I think this is Frankie Yankovic and his band. Yankovic (dark-haired accordion player) had a very successful postwar career playing polka music, and even won a Grammy. He suffered from frostbite in his feet and hands as a result of combat during the winter of 1944-45 and was told he'd have to have his feet and hands amputated to prevent gangrene. He refused and went back to the accordion as therapy. After making a recovery, he was assigned to Special Services to entertain troops. His biggest hit was "Just Because" (th-cam.com/video/pTmMRq9oxto/w-d-xo.html) from 1948.
I love the footage you find. It's real intense when it's colorized. The Nazis put on a heck of a show, especially with there color choices. I suppose it was a big part of the lure.
Controversial opinion: I know the Allies went through a lot to “denazify” Germany following the war but the rally grounds should have kept all their decor and the site made a historic landmark for preservation. These ground tell a critical lesson and story of the Nazi era and why Germany was able to sway to Hitler so easily.
What a sad sight, my heart broke. There was a million other places where they could have done that, gone were the days when you had respect for your adversaries, did they ever?
@@brianpeterson9290 No, I don't have respect for the Nazis, for the German people yes but I have even less respect for the allies, FDR and Churchill were two dirty bastards, it is they who wanted war not the Germans. ''Hitler is going to have this war whether he wants it or not.'' - Winston Churchill
@@rosesprog1722 Hitler wanted the war since th early 20's. So stating that the Germans did not want the war is a bit inaccurate. Source: Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"
@@rosesprog1722 if they’d done it at the Brandenburg gate fair enough , this was war ! There not pissing on corpses , there ridiculing thousand year empire that didn’t even make 15
The German army put up a defense in western Europe. They eventually ran out of man power and supplies. Fighting on two fronts against two super powers is a recipe for disaster !
All that grandiose monumentally rallies held there the whole thing reduce by an enemy that will do sing simple corny love song tapping and play the banjo in front of a badly dressed up bunch of soldiers. Credit to the yanks the fight hard they reap the rewards.
I love it. Wish they'd have gotten drunk on liberated local spirits and defaced the place in creative ways before it was demolished. Least they could do as thanks to the murderous scum who stole their youth, and the lives of tens of millions people around the world...all for nothing.
@@brianpeterson9290 That's a stadium dude, concrete, it doesn't care who built it, it's an impressive stadium, period. Are you gonna hate the Yankee Stadium because KISS played there?
Say whatever you want the architecture is impressive
It looks nice but it is in fact out of cheap materials, soaked in water and will cost like a billion to renovate
It looks cheap and shockingly small in reality lots of perspektive tricks
This is one time I wished the video had sound.
Yeah, sound would have been great.
Glad that you're back chronos
❤️
This feels like a time travel
Wonderful footage and many thanks again Sir.
This place is still there if you care to visit it in person.
So very nice to have you back!
Too bad most of Zeppelinfeld is gone....
Fabulous--you are the best!
Faszinierend diese Aufnahmen (als Nürnberger)
Really sucks to know the audio was never done or saved
Amazing 👌
and now I live 15 minutes walking from that place.
I think this is Frankie Yankovic and his band. Yankovic (dark-haired accordion player) had a very successful postwar career playing polka music, and even won a Grammy. He suffered from frostbite in his feet and hands as a result of combat during the winter of 1944-45 and was told he'd have to have his feet and hands amputated to prevent gangrene. He refused and went back to the accordion as therapy. After making a recovery, he was assigned to Special Services to entertain troops. His biggest hit was "Just Because" (th-cam.com/video/pTmMRq9oxto/w-d-xo.html) from 1948.
That's Luitpold Hain not zeppelin field.
I love the footage you find. It's real intense when it's colorized. The Nazis put on a heck of a show, especially with there color choices. I suppose it was a big part of the lure.
It's in original colour, not colourised.
@@linusfotograf Thanks
If memory serves, the band Led Zeppelin performed at the show, taking its name from the zeppelin motif.
Is this Norisring?
Controversial opinion: I know the Allies went through a lot to “denazify” Germany following the war but the rally grounds should have kept all their decor and the site made a historic landmark for preservation. These ground tell a critical lesson and story of the Nazi era and why Germany was able to sway to Hitler so easily.
Most of this is not at The Zeppelin Feld.
So they were already playing music here, decades before Ozzy did the same at the same place.
Very nice videoooooooOOOO 📹
What a sad sight, my heart broke. There was a million other places where they could have done that, gone were the days when you had respect for your adversaries, did they ever?
Grow a pair
That's a joke, right? Respect for Nazis?
@@brianpeterson9290 No, I don't have respect for the Nazis, for the German people yes but I have even less respect for the allies, FDR and Churchill were two dirty bastards, it is they who wanted war not the Germans.
''Hitler is going to have this war whether he wants it or not.''
- Winston Churchill
@@rosesprog1722 Hitler wanted the war since th early 20's. So stating that the Germans did not want the war is a bit inaccurate. Source: Hitler's book "Mein Kampf"
@@rosesprog1722 if they’d done it at the Brandenburg gate fair enough , this was war ! There not pissing on corpses , there ridiculing thousand year empire that didn’t even make 15
Old clips
Das Kapitel des Westens wurde hiermit geschlossen. Vorwärts! dröhnt es seit '45
Purtroppo il fanatismo dei vincitori ha voluto distruggere questa costruzione meravigliosa e impressionante.
Was hatten sie den fuer ein Kampf? Die Wehrmacht war in Russland.
The German army put up a defense in western Europe. They eventually ran out of man power and supplies. Fighting on two fronts against two super powers is a recipe for disaster !
Wonderfull nuremberg 😎🇬🇧🏴
Bummer!
Should play some Led Zeppelin to this! 😆
Actually, the place is nowadays also famous for the festival "Rock im Park" 😃
How about some Skynyrd..free bird?
@@manus4841 it's still there?
@@spiderreed350 yes, although much of the original architecture has been removed
All that grandiose monumentally rallies held there the whole thing reduce by an enemy that will do sing simple corny love song tapping and play the banjo in front of a badly dressed up bunch of soldiers. Credit to the yanks the fight hard they reap the rewards.
I love it. Wish they'd have gotten drunk on liberated local spirits and defaced the place in creative ways before it was demolished. Least they could do as thanks to the murderous scum who stole their youth, and the lives of tens of millions people around the world...all for nothing.
@@brianpeterson9290 That's a stadium dude, concrete, it doesn't care who built it, it's an impressive stadium, period. Are you gonna hate the Yankee Stadium because KISS played there?