Lietuvos kariuomenės Garbės sargyba - Honour guard in Vilnius (1939)

Lithuanian Army Honour guard at Vilnius railway station are waiting for the special (just appointed) Lithuanian Government Commissioner for Vilnius and the Vilnius region -
Mr. Antanas Merkys who is arriving from Kaunas.
Director of photography Julius Miežlaiškis. 30 October 1939.
Sound track - Lithuanian ancient folk polyphonic war song "Sodauto rūta sodauto" by "Kūlgrinda".
Lietuvos kariuomenės Vilniaus rinktinės pėstininkų kuopa su kariuomenės orkestru išsirikiavusi Garbės sargyboje geležinkelio stotyje laukia atvykstančio traukinio. Traukiniu iš Kauno spalio 30 d. atvyksta specialus Lietuvos Respublikos Vyriausybės įgaliotinis Vilniui ir Vilniaus kraštui (prieš tai ėjęs Kauno miesto burmistro pareigas) Antanas Merkys.
Operatorius Julius Miežlaiškis. 1939 10 30, pirmadienis, oro temperatūra lauke buvo apie 0° - +2° C.
Garso takelis - sutartinė "Sodauto rūta sodauto", kurią dainuoja "Kūlgrinda".
Originalo saugotojas Lietuvos centrinis valstybės archyvas.

[@valdasendriulaitis50]

The a massing thing about old vintage films like this is spotting some one you personally know, as I did . The first short soldier with rifle and fix bayonet turns out to be Hugo Berchau ,my step- father ,a Lithuanian German who was in the army at the time and there for the Vilnius liberation. He late in 1940 was repatriated to Germany and after crossing the border drafted into the German Wehrmacht and served as a truck driver in the June 1941 liberation of lithuania from Bolshevik communist occupation !

[@ssliokaitis]

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[@aleksandraslisauskas2871]

Kažkaip tokia liaudies daina nelabai į temą čia.

[@bernardaspetraitis383]

Spalvos? Opa............☺👌

[@Isaak.Frunson.1940]

If Stalin wouldn't give Wilno to Lietuva the city would remain Polish up to now .

[@Oberschutzee]

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[@MrElmas02]

We waiting poland to give back gdansk, breslau. Common naci polish, do it. It's not yours. Plus suvalki region to lithuania

[@Isaak.Frunson.1940]

@@MrElmas02 everything that "bad Stalin" gave must be returned. Memel too.

[@MrElmas02]

@@Isaak.Frunson.1940 memel we know it was german, but it's tiny part of Lithuania, you polish give back lands to Germans, Poland will shrink by 1/3 of size. Not including ethnic Lithuanian lands.

[@Isaak.Frunson.1940]

@@MrElmas02 No problem! I agree!