Changing of the Guards then and now - British Berlin Tattoo 1981

Changing the Guards between the 18th Century Regiment of Grenadiers and the 20th Century Grenadier Guards. Shown at British Berlin Tattoo 1981. Recording from German TV.

[@Goldenblitzer]

what a bizzare display, very interesting though!

[@TokenChineseGuy]

I can't tell if the 18th century band is playing British Grenadiers, Let Erin Remember or some bizarre mix of the two.

[@michatvberlin]

Was amazing i saw as a kid Tattoo 1986 1988 and 1992

[@PetrovFed]

Thank you!!!

[@patriot4786]

Awesome!!

[@jacobkeppler1984]

First regiment of foot guards changing the guard 💂🇬🇧

[@nirkabelwireless8486]

what's the song the old guard playing at 6:20?

[@indrajitgupta3280]

Utterly fascinating to see the older formation of guards (still designated the regiment of grenadiers) march off to that rhythm, so emphatically not the modern 120 bpm quick march introduced by Napoleonic armies.
Since the first regiment of grenadiers was so designated in 1815, after their performance at the Battle of Waterloo, 56 years after the first regiment in the commonwealth to be designated a grenadier regiment, they would certainly have heard, regularly, the French 120 bpm. That would have seemed to shatter the illusion, so they were seen marching off to the older, traditional 90 bpm. The illusion remains, but only to drill and march Nazis who might have expected the bearskin after 1815, along with the grenadier designation, and the 'new'' marching beat.
Very nicely imagined programme, but for the jarring note of the crowds laughing when they needed to shut up if they were unfamiliar with a certain way of doing things.

[@tepidbudgie]

2:57 👌

[@jacobkeppler1984]

Who was the drum major leading regimental band corps of drums grenadier guards 💂🇬🇧

[@sidpheasant7585]

Indeed, you tried twice, and improved, but the proper term is "Changing the Guard" (or even Guard-Changing)

[@billathighwoods4289]

Excellent ex 2nd Btn Scots Guards 1960s

[@FrenzyPlaysMinecraft]

Why was there laughing at 4:18

[@sidpheasant7585]

The video is so old that we can't see too much, but probably it was the particular "relaxed" position the soldiers took up when they were allowed, by order, to "take their ease"...

[@indrajitgupta3280]

@@sidpheasant7585 I think it was an audience not used to this command, and reacting to what might have seemed to them, hearing it for the first time, as risible. Uncalled for, but excusable for a foreign audience that might have been used to an entirely different set of commands. That is, if it did know about command sets.