It seems to be about 1930 or so. In those days, arms were swung shoulder high ONLY for recruits, waist belt high was trained regular forces. These days, its all shoulder high.Also, some officers are wearing black armbands... some death of importance. Perhaps King George V ( 1936) remember Wallis Simpson thing.
yes, time can change but some things should keep their traditions otherwise very little has meaning anymore. Social experiments in Todays army is a very PC thing these days. But that does not make it appropriate. Womn in the bands just don't look right, sorry mate!
Vienna Philharmonic is different than the Grenadier or Coldstream Guards. The orchestra is a civvy operation and women have every right to be in it. But military bands like the Guards have traditions and also an appearence that makes them what they are after over 200 years. Unfortunately women don't fit into that role as well and some things should be left as they are and not turned into politiclly correct social experiments.
Wow, already you come off as a pretty racist and sexist American, why am I not surprised?
There are already women in the Vienna Philharmonic, the first ever female Beefeater, the Women's Royal Army Corps etc.
Without women in WW2, the war effort would have gone to shit and instead of a band with over 200 years of history, you get Germans marching up and down the Mall.
They allow women in as well. What next eh, cows and chickens? Those silly Canucks!
In all serious though it is a rather contentious issue and one where I could imagine a traditional purist being branded a racial purist. Discrimination is a very testy subject here. I myself was uneasy over nomenclature.
this must be the late 20's I guess
Fenixx117 7 months ago
aahhh!! the good old days, sadly gone for ever, due to the influf of ponces we have to endue....
cooking23 1 year ago
@YouKnowIAmRight
The first tune is "Wien bleibt Wien," an Austrian march.
isbitsuper 1 year ago
wonderful............ whats the first tune called does anyone know?
YouKnowIAmRight 1 year ago
It seems to be about 1930 or so. In those days, arms were swung shoulder high ONLY for recruits, waist belt high was trained regular forces. These days, its all shoulder high.Also, some officers are wearing black armbands... some death of importance. Perhaps King George V ( 1936) remember Wallis Simpson thing.
Gramson28 1 year ago
yes, time can change but some things should keep their traditions otherwise very little has meaning anymore. Social experiments in Todays army is a very PC thing these days. But that does not make it appropriate. Womn in the bands just don't look right, sorry mate!
waterloo3 2 years ago
You missed the point, times really are changing and that it doesn't exclude anything.
emptyangel 2 years ago
Vienna Philharmonic is different than the Grenadier or Coldstream Guards. The orchestra is a civvy operation and women have every right to be in it. But military bands like the Guards have traditions and also an appearence that makes them what they are after over 200 years. Unfortunately women don't fit into that role as well and some things should be left as they are and not turned into politiclly correct social experiments.
waterloo3 2 years ago
Wow, already you come off as a pretty racist and sexist American, why am I not surprised?
There are already women in the Vienna Philharmonic, the first ever female Beefeater, the Women's Royal Army Corps etc.
Without women in WW2, the war effort would have gone to shit and instead of a band with over 200 years of history, you get Germans marching up and down the Mall.
emptyangel 2 years ago
They allow women in as well. What next eh, cows and chickens? Those silly Canucks!
In all serious though it is a rather contentious issue and one where I could imagine a traditional purist being branded a racial purist. Discrimination is a very testy subject here. I myself was uneasy over nomenclature.
01MarchHare 2 years ago