it is Known that after the capitulation of Germany, after the victorious conclusion of world war II, and in the early postwar years, the victorious countries gave a few solemn military processions. The Victory parade took place in Moscow, Berlin, London, Harbin… However, as we found out, was held and another such ceremony, which eventually turned out to be almost completely “erased” in history. About it “MK” said our reader is a direct participant in those past events.
Here’s what we wrote a longtime fan of “Moskovsky Komsomolets” a veteran of the great Patriotic war Vasily Efremovich Gorodilin.
“I ended the war in Romania and there he served until 1947 in the town of Brailov. Then our military unit was transferred to Germany, where I was transferred to serve in the honor guard. It was created in 1945, yet to protect all the ceremonies of the Nuremberg trials. And after the completion of the Nuremberg Tribunal and the honor guard was relocated from Potsdam to another military unit – in the 35th mechanized brigade, and there she was for two years.
In 1947, we were in the company came from Moscow two cameraman – Rymarev and Chiaureli. They are six “Studebakers” we moved 120 people in Berlin. There we changed into full uniform – same as the Kremlin guard of honor, and was marching on Alexander Platz.
We walked the parade before the cameras, and were filming near the Reichstag. All these shots had to enter the movie “the Day of the victorious country”.
help-MK:
“the Day of the victorious country” is a Soviet documentary film (1948). Directors: Ilya Kopalin and Irina Setkina-Nesterov. According to the authors, in cenolate should be shown one randomly selected day in the life of the Soviet Union – Wednesday, 14 August 1947. To implement such a plan on this day, 50 operators were shot at different parts of the Soviet Union on various aspects of life of the Soviet people – the revival of war-torn cities, the restoration of industry, construction, agriculture, science, cultural life and leisure of citizens.
After the release of the movie on the screens I episode with our honor guard on the screen did not see. – Cut it out and instead inserted footage of some of the platoon, going on field exercises.
I asked their commander: why the Grand March our company took? He told me that the movie was intended to remove under the motto like live and work in the country is a normal working day. And we are marching in dress uniform Yes, even in defeated Berlin. It’s too the front. I really don’t like working life, – that cut footage with our company.
But although the spectators of our March through Alexander Platz and saw this little parade of winners in 1947 year was! The testimony about him I have in the family archives preserved. Is a few pictures. One of them shows how our honor guard parade takes place in the defeated Berlin. While others battered Reichstag and the soldiers of our company beside him.
I Think that will be superfluous once more to show the younger generation how we triumphantly marched through the capital of defeated Germany.”
