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  • A 13-year-old Julie Andrews ('Mary Poppins', 'The Sound of Music') sings the British National Anthem in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother) at the 1948 Royal Command Performance at London's Palladium.
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    Julie Andrews (Aged 13) Sings for King George VI in 1948 [HD]. Julie Andrews sings the British National Anthem at the 1948 Royal Command Performance at London's Palladium. She runs on in front of Danny Kaye wearing a white A-frame dress and begins to sing, the audience join in.
    This was the 1st November 1948, the evening was held in the presence of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth (The Queen Mother). The show was presented by Val Parnell.
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  • @rgracia633
    @rgracia633 Před 8 lety +7139

    Julie Andrews, even at that age was amazing. What a career, what a voice, what a lady..

    • @chewie2055
      @chewie2055 Před 5 lety +33

      Ralph Rivera ......what a dame

    • @chocolatesouljah
      @chocolatesouljah Před 5 lety +40

      Clipgatherer After giving over 1,000 performances as ELiza!
      In recent years she said she’s made her peace with that she said it would’ve been nice Record the role on film but after all if she had taken on Eliza Doolittle she couldn’t have been Mary Poppins.
      Don’t get me wrong I grew up listening to the cast album of my for a lady with Julie Andrews. I basically can’t bear the film because of that. And in my opinion no matter what people say it’s just not a great film where is Mary Poppins actually is. So more power to Julie for where feet took her. She was very deserving!

    • @tamorap1614
      @tamorap1614 Před 4 lety +8

      What a life!!

    • @joshuajohnson1798
      @joshuajohnson1798 Před 4 lety +18

      13 years old hit the high note "QUEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN" at the end. Unbelievable!!!!!

    • @cynthiaburrus3901
      @cynthiaburrus3901 Před 4 lety +6

      @@Clipgatherer I'm glad she didn't. THAT MOVIE BELONGED to Hepburn even if she couldn't sing.

  • @karenvincent5202
    @karenvincent5202 Před 4 lety +4993

    I just read her autobiography. She was supporting her family even at this young age. Never really had a childhood and yet she has a sunny outlook on life.

    • @Farrah300
      @Farrah300 Před 4 lety +108

      I like a person who has a good attitude.

    • @eleanorevery
      @eleanorevery Před 4 lety +67

      She’s incredible!!

    • @robertnielsen2461
      @robertnielsen2461 Před 4 lety +68

      Singing has very positive effect on a persons attitude,if your blessed as she has been even more so.

    • @karenvincent5202
      @karenvincent5202 Před 3 lety +191

      @her parents split up when she was quite young. Her mother's second husband was in vaudeville and he was the one who started her performing. Her mother was not very stable and her stepfather was an alcoholic. She said that even when she was twelve she often had to travel to jobs alone and was very lonely staying in a strange hotel by herself. If anyone did that with a child today they would get into big trouble. As time went on she became the only breadwinner and even after she was married and was no longer at home she continued to support her parents and her siblings.

    •  Před 3 lety +1

      Karen Vincent
      Wow! That is astonishing. She always seemed to be so genuine and happy not to mention beautiful and talented. Thank you so much!!

  • @tc2334
    @tc2334 Před rokem +5331

    Wow. Julie Andrews is one of the few people who spent her childhood singing 'God Save the King' and is still around to be able to sing it again.

    • @JimiBegbaaji
      @JimiBegbaaji Před rokem +377

      She got to sing it to 2 kings and 1 queen.

    • @lucieirl
      @lucieirl Před rokem +335

      That’s actually wild. I think it’s easy to forget our older generations are “living history” sometimes!

    • @kerensabirch5214
      @kerensabirch5214 Před rokem +49

      I doubt if she'd want to, though.

    • @tc2334
      @tc2334 Před rokem +41

      @@kerensabirch5214 That remains to be seen, I suppose.

    • @jillohara3121
      @jillohara3121 Před rokem +145

      She can no longer sing in the higher ranges because of surgery on her vocal cords a few years ago

  • @millers3888
    @millers3888 Před 10 lety +4301

    That high note at the end is Julie. Very talented little girl.

    • @PCCphoenix
      @PCCphoenix Před 5 lety +36

      Yes indeed, that descant line was all hers!!!

    • @brookeggleston9314
      @brookeggleston9314 Před 5 lety +44

      I was wondering if I was the only one who heard it! You must all be old choristers, like myself!!!

    • @trashpanda9357
      @trashpanda9357 Před 5 lety +22

      I heard it too ^^ Damn, she could sing that little girl

    • @cynthiacorcoran9389
      @cynthiacorcoran9389 Před 5 lety +13

      Cynthia me hit the highest note or any note in this catagory in my generation. The one and only to hit it. It was training from birth!

    • @unseelie63
      @unseelie63 Před 5 lety +13

      I read that she had an adult larynx as a girl,which gave her a lot of power and control.

  • @Crybb-s5t
    @Crybb-s5t Před 3 lety +3274

    Julie age 13 : sings beautifully
    Me age 13: trying to close the fridge slowly to see if the lights go off

  • @peterd788
    @peterd788 Před 4 lety +1654

    It's difficult to believe this was nearly 72 years ago.

  • @jhibbitt1
    @jhibbitt1 Před 9 lety +7709

    wow she really has lived quite a life hasn't she

    • @shaunwilson7148
      @shaunwilson7148 Před 5 lety +227

      And she still has more to live

    • @mkx1987
      @mkx1987 Před 5 lety +163

      she was born to be a legend XD

    • @Jenna-lo1yp
      @Jenna-lo1yp Před 4 lety +8

      @@shaunwilson7148 what?

    • @gillianlandry283
      @gillianlandry283 Před 4 lety +76

      One of the most angelic voices in the world. Such a shame that surgeon who operated on her ruined her vocal chords!!!

    • @joyk2327
      @joyk2327 Před 4 lety +29

      @@zyxw2024 The doctor gave to her a wrong diagnosis and also made serious mistakes during the surgery. She took a risk but based on a misdiagnosis.

  • @cherylclair
    @cherylclair Před 8 lety +6311

    Goodness, I was not aware that she had been a child star.

    • @Shamsithaca
      @Shamsithaca Před 8 lety +612

      She was a child prodigy, an operatic singing sensation, had an entire career before doing My Fair Lady on Broadway and a career that continues today!

    • @emcanet
      @emcanet Před 5 lety +174

      I found her autobiography in a used book store. Can not wait to learn more about her. Big fan.

    • @sixchiensblancs
      @sixchiensblancs Před 5 lety +149

      @@emcanet
      She is amazing, so talented, and funny...
      Too bad that throat surgery was botched a few years back...
      It must have been frightening for her!!!
      I LOVE her work, like Victor/Victoria, simple little movie, but so funny!!!
      And all the rest of course, including the Sound of Music...

    • @arx754
      @arx754 Před 5 lety +125

      I understand her parents were in vaudeville, so she got her start on stage REALLY early once they heard her sing.

    • @indirap.gungadin2239
      @indirap.gungadin2239 Před 4 lety +30

      @@emcanet I'm listening to her audiobook called: Home. It is so interesting!

  • @kadenmarshall7122
    @kadenmarshall7122 Před rokem +67

    It’s blows my mind that someone who sang this to the king only 3 years after WWII is still alive to sing it to another king in 2023!

    • @seagerseager5174
      @seagerseager5174 Před 5 měsíci +1

      I wonder if she would be asked to sing again for the King 👑

    • @Lady-Seashell-Bikini
      @Lady-Seashell-Bikini Před 8 dny

      ​@@seagerseager5174 The fact that she had a botched vocal surgery that destroyed her singing voice in 1997 is pretty well known. She has made peace with it.

  • @IsyanaArslan
    @IsyanaArslan Před rokem +94

    It's beautiful that at 13 Julie Andrews sang "God Save The King." Now at almost 87 years old she can sing that again.

    • @EYE_GOTCHA
      @EYE_GOTCHA Před rokem +3

      She is able to sing again? I didn't know. That's fabulous.

    • @PJ-Sparkles
      @PJ-Sparkles Před rokem +8

      Sadly, she can’t. Her vocal chords are done. No more singing.

    • @carolharris2357
      @carolharris2357 Před rokem +2

      @@PJ-Sparkles she had an operation for nodes and never regained her singing voice.

    • @robertandhollyscorpiofan2697
      @robertandhollyscorpiofan2697 Před rokem +5

      @@carolharris2357 she can’t sing the way she used to, but she can sing.

  • @margaretross9150
    @margaretross9150 Před 4 lety +661

    I'm currently reading the first of Julie's two autobiographies and now admire her even more. She didn't have an easy childhood and worked very hard to help her family.

    • @milacruz3970
      @milacruz3970 Před 4 lety +6

      What are they called? I'd love to read them!

    • @margaretross9150
      @margaretross9150 Před 4 lety +15

      @@milacruz3970 Hello! The first is "Home: A Memoir of My Early Years" and the second is "Home Work: A Memoir of My Hollywood Years".

    • @SpeccyMan
      @SpeccyMan Před 4 lety +18

      @@margaretross9150 Must get both of those. Always admired her since I saw Mary Poppins as a child.

    • @betinablueyes
      @betinablueyes Před 4 lety +9

      The times were tough, my Grandmother also worked as a child picking berries, and paid by the pint. Labor laws have helped kids not have to go through such, but alas that didn't prevent the children from working the family farms. Builds character.

    • @PitiMiami
      @PitiMiami Před 3 lety +4

      @@margaretross9150 Thank you 😊

  • @skeeterradar
    @skeeterradar Před 5 lety +343

    Wow! just listen to her voice soar into the stratosphere on that final note with such power that she overshadows an entire choir and orchestra.

    • @carmenm9068
      @carmenm9068 Před rokem +5

      Try looking up her singing the Polonaise at 13. Towards the end she goes incredibly high and pure.

    • @lordkalvan816
      @lordkalvan816 Před rokem

      I agree with you about that final note - it's beautiful and pure and powerful. I feel I should point out, however, that one soprano singing a high note is much easier to pick out against an entire 100 voice choir than 10 people singing at lower pitches.

  • @veecee3669
    @veecee3669 Před 4 lety +125

    Oh my goodness, Julie Andrew's voice was astounding even at 13 years old!

    • @karenvincent5202
      @karenvincent5202 Před 4 lety +7

      I just read her autobiography. She started supporting her family at the age of 12. No real childhood, but still a sunny outlook on life.

  • @sarahbrighteyes
    @sarahbrighteyes Před 6 lety +2045

    How did I not know about this gem of a video before now?? I mean Julie Andrews, King George VI, and Danny Kaye (whom nobody seems to notice)! This is legendary!

    • @brookeggleston9314
      @brookeggleston9314 Před 5 lety +67

      Not to mention Churchill!!!

    • @AnjiKnutsen
      @AnjiKnutsen Před 5 lety +79

      I spotted Danny Kaye!! I recognised some of the faces at the end, but can't remember their names.

    • @jennyq4979
      @jennyq4979 Před 5 lety +59

      I noticed Danny Kaye too - loved him!

    • @janinesundberg4999
      @janinesundberg4999 Před 5 lety +46

      Noticed Danny Kaye there too. Such a funny, talented guy.

    • @domainofthesun4400
      @domainofthesun4400 Před 5 lety +19

      Is the front row a who's who of the musical stage at the time?

  • @efrosynihobbs4741
    @efrosynihobbs4741 Před 2 lety +117

    I've always admired Julie Andrews. She's beautiful, multi-talented, a wonderful actor, singer, dancer and a thoroughly decent human being! I wish there were more Julie Andrews in the world!

  • @allanmoore4353
    @allanmoore4353 Před rokem +152

    Her voice even at that age was recognizable as Julie Andrews. Wonderful video.

    • @Robin.Tussin
      @Robin.Tussin Před rokem

      It's the same person?
      😒

    • @PhineasFerb001
      @PhineasFerb001 Před rokem +1

      @@Robin.Tussin you sound different when you’re younger, as you age your voice matures

    • @Robin.Tussin
      @Robin.Tussin Před rokem

      @@PhineasFerb001 That may be, but you don't sound like a completely different person at the end of it - you just sound older. The query here was someone making it seem remarkable that she is recognisable as Julie Andrews: well, of course she's recognisable as Julie Andrews, she's Julie Andrews - just, aged 13.

    • @PhineasFerb001
      @PhineasFerb001 Před rokem

      @@Robin.Tussin I think if I wasn’t told this was Julie Andrew’s I would have never guessed it

    • @Robin.Tussin
      @Robin.Tussin Před rokem

      @@PhineasFerb001 That's nothing to do with anything? I tried to communicate this before: the query herr surrounds the fact that it sounds just like Julie Andrew - not that it doesn't sound like Julie Andrews.
      Do you understand what you're replying to?

  • @deriter64
    @deriter64 Před 10 lety +687

    Figures that a gracious, beautiful woman like Julie Andrews would have been a charming adolescent with an already budding talent.

    • @Cassxowary
      @Cassxowary Před 5 lety +6

      deriter64 not just talent but training too

    • @wandajames6234
      @wandajames6234 Před 4 lety +5

      I think it was a bit more than "budding"

    • @Catubrannos
      @Catubrannos Před 4 lety +7

      @@wandajames6234 That was top level singing. I suspect her budding talent likely happened during the war. I'm sure she was a great morale booster wherever she was.

  • @snowysnowyriver
    @snowysnowyriver Před rokem +50

    My God! Thirteen years old and a voice like that...... incredible!!!!

    • @Quaker-tc8ue
      @Quaker-tc8ue Před 3 měsíci

      She was born with an adult larynx.

  • @winnievanorden1
    @winnievanorden1 Před 5 lety +294

    Julie Andrews...perfect in every way.

  • @daisydaisy1034
    @daisydaisy1034 Před rokem +46

    A pure voice of a 13 year old, not pretentious. One of the best child voices I've ever heard. Some kids are always trying to sound like some artist or sound a lot of older than they are, manipulating their voice.

  • @kateg7298
    @kateg7298 Před rokem +31

    Even at 13 she had the most amazing voice! Such a rich tone and resonance. She's simply amazing.

  • @juststardust8103
    @juststardust8103 Před 5 lety +559

    Her handclap is so cute!

    • @lisaerl
      @lisaerl Před 5 lety +12

      I thought the same thing. I would loved to seen a close up of her face while she sung. She's a really refined, classy beauty.

    • @rexdby2984
      @rexdby2984 Před 4 lety +23

      The clapping is incredibly enthusiastic! The passion and energy of youth combined with love of country.

    • @typingcat
      @typingcat Před 4 lety +3

      @@rexdby2984 People loved royalties back then?

    • @zyxw2024
      @zyxw2024 Před 4 lety +4

      @@typingcat I'm still receiving my royaltie$. lol

    • @ElusiveTy
      @ElusiveTy Před 3 lety +4

      @@typingcat You obviously meant to say "royals" and yes, people adored the royals back then, a lot more than today and that goes for all of the monarchies that existed and still exist. People still adore the royals, albeit less so overall and with less general support. They are dignified symbols of their countries like any other. Where the world thinks of Trump when they think of the US... The world thinks of The Queen who can do no wrong, when they think of the UK.

  • @jctresham4592
    @jctresham4592 Před 4 lety +384

    Did not realise that Julie was that old but she is. She’s 85.

    • @user-uc3ld1zj3g
      @user-uc3ld1zj3g Před 3 lety +10

      That ain't old

    • @lainierehn5202
      @lainierehn5202 Před 3 lety

      😭😭😭

    • @AmaraJordanMusic
      @AmaraJordanMusic Před 3 lety +10

      I know! Only 2% of the world’s population existed before the current Queen of England ascended. It’s really wild to think about.

    • @haroldlawson8771
      @haroldlawson8771 Před 3 lety +1

      @@AmaraJordanMusic queen of the United kingdom*

    • @KingJackson11355
      @KingJackson11355 Před 2 lety +1

      Their are some people who are alive much older then the queen still. Like Kane takana In Japan who’s 119.

  • @SnarkierThan-U-R
    @SnarkierThan-U-R Před 3 lety +53

    She was put on earth to sing, such a tragedy she lost that gift.

    • @allenjones3130
      @allenjones3130 Před rokem

      It is indeed saddening that JA isn't able to sing like she used to, but even if she'd never had that surgery, it's possible that she still might not be able to sing like she once did; she turns 87 years of age on October 1st, 2022.

    • @charliekane135
      @charliekane135 Před rokem +4

      Everyone loses 'that gift' eventually. Vocal chords are muscles they age just like the rest of the body

  • @binaway
    @binaway Před 5 lety +119

    Just Prior to becoming famous Julie Andrews accompanied her mother and step father on the theater circuit across the UK. In Manchester they stayed a digs run by my grandmothers sister. After they left she found a box of empty food cans under the bed, which must have been eaten cold, and one of Julies shoes. Mr great aunt loved theater people and if she had known how hard up they were she would have fed them for free. She wrote a letter to their next digs regarding the shoe and they wrote back asking her to keep it and they would collect it next year. Julie appeared as a star on the West End the next year and my great aunt kept the shoe as a memento. It had belonged to Julie Andrews.

    • @arnoldamaral7406
      @arnoldamaral7406 Před 5 lety +3

      binaway What a beautiful story. Where is the shoe now my friend? 🇬🇧🇺🇸🇪🇸🇫🇷 I'm 15% British Isles. According to my DNA test. My mom is 30%. The rest is French Spanish Portuguese & Eastern Europen. My Great Grand Parents came to America around 1820 from western Europe Sincerely Arnold Bourbon Amaral take care my friend. 🌍🌏🌎👱🌿

    • @connoroleary591
      @connoroleary591 Před 4 lety +2

      @@arnoldamaral7406 greetings to you Mr Amaral from the UK.
      Do pay a visit some day.

    • @titania145
      @titania145 Před 4 lety +2

      It will be worth a lot, especially if she kept the notes written back 👍

    • @binaway
      @binaway Před 4 lety +1

      @@arnoldamaral7406 We emigrated and dads family lost contact over the decades.

    • @abdiver12
      @abdiver12 Před 3 lety +2

      What a beautiful story. It would be so cool if you could find a way to reunite that shoe with Julie today. I'm sure she'd be thrilled to see it.

  • @alexandrinaarabella334
    @alexandrinaarabella334 Před rokem +8

    What a precious child Julie Andrews was... Look at her clapping her hands with such delight.

  • @patriciahill4492
    @patriciahill4492 Před rokem +11

    Isn't she precious. 13 yrs old with that beautiful voice. And she's still with us in 2022. Amazing. 👏 Her enthusiasm at the end clapping for the King 🤴 so excited. I've always liked her. 🥰 💖

  • @sherryhall6946
    @sherryhall6946 Před 3 lety +146

    I’ve never seen her this young. I love the enthusiasm in the crowd. Very patriotic people.

    • @Maya-bu2rf
      @Maya-bu2rf Před 2 lety +14

      Probably because it was just a couple of years after WWII

    • @mogznwaz
      @mogznwaz Před rokem +1

      I miss it

    • @barney6888
      @barney6888 Před rokem +3

      Yes indeed. After what they'd been through and the way HM King George VI gave them the right words at the right time shows that triumph is always possible, even during the darkest of days.

  • @harlickgirl389
    @harlickgirl389 Před 10 lety +148

    So well trained and talented. Pure vocals. Yes, it is Julie Andrews.

  • @adeleweiss8130
    @adeleweiss8130 Před rokem +44

    What a privilege for George to have the amazingly talented Julie Andrews singing for him!

  • @truvi2461
    @truvi2461 Před 3 lety +79

    I think there are not many people who saw the King and are still alive. 😳 Very cool, Julie!!! 😃👍

    • @KingJackson11355
      @KingJackson11355 Před 2 lety +9

      And now we are back to this anthem. Rest In Peace queen ❤

    • @adelucas4824
      @adelucas4824 Před rokem +5

      My next door neighbour is 89 so has now seen three monarchs. In the future, barring an unfortunate circumstance when the monarch dies early, we won't see the likes of Elizabeth again and many people will see three or maybe even 4 over their lifetime.

    • @truvi2461
      @truvi2461 Před rokem +2

      @@KingJackson11355 Yes. 😭

    • @truvi2461
      @truvi2461 Před rokem +1

      @@adelucas4824 Yes, that's true. 🥺

  • @janeclarkson8471
    @janeclarkson8471 Před rokem +10

    Beautiful, dignified, talented actress and wonderful voice, charming, without the dreaded ego and a real lady! Love her. At 13 she had a lovely voice and she was clapping with such glee after the National Anthem! Bravo Julie ❤️❤️👌🤗🤗😘😘 👏👏💐💐

  • @deed468
    @deed468 Před 3 lety +36

    What an incredible honour for the King!

  • @44032
    @44032 Před 6 lety +47

    Julie was really into it. Look at her clapping afterwards. First horizontal, then vertical then back again. (from 1:12)

  • @shirleyandrews1152
    @shirleyandrews1152 Před rokem +13

    Julie is a favorite of our family. She’s so talented. My boys remember her from Mary Poppins❤️

  • @debrazawlocki3975
    @debrazawlocki3975 Před rokem +2

    Years ago, my mom worked for ABC in Indy. Whenever celebrities were in town, she would take me with her so I might have an opportunity to meet them. I will never forget meeting Julie Andrews. She came to town to tape a promotional for Indy's traditional replay of "Sound of Music" on Christmas evening. She probably met millions of "everyday people" yet she made eye contact, shook hands, and left everyone with the impression that she was thankful to have met them. What a lovely lady!

  • @sandraolson1022
    @sandraolson1022 Před rokem +4

    Love the way she was so enthusiasticly clapping, she was clearly enjoying herself!

  • @allenjones3130
    @allenjones3130 Před 2 lety +148

    J.A. began her vocal life as a lyric/coloratura soprano with a range of 4 octaves. During the 50s, her voice deepend and she became a mezzo-soprano with a very strong upper register.

    • @dianaaljadeff2983
      @dianaaljadeff2983 Před rokem +1

      Allen Jones
      Julie Andrews was a soprano not a mezzo soprano. Just listen her West Side Story duet with Carol Burnett. Only in the eighties she started to sing with lower keys but she was always a soprano she started as a coloratura soprano and in the seventies and eighties her voice deepened and she became a second soprano but never a mezzo.The singer who sang in Mary Poppins and The Sound of music was a lyric soprano with high notes Allen Jones never a mezzo.
      .A mezzo was Judy Garland a mezzo was Marilyn Horne a mezzo was Mary Martin never Julie Andrews.

  • @tituscaesar
    @tituscaesar Před 4 lety +27

    wow She's practically "pitch" perfect in every way :) wonderful

  • @vickihandel3620
    @vickihandel3620 Před rokem +6

    Julie Andrews is such a kind individual! She’s never been ugly about the fact she was the major bread winner for her step father , mother and siblings! Even as a child she had such Grace and talents ❤

  • @vinadamswood586
    @vinadamswood586 Před 2 lety +139

    Just writing this the day after our Queen has passed away. We must now start getting used to singing God Save The... KING. And here is the best clip I know.
    This is very moving. When the audience left the theatre that night of November 1st 1948, they will have had to pass rubble everywhere left by the Luftwaffe blitz and still far from being totally cleared. Interestingly there was still another 13 days before the birth of the now King Charles lll.
    Watch this clip to the very end. Julie Andrews will be 87 on 1st October 2022, and here she was exactly one month over 13... and a very young 13 at that. How great she is here. In her dazzling career, she never bettered this moment.
    The Royal Command Performance is over. The 52 year old King George Vl had less than four years to live... the stresses of the Second World War had exacerbated health problems already existing, and within months of this concert, a planned tour of Australia and New Zealand was postponed after an arterial blockage needed a lumbar sympathectomy just four months later in March 1948.
    And watch the audience at the very end as they look up at the Royal Box. One can sense their concerned affection.
    And Julie, from the moment when you excitedly run on to deliver the showpiece to the whole evening, to that top note you deliver at the very end, you made me proud to be British.
    Loved the way (Sir Thomas Beecham?) the conductor slowed down the opening lines for you to deliver as a solo, and then watch the brio of the conductor as he asks the massed singers to give the rest of the anthem their maximum volume.
    Startling to think that the odds are that Julie is the only single one of those assembled on stage and in the orchestra pit who is still alive as I write this. A great clip.
    Made even greater for me by seeing my boyhood hero Danny Kaye standing immediately behind Julie... and joining in the joke conga exit with Crazy Gang members (the King’s favourite comedians).
    - David 'Dai' Woosnam, Grimsby, UK - born 20/7/47

    • @postscript67
      @postscript67 Před 2 lety +11

      Thanks for all the information. I think the conductor is actually Henry Hall, of BBC Dance Orchestra fame. Certainly he is listed as the musical director for the performance.

    • @carmenm9068
      @carmenm9068 Před rokem +6

      I don't think I'll be getting used to it. I couldn't care less about him or his paramour.

    • @918Venice
      @918Venice Před rokem +3

      Wonderful post, thanks!

    • @fussyrenovator7551
      @fussyrenovator7551 Před rokem +3

      @@carmenm9068 Snarky!

    • @amyaldrich780
      @amyaldrich780 Před rokem

      Thanks for sharing, Vin!

  • @aftersexhighfives
    @aftersexhighfives Před rokem +9

    I cry watching princess diaries 2 when she sings. She really tries and hides it very well but the surgery to remove a non cancerous growth on her vocal chords really stole her voice. It's heartbreaking. How wonderful to get to enjoy her voice when it was so young. She's an amazing lady.

  • @piacolada206
    @piacolada206 Před rokem +16

    Watching this makes me feel nostalgic and happy and sad at the same time even if I wasn’t alive then. What a beautiful memory captured in film. Thank God for filmmakers ❤

  • @60sto80s2
    @60sto80s2 Před rokem +7

    I love how enthusiastic she as a kid they way she ran in and the clapping at the end she was really enjoying herself

  • @freedomartwork6950
    @freedomartwork6950 Před rokem +9

    The way she scampers onto the stage at the beginning is so adorable. And that voice!!!

  • @timheavrin2253
    @timheavrin2253 Před 2 lety +7

    Only one word for Julie. WOW! What a human being too! Voice of an angel!

  • @ameliabousman1553
    @ameliabousman1553 Před 3 lety +17

    Even as a child Julie Andrews possessed a beautiful voice. Could listen to her all day. ❤

    • @G6JPG
      @G6JPG Před rokem

      I sometimes do 🙂

  • @bluesky4491
    @bluesky4491 Před rokem +10

    Even at a young age Julie Andrews continues to amaze me with her talent! We are blessed to hear her sing .

  • @violapowell9549
    @violapowell9549 Před rokem +7

    She always had such a pure voice! I believe she had perfect pitch as well.

  • @emotionallychargedtowel
    @emotionallychargedtowel Před rokem +7

    Holy... many of us only ever knew the Queen. Imagine Julie Andrews singing God save the King at 13 and for it to come full circle now.

  • @chrisnorton4382
    @chrisnorton4382 Před 5 lety +33

    A remarkable vote of confidence from the organisers of the evening's Command Performance to entrust young Julie with leading the ensemble for the anthem. A superstar in the bud as someone said.

  • @jeanneratterman
    @jeanneratterman Před rokem +5

    I had never heard this before. Wow! Her child voice is so mature and beautiful. Well done…all her life!

  • @pienpakvis6118
    @pienpakvis6118 Před 5 lety +15

    I had no idea, that she started out so young, and so spectacularly...Amazing!!

  • @arkadeepghosh4020
    @arkadeepghosh4020 Před 2 lety +9

    Even after encountering such barriers of problems at such a young age,her smiling face is great.

  • @sebastianbache8862
    @sebastianbache8862 Před rokem +3

    I love their wholesome silliness at the end

  • @thelaughingtiger146
    @thelaughingtiger146 Před 3 lety +19

    She's adorable! I wish the sound quality was better. I love to see history alive in these films. What a treat, not to be dismissed lightly. Thank you uploaders!

  • @MandeeSparkle
    @MandeeSparkle Před 12 lety +257

    After studying in England for a year, I came home to America, and went to a festival for 4th of July. When they started "My Country Tis of Thee" for the audience to sing, I went into autopilot and started singing God Save the Queen. Everyone turned and looked at me, while my whole family burst out into laughter.

    • @amyschneidhorst1384
      @amyschneidhorst1384 Před rokem +34

      Long ago when I studied in England for graduate school I did the same! At the time I felt embarrassed, but in hind-sight it could have been a good opportunity to talk about how many English tunes were adopted and are still sung and played today in the United States.

    • @lisadominguez3457
      @lisadominguez3457 Před rokem +13

      That’s hilarious. I’ve done the same, singing with an award winning high school choir in America. We used to sing for retired military in nursing homes. It was one of the songs we would perform on request. It brought many a tear to the WWII elderly and their spouses.

    • @tmf866
      @tmf866 Před rokem +28

      Heh.
      I had to recite "the pledge of allegiance" every day in German class (and as a senior we had to say it in German because we weren't allowed to speak English in class), and then just after I graduated my (WWII era) grandmother took me to a public function where they said it, and on autopilot I started reciting it in German. (Ich schwere meine Loyalitaet zu der Fahne) The glare she gave me...

    • @paanne1013
      @paanne1013 Před rokem +2

      🤣🤣🤣

    • @RainbowBrite80
      @RainbowBrite80 Před rokem +9

      I never knew they stole the tune from England! So I'm watching this and thinking 🤔 that sounds like 1 of our songs lol.

  • @ruthgunneson-poling1571
    @ruthgunneson-poling1571 Před 2 lety +10

    She's practically perfect in every way 😍 Danny Kaye was one of my favorite actors.

    • @stephengraham1153
      @stephengraham1153 Před rokem +1

      I also spotted Ted Ray and Arthur Askey.

    • @ole340
      @ole340 Před rokem

      Yes it's in his biography, this time at the Palladium!

  • @SquaddieSoul
    @SquaddieSoul Před rokem +6

    The passion that everyone conveys singing the Anthem is so rousing. That's how it should sung.

  • @MegaSnow121
    @MegaSnow121 Před 3 lety +8

    What a beautiful, clear voice she had even at that young age!

  • @DesignerGoat
    @DesignerGoat Před 11 lety +5

    Even the way she claps her hands at the end is distinctly Julie Andrews. I just love her!

  • @redsoxu571
    @redsoxu571 Před rokem +2

    She also had the best clapping of all those on stage!

  • @berlynify
    @berlynify Před rokem +10

    .. love how 13 yr old Julie, runs delicately to the mic, receives her note & 'nightingale time'. What can be said? The Sound of Music is my all time favourite 'flic' ❤ 🇨🇦
    p.s. also love her enthusiastic clapping at the end ..

  • @shendaraalshedir1933
    @shendaraalshedir1933 Před rokem +4

    Wow....unfrigginbelievable... WHAT an *AMAZING* piece of footage to have! At 62 Elizabeth was the only Monarch l had known my entire life. I hope Julie will be there May 6, 2023 to do a repeat performance for our wonderful new King. God Save The Queen, Long Live The King!👍🏻💖🐾🌈☮️🇨🇦

  • @neydajuliaguerrapadilla4032

    Incredible! Julie Andrews singing for King George VI, woooww. She always had a beautiful voice and was very cute as a child. This is a historical archive.

  • @madhatter909
    @madhatter909 Před 8 lety +149

    thank you for this lovely piece of history. I feel so honored to have watched this.

  • @stevewallschlaeger1379
    @stevewallschlaeger1379 Před rokem +4

    Dame...Julie Andrews...and a rightful title so beloved.

  • @MyPatch2
    @MyPatch2 Před 3 lety +11

    This gives me goosebumps - in a good way. Julie Andrews' talent shows here,, even at her tender age. Thanks for uploading this, British Pathé

  • @amyjordan7882
    @amyjordan7882 Před rokem +5

    She has the voice of an angel 💗

  • @saflynn14
    @saflynn14 Před 3 lety +3

    Ok.... who the heck can put a thumbs down on this?! Who cannot like a Julie Andrews in general? She is so talented, classy and beautiful!!! Shame on those trolls!!!!

  • @thepressgirl
    @thepressgirl Před rokem +5

    This is amazing. Her singing for King George VI. Such beautiful voice she has.

  • @thisbushnell2012
    @thisbushnell2012 Před 5 lety +48

    And Danny Kaye! I miss him.

  • @shelbeepollino6025
    @shelbeepollino6025 Před rokem +3

    Queen of Genovia, Lady Whistledown, Mary Poppins, Maria…I adore her! Such a wonderful, classy lady always.

  • @Callie369
    @Callie369 Před 9 lety +228

    The Sound of Music, imho, is the best movie ever filmed. Julie Andrews is truly incomparable among actresses. And Christopher Plummer was one handsome dude!!!!! I fell in love with him and never fell out of it in the 50 plus years since. Julie losing her voice was a loss for everyone.

    • @joalexsg9741
      @joalexsg9741 Před 6 lety +18

      Speak for yourself, buggeroff! The movie became iconic decades ago and is still deemed by millions as a classic and so do I!!!

    • @OofusTwillip
      @OofusTwillip Před 5 lety +5

      Christopher Plummer is still a magnificent actor, but was a bit of a character in his youth. Max Ferguson's book "And Now, Here's Max" includes tales of some of Christopher's pranks when he was a young actor.

    • @hettydriessen2782
      @hettydriessen2782 Před 5 lety +4

      @buggeroff Any more rubbish than all the violence on TV and video games? Come-on.

    • @James-mw7zv
      @James-mw7zv Před 5 lety +4

      Definitely the most watched movie ever!

    • @vrai6219
      @vrai6219 Před 4 lety +1

      Most of the actors are still alive from this movie, so I've never understood why a modern follow up to the movie has never been made. It doesn't have to be a musical, just a family drama showing all of their lives.

  • @marenmichelsen3084
    @marenmichelsen3084 Před 10 lety +1048

    look at her clapping

    • @slobama
      @slobama Před 6 lety +81

      she claps like a seal

    • @anacletwilliams8315
      @anacletwilliams8315 Před 5 lety +104

      She was very excited. Quite understandably!

    • @collinhunter9792
      @collinhunter9792 Před 5 lety +27

      @@slobama piss off michael m and Maren rae, like Ancalet says, she was very excited. they were all showing their appreciation for the king and queen mother, for wat they did in the war, etc. obviously not british are you. yes im pissed off

    • @tacey4278
      @tacey4278 Před 5 lety +63

      Collin Hunter Maybe he didn’t mean any harm! Her clapping was very adorable, besides in my opinion there’s nothing wrong with clapping like a seal :) No need to act to furious towards other fellow humans, it’s no use!

    • @jucavinanli
      @jucavinanli Před 5 lety +13

      Tacey
      He sounds pathetic ignorant & hostile, but thanks for trying. 😉

  • @KK-eh2gm
    @KK-eh2gm Před rokem +7

    Such an amazing voice, presence & talent. We have been blessed to share her skills

  • @wardkendall7095
    @wardkendall7095 Před 3 lety +5

    *Julie Andrews, still alive as of March, 2021.*

  • @joeburinskas8672
    @joeburinskas8672 Před rokem +1

    What a voice and you can see the resemblance even at that age.

  • @mlchc9004
    @mlchc9004 Před 6 lety +5

    How amazing was she & still is ..... Julie is incomparable

  • @mlchc9004
    @mlchc9004 Před 7 lety +15

    Blown away by Julie Andrews! I wish I can see her onstage performing! Thank God for video posts! Her movies am watching on Anazon, Netflix ! My heart feels heavy thinking what joy she could have continued to give the world if it were not for those horrible doctors! God loves her ! To this day she's still using her VOICE for great causes!
    Despite everything, she continues to shine & inspire! She is the most loved artist in the world!
    Thank you for all your awesome uploads!

  • @ItsIdaho
    @ItsIdaho Před 5 lety +58

    In my Opinion is Julie Andrews a Woman with High Class and Respect. I just love her.

    • @ngdc4754
      @ngdc4754 Před 4 lety +3

      She really is royalty and so above today's standard hollywood level. Its clear she was beautiful super talented young girl 🌸 she's always had such warmth, charm and this elegant form of exuberance 🌠
      Nowadays actors get oscars for only 5 or 6 lines of substance in a film and most aspects around them are cgi'd.
      But looking at the best of the best from screen's golden era (James Stewart, Julie Andrews) they worked very hard, speaking rich dialogue, doing lots of physical movement, lots of skill, and singing, dancing, riding horses, pitching baseball. They performed with body, soul & mind.

  • @postscript67
    @postscript67 Před 3 lety +2

    At 01:12 the performers from right to left are: Charlie Chester, Arthur Askey, Jimmy Gold, Charlie Naughton, Bud Flanagan, Danny Kaye, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Teddy Knox, 'Monsewer' Eddie Gray and Ted Ray.

  • @dabzprincess92
    @dabzprincess92 Před rokem +3

    What a phenomenal piece of History

  • @Edits-with-Niko
    @Edits-with-Niko Před rokem +1

    This is probably one of the most glorious versions EVER. Bravo for her!

  • @mlchc9004
    @mlchc9004 Před 7 lety +4

    Pure delight Julie Andrews was as a child & even more amazing to the whole world now

  • @belindapearson4091
    @belindapearson4091 Před rokem +2

    Beautiful voice.

  • @ngdc4754
    @ngdc4754 Před 4 lety +13

    beautiful talented young girl 🌸 she's always had such warmth, charm and this elegant form of exuberance 🌠

  • @ritvapakkanen1516
    @ritvapakkanen1516 Před rokem +1

    Oh how wonderful. Julie Andrews was a sunshine then and forever 🌞♥️.

  • @willawallace2090
    @willawallace2090 Před 3 lety +5

    How wonderful, that this talented lady has given so many years of joy to so many, through the beauty of her voice! One of my happy childhood memories is watching The Sound of Music every year with my siblings and mother, and now I do the same with my own children.

  • @JacobSnell1998
    @JacobSnell1998 Před 3 lety +1

    Her clapping was so adorable and ecstatic.

  • @Basauri48970
    @Basauri48970 Před 3 lety +5

    CZcams's algorithm suggests this video once a year and I click everytime. No regrets. She's truly one of the greatest artists of all time.

  • @lizziedssg8643
    @lizziedssg8643 Před rokem +1

    Look at Julie, clapping her hands off! How endearing!

  • @LydElephant
    @LydElephant Před 11 lety +9

    Wow so she's always been such an amazing singer!

  • @Blessed-abc
    @Blessed-abc Před 5 lety +5

    Julie is the most talented actor, she is so beautiful. even now at her age💕

  • @joyciejd9673
    @joyciejd9673 Před 3 lety +8

    I love this woman. Listening to her biography “Home” now. She was talking about this performance and I decided to see if it was on CZcams. Here it is! Awesome and thank you for uploading it! (And hear her voice soar above the rest….at 13! Genius)

  • @cristinafisher2565
    @cristinafisher2565 Před rokem +2

    What a beautiful voice at such a young age ! And now we have a new King to sing to. May she have the honor again.!

  • @PetroicaRodinogaster264
    @PetroicaRodinogaster264 Před 3 lety +4

    Several things come to mind watching this.
    1. what a sweet voice Julie had.
    2. girls in those days were not trying to be grown up before their time...imagine a girl that age dressing like that now.
    3. The sentiments of the national anthem on that occasion were not heeded by the so called god... The King failed to recover from a lung operation, and died in his sleep on 6 February 1952; he was aged only 56. As this concert was 1/11/48, less than 4 yrs later he was gone. At least he got to hear Julie's voice though he never knew what fame she achieved.
    The concert was on my mothers birthday and I was born the year the ming died.

  • @rayarena879
    @rayarena879 Před 7 lety +3

    I didn't know that Julie Andrews had been a child actress. It's great to see an actress that wasn't ruined in childhood and that has a career that spans into adulthood.

    • @chrisnorton4382
      @chrisnorton4382 Před 7 lety +1

      Rayarena - a child singer, not an actress at that time.

  • @jadimkaim2034
    @jadimkaim2034 Před 5 lety +6

    Its a great thing to see such rare videos. Its good that they found her at that age

  • @annadavis4602
    @annadavis4602 Před rokem +1

    I was just remembering her as she sang Doe a deer..... she lifted my spirit.