were always a crack outfit, in spite of the bad reputation the Italians got in WW2. They were wearing those plumes when they charged the American 1st Division at Gafsa in 1943. The GIs kept shelling them, of course, but they were a brave bunch.
@@tsr207 -- The Italian conscripts the Greeks and British humiliated in 1940 and 1941 didn't really want to be there and were terribly trained. After those failures, the Italian military in North Africa got its act together and the Italians who served alongside Rommel were fairly well trained and equipped. That professional army, as it happened, was almost entirely lost in the Tunisian surrender in May of 1943. The conscripts left behind in Sicily did not want to die for Mussolini and surrendered in droves. Sadly, some of the bravest Italians were those fighting the Germans in Italy in 1943 and 1944. Their senior leaders deserted them, the Germans captured most and enslaved them, executing about eight thousand junior officers out of spite.
@@internetexplorer3999 -- One of the other comments has a list: Songs played: 3:06 🇬🇧 UK: The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu/The Pibroch of Domhnall Dubh 3:27 🇺🇸 USA: Semper Fidelis March and Yankee Doodle 3:55 🇩🇪 Germany: Defiliermarsch von Carl Faust 4:24 🇮🇹 Italy: Inno di Garibaldi 4:36 🇷🇺 Russia: Solovej Solovej 4:48 🇫🇷 France: Marche Lorraine 4:55 🇯🇵 Japan: Kimigayo Sadly, there is none for Austria-Hungary
The Japanese one is the coolest and chaddest. No need for fanfare and that festive crap. Just a march, salutes, a bow, then off to deliver retribution.
The Imperial Japanese military until the end of World War 1 was, as far as 20th century military forces go, a pretty good organization. For example, they were known for their exceptionally good treatment of POWs at this time (at least according to the Red Cross). A far cry from the Bushido-high generation that replaced them in the 1930s
Vi esta película por primera vez en tv en febrero 1978 (ojo, que por la tarde habían puesto "murieron con las botas puestas 😃"), y todavía hoy me emociono igual con este final. Sobre todo recordando el comentario de mi padre recordando un hecho igual en la guerra civil española.
450 million taels of fine silver (around 18,000 tonnes, worth approx. US$333 million or £67 million at the exchange rates of the time) were to be paid as indemnity over a course of 39 years to the eight nations involved. The Chinese paid the indemnity in gold on a rising scale with a 4% interest charge until the debt was amortized on December 31, 1940. After 39 years, the amount was almost 1 billion taels (precisely 982,238,150), or ≈1,180,000,000 troy ounces (37,000 tonnes) at 1.2 ozt/tael. This is how much China got to pay to these raiders -David Liu 😮
Pretty sure the only reason they made the Japanese army a little farther away was to hide the fact that not many of them were actually Japanese, same with the boxers
It's a early 60's movie filmed in Spain, obviously that's the reason
Asians were rare back then!😄
@@WilliamHouStudio they must've manufactured more in the last decade
@@somethinfunny7114 lmao😂
@@WilliamHouStudio source: Bro trust me dont kill me
Songs played:
3:06 🇬🇧 UK: The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu/The Pibroch of Domhnall Dubh
3:27 🇺🇸 USA: Semper Fidelis March and Yankee Doodle
3:55 🇩🇪 Germany: Defiliermarsch von Carl Faust
4:24 🇮🇹 Italy: Inno di Garibaldi
4:36 🇷🇺 Russia: Solovej Solovej
4:48 🇫🇷 France: Marche Lorraine
4:55 🇯🇵 Japan: Kimigayo
Sadly, there is none for Austria-Hungary :(
🇦🇹🇭🇺
@Lt. Gonville Bromhead no, it is The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu, not Scotland the Brave. Listen to both pieces and you'll find out that they sound different, and that it was the former that was featured in this scene, not the latter.
@Lt. Gonville Bromhead what about them?
@@paleoph6168 brooo just how how you find it? oh man thanks
@@chelseafootball6547 I listen to a lot of marches. 😉
thanks m8
Historically pretty accurate. The first relief column to arrive were the Bengal Lancers.
when i saw the film with all the nations arriving at once i thought 'bosh' but it's realistic, there was a race tobe the first one in and different natinos attacked different gates to be the first, the japanese, eager to prove themselves attacks 2 knocking the russians one gate over, the British enter therefore by the 'water gate' they came in through the sewers but they would not have had bag pips. the white british troops were the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
Yes, but they did not arrive marching but fighting.
Claro... a caballo. 🤣
The Royal Bengal Lancers.
the italians weren't ''bersaglieri''but sailors
0:55 Now THAT is going in style. He's in his finest uniform using his pistol AND rifle down to the last bullet and the last bit of strength to fend off a literal horde... We may never know his name, but he fought his hardest and his best as any true soldier would.
He's a Russian officer
Of course he'd fight to the last
Officer Chad Thundercock
He was afraid of one thing - they would steal his vodka.
His name was officer van lesv he died in battle like a true Chad rip
What a shame, got killed in three minutes before the army came came.
Other Nations: YAAAA! WE GOT HELP!!!!
Japan: Marches and Bows "It's good to see you"
Only the Japanese legation commander was posted there , the rest were on the wall or injured
@@J.I.64 Respect. The Japs fought damn hard and were thorough in mopping up Boxer remnants.
@@andrewpytko4773 not only that, but due to its close proximity and not being engaged in other conflicts, Japan sent the biggest contingent to Peking: 20,300 Army troops, 540 Marines, and 18 warships.
Britain was busy fighting in the Second Boer War. The US was busy fighting against the Philippines.
@@andrewpytko4773 As a Japanese whose family actually fought in Peking, thank you
The Japanese truly are a unique nation, but my best guess would be its there code of military, although there fighting styles have changed with the modern times i dare say the Japanese still very much carry the old spirit of there forfathers of samurai and Samurai as basically Morden spartans.. the bravest of the brave
Mad respect to Japan from Australia 🇦🇺❤️🇯🇵
So the bow
would represent a thank you for helping us live another day but they would not have expected help to arrive and would of died to the last no iffs or buts. As eberyone else after 55 days naturally would want to go home.. the Japanese may want to go home as well but they act like they are already dead (pretty sure the samurai way had a belief that dying in battle was considered the highest honour ) and thats why they are some of the bravest people i have met
0:01 Chinese Boxers 🐉
3:00 British Indian Calvary 🇬🇧🇮🇳
3:11 British Royal Navy 🇬🇧
3:24 British Indian Army 🇬🇧🇮🇳
3:30 U.S Military 🇺🇸
4:00 German Imperial Army 🇩🇪
4:26 Royal Italian Army 🇮🇹
4:39 Imperial Russian Army 🇷🇺
4:49 French Army 🇲🇫
4:56 Imperial Japanese Army 🇯🇵
I guess the Spanish did not come
And 3:30 is actually the U.S. Marine Corps, not the army
@Richard Tol of the British Indian Army
4:49 is not the french its the austria-hungary
@@BlavkTulip sometimes... Everyone don't know uniforms.
@@BlavkTulip check "infanterie coloniale 1900" it's same uniform, it's a french soldier in the movie
The original "on your left" endgame moment!!!!!
Could have been Justice League 3 if Snyder would have been allowed to continue with DC.
America, germany, italy, france, russia, Japan, Britain: BEST BUDS EVER
Archduke Ferdinand: Don't mind me
It's more of the guy who killed him
Gavrilo Princip*
@@gustavomarquez5555 More like the organization that killed him*
@@gustavomarquez5555 no its the driver fault
Austria Hungary Belgium Australia
The Italian Bersaglieri made the best entrance.
Yes, running Bersaglieri. Loved it.
Italy. For the Eyetalians.
Corriendo... (como siempre) 🤣
@@stevenrobinson2381 🤔😒
"the German soldier has astonished the world; the Italian Bersagliere has astonished the German soldier" - Erwin Rommel
4:54 when you are humble enough to bring the largest army from the backdoor and instead of cheering you get a grateful bow.
Professional, as evident by the in time stomping march.
0:54 john wick’s grandpa lmao
John wick if he was Russian
@@Americangunner1775He is Belarusian/Rusia Origin
@@Americangunner1775 Tell me you don't know he was a Soviet without telling me you don't know he was Soviet
@@mikaneous1140soviet union was made in 1926 battle of pekking happenned in 1901 or 1899
*Foreign armies arrive simultaneously*
Boxers: We've made a BIG mistake...
That is why Mainland China needs to divide to Europe and make the West more dumber with Tic Tok, because eventhough China is now a Great World Power, China knows it could get its ass kick by an Allied force of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Russia.
Boxer 2: "Turns out these devils from the sea can fight alongside quite well. Outch."
they were an unique corp,unished in Tien Tsin under german general Alfred von Waldersee
Boxer 3: "We just want foreign influence out of China, and somehow we are the bad guys?!"
0:55 brave officer
He was a brave Russian Officer, a Chad Officer if you think about it.
Giga chad officer
Yeah, that's a tough scene, he couldn't have known that they were actually just running away at that point.
@@bensisko4651 He died right before the relief force arrived, poor guy. He went down taking several boxers with him.
giga thad
As an Indian when the British Indian army arrived, I got goosebumps.
Not Indian, but same bro, that was cool
Absolute madlads who fought for us when it was oppressing you guys. Mad respect from the ol mother country. 🇬🇧🇮🇳
especially the calvaries, nothing beats when the calvary arrives
🇬🇧🇮🇳
@@prasadchaturdesale5795 That's true, having the british as their overlord instead of anyone else is lucky.
As an Indian i liked the moment when our Punjab regiment and Lancers arrived
Actually it's not Punjab regiment. Punjab regiment never existed it was Sikh regiment you are referring to but even i doubt that because, the pagadi was compulsory for every Lancer so
@@prasadchaturdesale5795 sorry bhul gaya tha i think Lancers mainly mysore jodhpur Hyderabad se ate the battle of Haifa me major dalpat Singh Shekhawat ke under inhone jita tha
Who cares. England pet
@@starkiler13 🤡
@@starkiler13 shut up clown
During the siege, all 8 legations (U.S./British/French/German/Russian/Austro-Hungarian/Italian/Japanese) were defended by naval units:
USMC, Royal Marines, French “Fusiliers Marins”, German and Austro-Hungarian “Seebatalion”, Imperial russian naval batallions and Japanese “Rikusentai”.
Only exception were the Italian “Bersaglieri”, as they were not (to my knowledge) navy units.
However most relief troops were army units, such as the British Army of India and the Imperial Russian Army.
Indeed, the Bersaglieri are not a Navy unit. They are purely an Army corps of light infantry.
When the United states relief is show the rank chevrons of the NCO's are white signifying them as army. The marine defenders use yellow chevrons
I know the Americans have their Marines at Legations Embassies I thought the Brits had Army guards
@@jacktattis Legations were usually guarded by "navy" units, which had more experience in colonial deployments. Those were usually NOT under command from the Ministries of war/defense but under colonial affairs. In a way, they formed their own corps like the US Marines or the french Infanterie de Marine.
Regular foot soldiers were only deployed for military interventions, such as the relief of Peking.
@@Briselance Yep. They were mostly used in colonial wars such as Ethiopia and China during peacetime, but also in large-scale military operations in Europe in wartime.
I love how the Italians just come trotting in 😂
That's how the Bersaglieri like to run.
That would be "At a quick step march" in Italian
Like the 95th Rifles, they only have two modes of travel: Quick-time and dawdling at the rear. And Their Band Runs And Plays Alongside Them!
If I would be besieged like that and see the relief I would cry out of joy :D Especially for my own army then and there!
0:55 legend say this guy on the defense team, he the only man die just a Just a second bravery and he can’t see the backup force suck for him
He is a russian officer
They stole his vodka.
Che forza questo film...alla fine arrivano pure i nostri Bersaglieri.
Mitico ed emozionante!
2:44 United Kingdom 🇬🇧
3:11 Austria-Hungary 🇦🇹🇭🇺
3:30 USA 🇺🇲
4:00 German Empire 🇩🇪
4:26 Kingdom of İtaly 🇮🇹
4:38 Russian Empire 🇷🇺
4:48 France 🇫🇷
4:55 Empire of Japan 🇯🇵
It's not Austria-Hungary, it is the european british troops. In thsi movie they march with a scottish song in the background, but in reality they were the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
3:29 when my friends finally come back after 5 years
You can clearly see the enormous relief on David Niven's face that the movie is almost over.
450 million taels of fine silver (around 18,000 tonnes, worth approx. US$333 million or £67 million at the exchange rates of the time) were to be paid as indemnity over a course of 39 years to the eight nations involved.
The Chinese paid the indemnity in gold on a rising scale with a 4% interest charge until the debt was amortized on December 31, 1940. After 39 years, the amount was almost 1 billion taels (precisely 982,238,150), or ≈1,180,000,000 troy ounces (37,000 tonnes) at 1.2 ozt/tael.
This is how much China got to pay to these raiders
-David Liu
🎂
@@condorX2cry harder
@@condorX2not enough, they should have paid the double amount.
@@condorX2 My wife's family Liu has lived in the academic compound in Beijing forever.
@@einfachignorieren6156the people crying today, are the same countries who forced China to open up
4:36 Would anyone happen to know what they are singing?
ruclips.net/video/Rn5-fZVdOR8/видео.html
The Russian are singing solojev solojev
The Italians are doing cardio
they are called bersaglieri, their specialty is running fast as cheetahs practically
now THAT'S what I call "Quick march"!@@overomanlord2214
LOL!
Herbert Hoover gives a great account of the Boxer Rebellion in his memoirs.
Sad to think that in only 14 years, many of these nations will be fighting each other.
@ultrajd# you mean WW1 right!
@@jaredelizardo201 Obviously
The Japanese fighting the Russians only 4 years later
Thank god the Chinese got that one Russian officer, or else his sheer balls would’ve sunk the Japanese navy!
They got lucky with a mine four years later as the admiral of the Russian fleet started to be a serious danger, but then was blown up by a freak mine. Which collapsed the morale of the fleet, it would later be taken out with land artillery after the Japanese managed to take a hill over the port (after suffering immense casualties charging up it through barbed wire and machine gun fire in wave attacks for weeks).
@@jaredelizardo201 And in the war after that WWII.
No one there to greet the japanese 👌😂
Most of them die defending the compound
Yes, They took the heaviest losses
@@bensisko4651 why?
@@irenepongarrang7386 Japan took initiative to attack the most defended Walls. Secondly they had a force much more smaller than any of the other nations. Also many of them insisted returning to the fight after wounded.
Respectable soldiers.
#1 I don't think the most nations were greeting the troops like this
#2 They had not enough asian looking people in spain for this movie. Fun Fact: pretty every china Restaurant in spain was closed than they made the movie because they were all here in this movie.
1:40 i love how the rainbow appeared lol
"those guns
They're not Chinese" goddamn
Indeed. All those shots were falling far short of the legation.
I don’t know why I feel joy seeing that the Americans are the loudest when they see their reinforcements😂. (I’m American myself)
3:32
I mean if my commander walked into a besieged city with a hand on his belt I would also celebrate the badass moment
I love how when the Americans arrive the ones already fighting run right up and hug them before joining in line like they’re so happy to see each other
The tune the Russians are singing, anybody knows what it is?
@Ro Ca Спасибо
@Nicholas ii of russia shelock, when I try to search it I see the faze kid only.
Look for the Nighengale March. The man that did the music score to this movie was Russian.
You cut the best part: When the dowager empress says sadly "Water can support a ship. It can also upset it. The dynasty is finished." I can't remember many lines from movies, but obviously I remembered that one. She gave a great performance.
Gives me goosebumps!
A really great film I love watching it!!!
Interesting interpretation of history. I have my doubts though that these units would have been entering a contested area like it was just some average road march. I'm pretty sure that those units had to fight their way in.
Correct, they did have to fight their way in
@@sirboomsalot4902 I think though that by this stage and with artillery support, the Boxers and Chinese army personnel were in retreat. After that, they would reform and march in. Its just the uniforms lok way too clean for a post fight entry. But, hey, it's a film
Your right about the uniforms, especially in the case of the Russians, who I have heard ended up making a direct frontal assault.
Music of the nations
British Raj:Qadam Qadam badhaaye ja (I found it similar, but not the same)
Scotland:The pibroch of domhnall dubh/the piobaireachd of donald dhu
USA:Semper Fidelis and Yankee doodle
Germany:Defilier Marsch
Italy:Inno di Garibaldi
Russia:Solovej, Solovej or nightingale
France:Marche Lorraine
Japan:Kimigayo
Credits to those who discovered these songs
If Austria Hungary were there, the song I think would be there would be Bruckerjager
Or Pariser Einzugsmarsch
It's not "Scotland The Brave" - it's also known as "Blue Bonnets Over The Border."
One of the great iconic epics they made...along with zulu and lawrence of arabia. Classic films with deep feeling and a fantastic cast to carry the story the way it was meant to be told
Yeah but in this film they cut out the war crimes the colonialist did after they won
This is pretty much the last time the world powers worked together.
Who doesn't like imperialism and plunder
@@tomli9793 you, Chang.
WWI 1914-1918 WWII 1939-1945
4:26 anybody song of italians?
Garibaldi's War Hymn
What was the music when the boxers arrived 0:01
Anyone know the name of the song when the Russians are marching?
@Ro Ca thank you!
@Ro Ca но как ты узнал?
@@Tyler12532 i think he would be the one to know
The Nightingale March!
0:54 What a chad, he owned all of them. Sad to see him die.
Btw, he is russian.
It’s sad that we will never see movies like these. Most of the movies here now are just cgi made with random people with super powers.
If you make anything like this, it'll get taken down because "It supports imperialism". It's understandable, yes, but hey, I sometimes want to see some actual history.
@@Syndicatian That's the problem though, you need to draw a fineline between "showing actual history" and portraying the imperialists as heroes and saviors
@@SyndicatianFr. Everybody doesn’t care if it’s history, they just want to have the chance to cancel someone. Back when everybody didn’t care and just wanted a good film with action, history, etc.
@@Bravo_BZWho cares about this fine line stuff. Just make an awesome movie with good plot, attractive character, and compelling scenes, and there, you've got a good work of art. You're going to offend some idiot anyway, especially nowadays, so might as well go all out and create something worthwhile
@@Bravo_BZyes but you cannot pretend they were sad about the boxers. If anything is Even more real because it’s the gruesome Reality of invaders that believed they werte the good guys.
It would have been better if each unit of the Relief Force had been flying their National Flag when they marched in.
You want Hollywood or reality
@@andrewstackpool4911 This entrance is still Hollywood. The relief columns didn't all arrive in perfect marching order because they had to fight through to the city in real life. If the goal was to create emotional impact, flags would have made it more over the top but no less historically accurate than what was already presented onscreen.
@@TheCoolCucumber Yep. If you're going to have an ahistorical entrance you might as well make it look cool/easier for a layman to understand who is who.
On a personal note I think flags would add to the whole 'Look there's my country!' aspect.
The accents and music used helped make it easy. You can tell pretty easily which column is from which country.
Fathers, sons, brothers all far from their homeland stood in the ultimate act of bravery against a horde of Chinese warriors 55 days of battle 55 days of sacrifice and 55 days of true bravery
What did they fought for they fought for keep on selling drugs on china
No more brother wars
To be fair this is perhaps one of those moments in human history where we all unite under one cause and Banner
Especialy Chinese soldiers...
The cause? Drugs. 😎
@@kubli365 yep all the union for money and 14 years latter 😮
you mean colonialism, racial discrimination, and economic plunder?
United in the name of profit and exploitation. It's a bit comical how we can't unite over climate change but profit now that is important.
Back when they had no qualms about showing glorious imperialism. You could not make a movie like this today.
This is the greatest "me and the boys" story ever
0:54 this is Ryan Gosling's grandfather
2:39 anybody knows the song that the Bengali lancers used here?
4:56 i love how the japanese officer just comes walking out sort of casual and then the formalities come.
I used to like this movie a lot as a teenager...
Then I found out the truth about how chinese people were considered and mistreated.
Watching movies about cowboys and indians makes me feel like that too.
@@luisaymerich9675
👏👍
China: CHARGE!
Allies: **Artillery**
China: CHARGE VALIANTLY IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION!
Peace through superior firepower!
And the artillery misses. :)
@@dennis2376To be fair, would you continue running to the enemy when everything around you is exploding?
Can somebody tell me the music the British calvary Raj were making?
nobody hates this
Does anyone know the bugle song at 2:30 ?
Nvm
That's not a bugle, that's a zurna
4:39 I like the russian imperial army
Whats the name of the song that played in the indian calvalry?
I am glad somebody at the end said lets just finish this and brought in the big guns
My grandfather's regiment, the 9th U.S. Regulars (2nd Division) took part in that, which is why they're called "The Manchus"!
In this war who were the enemies?
The Chinese boxer rebels
the Chinese Boxers and the empress dowager. There are Chinese allies too, like Li hongzhang who relayed info to the Alliance and refused to cooperate with the empress
@@then00brathalos there's also the Chinese Christians
The Chinese Qing dynasty , imperial powers, boxer rebellion
@@johnpatrickdelacruz2910 you're thinking of the Taiping rebellion and Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. That occurred a good few decades before when a Chinese bloke got ahold of a poor early Chinese translation of the Bible and decided that he was the brother of Christ. 20 million deaths ensued. As a history student, hearing about the sheer scale of just some of the rebellions that occurred in China is insane when compared to most full-scale wars in European history.
That movie was filmed outskirts from Madrid. Every chinese people who fight in there, were spaniards.
I always wondered what the German Officer at 4:00 said? Does anyone else here know?
"may we march with you?" "what do you mean, of course, you can march with us." then the germans go with the relief force
German here: There are 3 Voices. They go: "Das sind ja die Unseren!" "Die Uns´ren!" "Mensch, das sind ja die Unseren" That translates to: "Those are ours (our Troops/men)! They are ours! Wow, those are ours!".
@@Johannesburg_ That´s wrong and silly.
The answer of MegaBorusse is the right one.
That is right@@MegaBorusse1900
Menurut saya... ada partisipasi beberapa negara di dunia, sekitar 15 negara dalam sejarah BOXER REBELLION di Tiongkok ini yaitu:
Amerika
Inggris + Australia & India
Perancis + batalion Afrika
Jerman
Jepang
Italia
Austria-Hungaria
Rusia
Belanda
Belgia
Spanyol
Portugis
Dan satu negara netral: Khilafah Utsmani yang bertugas "membujuk" Tiongkok untuk menghentikan perlawanan, meski terlambat karena pertempuran telah berakhir...
Oh Iya Bang, Apakah Turki Usmani Juga Mendirikan Koloninya Di Peking? Atau Bulgaria?
@@farrelardanhalid3760 Turki tidak mendirikan koloni sama sekali di Peking, atau dimanapun di Cina.
Tapi kayaknya iya di Bulgaria.
@@comradepivot4570 Apakah Ada Tentara India Inggris Yang Pernah Terlibat Saat Pemberontakan Peking?
The song it’s the best change my mind
which one?
@@YF-23_Enjoyer indian i think
Mark Twain: The boxer is a true patriot. In hindsight I agree
Colanialism, really helps to get that opium flowing
Opium needs nothing to flow world history shows any attempt to prevent addicts from getting it only kills massive amounts of non addicts. Of course actions of groups to force import evil but it would have came except under extreme oppression of population. There really are no significant good guys in most of earths history and efforts to blame other groups actions of the past only prevent own groups advancing and dealing with own culture damage.
Irony without the Enlightenment of the last group of colonial nations slavery would still be considered fine and building colonial empires fine.
This does not excuse the wrongs but it to point out the only the “insert group” is evil is false and unproductive.
The Opium Wars were several decades before this
@@sirboomsalot4902Why do you think the Boxers rebelled. Maybe they don't want their country torn apart by European cartels
Truly a time of great friendship between the allied powers.
its colonial powers dividing and conquering. nothing to admire here
It was, until McKinley announced the "open door" policy for China, an idea of NOT carving China up into colonies. I heard Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany was so pissed off about that he ordered invasion plans drawn up to invade the US mainland. The German general staff was aghast, but followed orders, hoping the Kaiser would cool off by the time they were done. When they presented the plans to him they were horrified when Wilhelm said something about "implementing them". The Germans started the preliminaries when the Kaiser came back from some sort of diplomatic thing in Europe. He had met US president Teddy Roosevelt and became buddies, hence the plans, to the relieve of the German high command, were shelved. Teddy ended up building up the US navy during his presidency, so those plans became unworkable.
@@mykolatkachuk7770 It is very admirable.
And then a few years later back to butchering each other by the millions in a pointless war.
Just hate on the Chinese
What's the soundtrack name 03:40 (flute)
Yankee doodle
Yes thanks i listen it in Yankee Doodle Dandy 👍🙂
オーハンは...?
This scene is just hilarious
A truly great film.
Why is nobody there other than a soldier to greet the Japanese army?
There aren't enough Asian people in Spain when the movie goes on, also that's why Chinese aren't focused with the camera
Most the Chinese are Spaniards. There aren't alot of Asian in Europe
@@forevergone3637 そういった理由があるんですね！知らなかった
@Sugawara4319 That's the reason for the Acting world, Although in real history, The Japanese relief were greated by only a few Soldiers, as the rest of the Defending troops were either dead or In Hospice because they had taken the Most offensive approach to the Siege
what were those civilians on the other side of the canal doing outside the perimeter?
The saddest part about this movie is all of the actors here are dead now. :((
This was made in the 60s the extras were under thirty and the lead actor was in his 30s but probably most of them died
But the great thing is we get to remember them all over again as youngish men.
What is the name of the first melody as the allies arrive?
It’s just known as help arrives if you look up 55 days at peking pekinghelp you should find it
Truly a movie from a bygone era. Glorifying the tearing of an ancient civilization by greedy foreign powers. Though I despise the CCP and it's influence on China today, one can argue that its rise to power was greatly aided by the inherent grudge held by the Chinese people from their memories of this time period. The "Western world" made one of their own worst enemies and yet today are still stupid enough to be overly reliant on China for almost everything we need that is manufactured. It sucks that the actions of old, arrogant, selfish bastards from a time gone by still has repercussions for the world today.
Didn't help that China is as big as it is and that the Emperors were so deeply entrenched in their ideas as they were. China had stagnated and been left behind by the rest of the world and refused to do anything to make it so the West did respect them on an equal footing. "Industry? I dont need that, I have half a billion peasants that can make up the difference. Railroads? I stick to dirt tracks and cobbled streets." They had all these cool things they invented and refused to use to make themselves a superpower. Meanwhile, the West took what the Chinese invented, improved upon them, and made better than anything China had, especially firearms.
It was not that simple. NOTHING is that simple. Read some history. In particular, I believe that if you ask the Koreans, Japanese, and Vietnamese about "old arrogant, selfish bastards," they would most likely point you in the direction of Beijing. As usual, governments are at fault, and the common people suffer.
@@DieFlabbergast I do read history. I majored in Asian Studies at university. I am of Asian descent myself. I think you're focusing too much on the CCP and not my original criticism of this movie which portrays foreign invaders of China as somehow noble/heroic.
Historically speaking yes, the corruption of the Qing Dynasty and the entrenched class system and Confucian ideology hampered China's ability to progress and match the power of other Imperialist nations of that time.
But when you have the British smuggling opium into the country to get the populace addicted to it because jolly England was spending too much silver on porcelain, tea and silks and so wanted their money back by peddling drugs, and when the Qing govt rightfully tried to stop that only to loose two wars over it leading to unequal treaties resulting in the foreign legations in Peking being formed. Who is in the wrong here?
@kiwihermit5080 The Opium Wars were also fought about two generations before the Boxer Rebellion, and exploited already nasty flaws in Imperial China, most of that being the military that was woefully outdated.
The corruption of the elites that you mentioned is also one of the biggest reasons. Especially when the emperor at the time genuinely wanted to improve his nation and was deposed for it. Though, that is kind of on him for not cutting kneecapping the reactionaries to ensure his reforms could go through.
Actually not. As the beggining the movie sets very clear how many nations were forcefully over chine.So that explains pretty clear the origin of the boxers .Later the movie is based on the the resistance of a small defence force whit a lot of civilians against a massive force.
Does anyone know the name of the music that starts at 2:38 please?
British, Americans, Germans, French, Japanese, Italians, Russians, Indians, and all in China. Imagine if this was YOUR country and that a bunch of foreigners walked in uninvited and were treated in some Holly wood film as if they were heroes.
It's ironic that after this campaign that in 1914, most of these nations would be at war with each other.
In 1937, Japan invaded parts of China and, in 39 Europe would be once again embroiled in the beginning of ww2.
There is a Lot of movies of americans invading Italy and Germany in ww2 and they are the heroes I am italian I don’t cry it’s a fucking Movie
Maybe the Boxers massacring the foreign civilians wasn't a good idea?
@@kennethkellogg6556 Does that make it right to glorify the slaughtering of a dozen times as many Chinese civilians in return? You can have your "retribution" all you like, but to then make a movie glamorizing the violence is just vulgar
@@marcobelli6856 Bruh. There's a difference. China is under colonialism unlike Italy being happy go lucky with mustache dude.
2:39 that was some good music that i heard what is the music name?
What song is this, its literally epic (not yankee doodle)
3:27
It is an abstract of Semper Fidelis by J.P. Sousa
Who was the official leader of Boxer Rebellion?
When all those reinforcements came in I fucking got the chills.
I had goosebumps upon seeing the relief forces, especially at 4:49, as I'm French 💙🤍❤.
4:24 -- Italy Bersaglieri were always a crack outfit, in spite of the bad reputation the Italians got in WW2. They were wearing those plumes when they charged the American 1st Division at Gafsa in 1943. The GIs kept shelling them, of course, but they were a brave bunch.
My uncle always used to say that the Italians that he was against in WW2 seemed to be very professional and trying really hard to kill him!
@@tsr207 -- The Italian conscripts the Greeks and British humiliated in 1940 and 1941 didn't really want to be there and were terribly trained. After those failures, the Italian military in North Africa got its act together and the Italians who served alongside Rommel were fairly well trained and equipped. That professional army, as it happened, was almost entirely lost in the Tunisian surrender in May of 1943. The conscripts left behind in Sicily did not want to die for Mussolini and surrendered in droves. Sadly, some of the bravest Italians were those fighting the Germans in Italy in 1943 and 1944. Their senior leaders deserted them, the Germans captured most and enslaved them, executing about eight thousand junior officers out of spite.
Sai chi sono quelli dopo i bersaglieri sono gli austri ungarici o i russi?
@@internetexplorer3999 -- One of the other comments has a list:
Songs played:
3:06 🇬🇧 UK: The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu/The Pibroch of Domhnall Dubh
3:27 🇺🇸 USA: Semper Fidelis March and Yankee Doodle
3:55 🇩🇪 Germany: Defiliermarsch von Carl Faust
4:24 🇮🇹 Italy: Inno di Garibaldi
4:36 🇷🇺 Russia: Solovej Solovej
4:48 🇫🇷 France: Marche Lorraine
4:55 🇯🇵 Japan: Kimigayo
Sadly, there is none for Austria-Hungary
The Japanese one is the coolest and chaddest. No need for fanfare and that festive crap. Just a march, salutes, a bow, then off to deliver retribution.
The Imperial Japanese military until the end of World War 1 was, as far as 20th century military forces go, a pretty good organization. For example, they were known for their exceptionally good treatment of POWs at this time (at least according to the Red Cross). A far cry from the Bushido-high generation that replaced them in the 1930s
While most are exited the this guy 3:22 is just relieved the legations made it
Very good movie to watch.
Wish the film showed Private Dan Daly defending the wall. He did it singlehandly and was awarded the first of two Medals of Honor. He was 5ft 5inches.
All you need is *THE LOG*
Use the arrow rain at them
Japan: acts like real Prussia
3:11
Music?
Scotland the brave
The Piobaireachd of Donald Dhu/The Pibroch of Domhnall Dubh
Vi esta película por primera vez en tv en febrero 1978 (ojo, que por la tarde habían puesto "murieron con las botas puestas 😃"), y todavía hoy me emociono igual con este final. Sobre todo recordando el comentario de mi padre recordando un hecho igual en la guerra civil española.
4:36 Nightingale Nightingale! Little bird.
450 million taels of fine silver (around 18,000 tonnes, worth approx. US$333 million or £67 million at the exchange rates of the time) were to be paid as indemnity over a course of 39 years to the eight nations involved.
The Chinese paid the indemnity in gold on a rising scale with a 4% interest charge until the debt was amortized on December 31, 1940. After 39 years, the amount was almost 1 billion taels (precisely 982,238,150), or ≈1,180,000,000 troy ounces (37,000 tonnes) at 1.2 ozt/tael.
This is how much China got to pay to these raiders
-David Liu
😮
I related to captain Georg von Trapp
If that light battalion of the british 24th infantry regiment at Rorke's Drift were there, they would have made short work of these boxer guys.
13 years later they'd all be fighting each other...🤦🏻♂️
Smedley Butler was awarded a Medal of Honor for his actions in Peking against the Boxers.