My comparison to the 21st century: 1) 1985: soldiers raise their legs lower. 2) 1985: more parade uniforms vs. 2000s: more combat uniforms. 3) 1985: soldiers carry less guns, and if so, across their breast. 2000s: soldiers carry guns direct their guns forwards. 4) 1985: soldiers look calmer vs 2000s: soldiers look tense. 5) 1985: less decorations (or is it just because only a small section of the parade is shown?)
the goosestep style of north korea during this time period is not actually "soviet style" as people are pointing out if one were to compare the soviet parade of 1985 and this parade, you'd see that the soviets sort of step "in" to their step more, providing a much more "rolling" feel to the march as the feet do not slam onto the ground as abruptly it is much closer stylistically to the original germanic/prussian form of goosestepping, seeing how it is also looser in total movement than the chinese style of goosestepping, but the step is also equally much more abrupt when they hit the ground, which makes it closer to how the east germans marched, but a little bit more aggressive
Most of them looked healthy and well-fed and in par with their South Korean counterparts nowadays for example lightly skin colored compared to today’s North Koreans.
The regime only films what it wants to show you. Do you think they would show you malnourished soldiers when they can gather the most fit soldiers for that parade?
@@G1CAAAAEO nowadays the parades show sunburned and sometimes skinny soldiers. these ones look well fed and have fair skin. even when tourists visit pyongyang, the showcase capital they see sunburned people everywhere, if u. see the 80s films of NK youll see everyone has un-sunburned skin and well fed bodies
@@Яни-д8о they weren't really prosperus after the mid 70s. Central planning started to go sour around that time because of resources mismanagement. But there was still alot of Soviet money and fuel going in, while the south started to pick up around this time although with terrible social problems and corruption. But I have no doubt that in 85 north korea was much more impressive to the south than it is today. Now the gap between the koreas is abismal. And although I am not a socialist and believe the kims are terrible, the fact is in the 60s and 70s north korea has had some success in improving the living standards and was impressive at that time compared with other asian nations, south korea included.
The military officer at 0:40 holds the rank of Sojang (Major General). You can tell by the single star on his shoulder boards, the red outline on the shoulder board is for the KPA Ground Forces.
Rumor has it that this military parade was one of the first ones to be videotaped. This is reinforced by the presence of the Mercedes limousine (during the first few seconds) that used as an OB unit during the 1992 parade as well. It’s likely KCTV’s hardware and and technology wouldn’t have changed much by the time of the 1992 celebrations. However, if the broadcast still exists in KCTV’s archives, it’s quite unlikely that it would ever see the light of day again, let alone be aired on TV. North Korea’s three generational punishment system would’ve prevented its re release as some officials who attended the parade would’ve been purged or have defected since then. I also recall that once the punishment applies, the North Korean authorities would do their best to wipe out any proof of their families’ existence. So, If there’s just too much of them, excessive footage would have to be cut, making it impossible for a whole broadcast to be re-aired.Just like the 1992 parade’s re-airing where O Jin U’s speech was cut, probably because a purged official, or one that has fled North Korea was present in close proximity to O as he delivered his keynote address. The same applies to the 1993 parade commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, where the creator of the Juche ideology, Hwang Jang-Yop (he defected in the late 1990s) had stood only a few feet away from Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. Only parts from a music video, a Japanese issue short summary of the civilian part of the TV broadcast, as well as a Russian amateur film of certain parts such as the bands’ march-in, troops’ inspection, keynote speech, march-past, civilian demonstration, and the finale where the leader and prominent guests would greet the attendees exist, at least in TH-cam. One must also recall that no one except the elite can tell KCTV to re release any old TV broadcasts.
@@로시난테-c9s In the 1980s before the breakup of the Soviet Union, they were the most developed countries in East Asia only after Japan, after which they no longer had their Soviet brothers to support so they developed nuclear weapons to defend themselves and meet. fierce reaction from the United States, and they are embargoed to this day
@@로시난테-c9s It's not the Kims who ruined the country, it's even them who improved it. But sanctions, naturals disasters, collapse of the USSR and now Covid 19 ruined it.
@@rft9776It's not Planned Economy to blame, it because where you even want to transition into Private Economy, that doesn't even work as the West simply blocaded your existence. Planned Economy can be very successful under an well-coordinated and an political environment that safes, but how do you make an political environment that safe when you have an lunatic Superpower accusing your only weapon of deterrent as an offensive one? As long as North Korea exist, Capitalist or not, it will be met with an forced removal or foreign invasion, whatever is it that Americans want it to be gone on the World map and to be replaced with an plastic surgery nations
Yes and they parade better and more synchronized. In the current parades the goosestep is not very synchronized, however in 1985 they were almost as synchronized as the Chinese parades.
0:44 weirds me out, the dude's seems facing the sun, but the other scenes shows that the soldiers are against the sunlight. Also, the scene looks like it was taken from some movie. Can someone chime in to let me understand if that's the case?
That was because the close-ups where recorded for a film in a studio with actors, the lights are artificial and the background is a chroma key, is not live action from the square
back to the time when North Korea had some face in the world. North Korea before the end of the Cold War, under the support of Soviet Union, was one of the most developed countries in the world. But because of the support from foreign countries, it simply comfort the government and the people, and Kim it sung had no capability at all to develop its economy and technology without these support. After Soviet Union collapse, everything in this country was down. The government started to lie not only to its people, but also to the entire world.
North Korea should use this kind of goose-stepping again. Their current ones, where they essentially yeet their legs into heaven just looks goofy as hell because of how they boing boing.
Just compare the North Korean people here vs the modern North Korean people, especially the soldiers. You can immediately see that they're not starving during the 80's.
Initially, North korea was better off than south korea because the Empire of Japan during the occupation (1910-1945) had built so many factories in the north, North Korea had a industrial boost, but the reason that they are not good now is due to the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Then, North korea refused any imports or trading with anybody due to Juche (extreme self reliance) leading to mass famine and death.
My comparison to the 21st century:
1) 1985: soldiers raise their legs lower.
2) 1985: more parade uniforms vs. 2000s: more combat uniforms.
3) 1985: soldiers carry less guns, and if so, across their breast. 2000s: soldiers carry guns direct their guns forwards.
4) 1985: soldiers look calmer vs 2000s: soldiers look tense.
5) 1985: less decorations (or is it just because only a small section of the parade is shown?)
You said the exact same thing in the 90s parade one.
in 80s DPRK look like just normal and not look like kinda upnormal or somthing like that
they looked well nourished then, compared with today's skinny famished face
Because the Soviet Union gave North Korea a lot of materials in the 1980s. But now they are hungry
@@Himmel-nh5ws not only that, at this time NK was still very rich and stable after the 80s, it kind went downhill from then
It just me or in the 80s their parade is more soviet like
It is Soviet style..North Korea Changed Marching Style in the early 1990s
it is 80s north korea... and you know north korea is still using soviet uniform soviet weapons
In 2020 parade Back to soviet Goostep again
Even now, it is still USSR like
@@마포갈매기-r1k they dont use soviet uniforms, they might look same. Cuz socialism i guess
For any who couldn't find the song at 0:38, it's called "we will win under the banner of the supreme commander".
the goosestep style of north korea during this time period is not actually "soviet style" as people are pointing out
if one were to compare the soviet parade of 1985 and this parade, you'd see that the soviets sort of step "in" to their step more, providing a much more "rolling" feel to the march as the feet do not slam onto the ground as abruptly
it is much closer stylistically to the original germanic/prussian form of goosestepping, seeing how it is also looser in total movement than the chinese style of goosestepping, but the step is also equally much more abrupt when they hit the ground, which makes it closer to how the east germans marched, but a little bit more aggressive
Most of them looked healthy and well-fed and in par with their South Korean counterparts nowadays for example lightly skin colored compared to today’s North Koreans.
The regime only films what it wants to show you. Do you think they would show you malnourished soldiers when they can gather the most fit soldiers for that parade?
@@G1CAAAAEO nowadays the parades show sunburned and sometimes skinny soldiers. these ones look well fed and have fair skin. even when tourists visit pyongyang, the showcase capital they see sunburned people everywhere, if u. see the 80s films of NK youll see everyone has un-sunburned skin and well fed bodies
@@G1CAAAAEO NK used to be better off due to Soviet support
@@gareginnzhdehhimself when soviet fall, everything changed quicly, famine and disaster etc
Lol. Soviet money. They are not self sufficient
Seems like recent parade, this familiar style of less-exaggerating marching has been brought back, definitely looks sharper now
Back when North Korea was prosperous
This is a fact hidden in the west. They definitely dont want anyone to know that the DPRK was once a prosperous nation.
@@Яни-д8о they weren't really prosperus after the mid 70s. Central planning started to go sour around that time because of resources mismanagement. But there was still alot of Soviet money and fuel going in, while the south started to pick up around this time although with terrible social problems and corruption. But I have no doubt that in 85 north korea was much more impressive to the south than it is today. Now the gap between the koreas is abismal. And although I am not a socialist and believe the kims are terrible, the fact is in the 60s and 70s north korea has had some success in improving the living standards and was impressive at that time compared with other asian nations, south korea included.
@@jigrodrigues Don't forget the South was fueled by the largest hegemonic power in the world, the United States and its many many allies.
@@localdude3702yeah and dprk by the second largest power: ussr
This was back before the the famine of the 1990s. So sad to know what happened afterwards
i can see that north korean soldiers even healthier than present time compare to 1985
you're right. US sanctions are effective enough to make the people of a country smaller.
@@하늘을나는돼지-n8e *if Soviet Union dead too
And yeah now Soviet Union dead, so it works
Famine was 11 years away
The soldiers are taller than now
The Marching is less more exagerated than before
They look happier too
@@mymy-io5cvthey look better fed
They used to be Richer and stronger than south Korea,but it all change in 1991
The military officer at 0:40 holds the rank of Sojang (Major General). You can tell by the single star on his shoulder boards, the red outline on the shoulder board is for the KPA Ground Forces.
Do you have a North Korean parade from 1990? One year before the collapsed of the Soviet Union.
Looks more normal and less mad, than today. More like the Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact.
Because back then North Korea was more normal country.
@@daraka1754 After success of Seoul olympic, they start to being isolated and this happened.
More like after the death of Kim Il Sung.@@JustRandomWonderer
Rumor has it that this military parade was one of the first ones to be videotaped. This is reinforced by the presence of the Mercedes limousine (during the first few seconds) that used as an OB unit during the 1992 parade as well. It’s likely KCTV’s hardware and and technology wouldn’t have changed much by the time of the 1992 celebrations. However, if the broadcast still exists in KCTV’s archives, it’s quite unlikely that it would ever see the light of day again, let alone be aired on TV.
North Korea’s three generational punishment system would’ve prevented its re release as some officials who attended the parade would’ve been purged or have defected since then. I also recall that once the punishment applies, the North Korean authorities would do their best to wipe out any proof of their families’ existence.
So, If there’s just too much of them, excessive footage would have to be cut, making it impossible for a whole broadcast to be re-aired.Just like the 1992 parade’s re-airing where O Jin U’s speech was cut, probably because a purged official, or one that has fled North Korea was present in close proximity to O as he delivered his keynote address.
The same applies to the 1993 parade commemorating the 40th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, where the creator of the Juche ideology, Hwang Jang-Yop (he defected in the late 1990s) had stood only a few feet away from Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. Only parts from a music video, a Japanese issue short summary of the civilian part of the TV broadcast, as well as a Russian amateur film of certain parts such as the bands’ march-in, troops’ inspection, keynote speech, march-past, civilian demonstration, and the finale where the leader and prominent guests would greet the attendees exist, at least in TH-cam.
One must also recall that no one except the elite can tell KCTV to re release any old TV broadcasts.
if you still believe the whole 3 generation punishment you’re actually stupid
actually, that's not true. the first videotape of the korean people's army is from 1948: th-cam.com/video/yGHN8mAsePc/w-d-xo.html
If it weren't for the embargo, now it would be more developed than Korea and Japan
that's not true. don't u know how kim's family messed up thier country before?
@@로시난테-c9s In the 1980s before the breakup of the Soviet Union, they were the most developed countries in East Asia only after Japan, after which they no longer had their Soviet brothers to support so they developed nuclear weapons to defend themselves and meet. fierce reaction from the United States, and they are embargoed to this day
@@로시난테-c9s It's not the Kims who ruined the country, it's even them who improved it.
But sanctions, naturals disasters, collapse of the USSR and now Covid 19 ruined it.
@@hoanghuuf17 1980년대 동아시아에서 일본 다음으로 번영한 국가는 한국이었고 그다음은 북한 마지막은 중국이었다
특히 중국은 90년대 후반까지 극빈국이었음
@@rft9776It's not Planned Economy to blame, it because where you even want to transition into Private Economy, that doesn't even work as the West simply blocaded your existence. Planned Economy can be very successful under an well-coordinated and an political environment that safes, but how do you make an political environment that safe when you have an lunatic Superpower accusing your only weapon of deterrent as an offensive one? As long as North Korea exist, Capitalist or not, it will be met with an forced removal or foreign invasion, whatever is it that Americans want it to be gone on the World map and to be replaced with an plastic surgery nations
In 1985 the quality was better than today (of the video)
Interesting how you can see them better-fed prior to the collapse of the USSR
Is it me or do these soldiers look healthier and more fit than today's NK's soldiers ?
Yes and they parade better and more synchronized. In the current parades the goosestep is not very synchronized, however in 1985 they were almost as synchronized as the Chinese parades.
They where life under kim il sung was the golden age kim Jung il started the rule with terror
I miss old North Korea
What is the song on 00:40 ???
Song at 0:38 please ?
People looks more happy back at that time
Those days the DPRK has allies it could depend on, today they stand alone against western imperialism
The times when North Korea was more developped than the south.
They already had been overtaken in late 70's.
Probably in the late 60s
Nah, 70's.@@gabrielphelps1555
0:44 weirds me out, the dude's seems facing the sun, but the other scenes shows that the soldiers are against the sunlight. Also, the scene looks like it was taken from some movie. Can someone chime in to let me understand if that's the case?
That was because the close-ups where recorded for a film in a studio with actors, the lights are artificial and the background is a chroma key, is not live action from the square
@@NEOM80 i see, so that's how it is. Thanks, much appreciated!
back to the time when North Korea had some face in the world. North Korea before the end of the Cold War, under the support of Soviet Union, was one of the most developed countries in the world. But because of the support from foreign countries, it simply comfort the government and the people, and Kim it sung had no capability at all to develop its economy and technology without these support. After Soviet Union collapse, everything in this country was down. The government started to lie not only to its people, but also to the entire world.
I don't know for sure but there is a chance China could fill the void that was left after the Soviet Union fell. They still are friends with China
I’ve noticed the north korean soldiers in 1980s look well fed than today’s north korean soldiers in 2022
North Korea should use this kind of goose-stepping again. Their current ones, where they essentially yeet their legs into heaven just looks goofy as hell because of how they boing boing.
Что за логотип сверху слева?
Это логотип северокорейского тв канала
Hey, I recognize the tune they're marching to!
Then what is the tune there marching to then?
@@randomfish2054
It's literally "Joson Inmingun", meaning "Korean People's Army". And it's not that hard to find it on youtube.
@@randomfish2054
Here, I found it for you. Hope the comment with link won't get deleted.
th-cam.com/video/1iyQl7M8EHw/w-d-xo.html
@@ДокторЯдо oh
Just compare the North Korean people here vs the modern North Korean people, especially the soldiers. You can immediately see that they're not starving during the 80's.
because that's the period before the massive famine started
It's really bad that Soviet Union fall
In fact the famine didn't start till 1994.@@Kalashnikov413
Meanwhile it's the opposite for Vietnam lol
Back then when North Korea is a real heaven
Not joking, they have many support of money from both USSR and China
are you going to upload more to this channel?
Uniforms and insignia--pure Soviet. No surprise considering it's 1985.
Is it just me or the cameras worked way better than some months ago?
What’s the second BGM
0:37
0:08 Korean People's Army / 조선인민군가
1985 they march slower in the 2000s they march faster
back when north korea has a supporrt from soviet and china they were much stronger than south korea, now its far from that.
I think China still support NK now
0:16 what a song please?
Korean People's Army song
In the 1980s North Korea was seen just like any other country but maybe seen as a not so good country but no where near as it is today
Ahh Good Times In North Korea When Soviet Still Alive
Does anyone have the full video?
What song is 1:04
0:15
這閱兵有看頭，蘇聯式的大閱兵。那個時候金日成還在世，朝鮮🇰🇵人民軍的軍服滿漂亮，特別是大壳帽很得体。
Initially, North korea was better off than south korea because the Empire of Japan during the occupation (1910-1945) had built so many factories in the north, North Korea had a industrial boost, but the reason that they are not good now is due to the fall of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Then, North korea refused any imports or trading with anybody due to Juche (extreme self reliance) leading to mass famine and death.
Fr, if the ussr didn't collapsed, they might be more advanced than SK
Love North Korea 🇰🇵 from me in the USA 🇺🇸.
I would say the soldiers seem less tense and happier. Before USSR collapsed NK at least had enough food to go around.
まだこの頃は苦難の行軍前だから栄誉状態がいいように見える
Back then this country was actually a good place i think
I have read alot about north korea. Between mid 60s and mid 80s (this video) NK had very decent living standards.
0:53 아무리 빨갱이쓰레기지만 같은 남자로서 잘 생긴건 인정 남한에서 태어났으면 훈남 배우로도 성공했을듯
kim jong il ruined everything
Exactly. Worst supreme leader of the DPRK
The only people to see their children have a worse life than them
Love north korea
那個年代的閱兵和南韓偽軍對比，更加威風八面，英姿颯爽👍
00:09 dirty flag lol
Dirty?
@@danilobalkan4548 yes, dirty
Bloody!
тОчНее.
& N0 lol(ибо hard boy)..
(Лол «тот» - кТо смеетсЯ поСледним)
They are such smart people 👏
저때가 지금보다 잘먹어 보이는건 기분탓인가
Back from when they didn't look like skeletons vacuum-sealed in human skin.
0:45 they look more human and not a starving skeleton back then
Because they had support from USSR and China back then. Sadly😢
this is some valuable lost media
people are happyer in the 80th not today
0:44 handsome
The time that they're stronger than south Korea
Not stronger. South Korea had already surpassed North Korea in the 80s
과거형으로 과거팔이 그만하자 과거에 못난사람 어디있는가...현실이 중요하지....나는 과거 10대시절 디카프리오보다 잘생겼고 잘나갔고 튼튼했다! 빌게이츠보다 꿈과포부 10배 재벌이였다! 과거 못난사람 어디있나
After Kim il sung it all went to shit
After the collapse of the ussr and death of kim il sung, everything went into a downhill famine😢
이때는 밥좀잘 먹었음?
good old times
look like style east germany and soviet
1997 05 22
那个时候朝鲜还能吃饱
蘇聯式的踢正步
Weird nk videos parade 1949
0:44ゆ○うた
コンギョーコンギョーコンギョーチョーニダー
Oh the poor people, this is truly awful :(
north korea in 1980 is age of their golden era, because everything is free. But everything is frick up when his son kim jong il took over.
@@PatroitSongChannel yes it is
Luckily it not happen same in Vietnam
What is the song on 0:08?
Red Samurai14 uploaded it and many others. Song of the Korean People’s Army
song of korean peoples army
朝鮮人民軍歌が、流れていない年は、ない。