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. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Classic Movies: https://goo.gl/7dVe8r #BritishPathé #History #Royals #King #JulieAndrews #Celebrity Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf 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. BRITISH PATHÉ'S STORY Before television, people came to movie theatres to watch the news. British Pathé was at the forefront of cinematic journalism, blending information with entertainment to popular effect. Over the course of a century, it documented everything from major armed conflicts and seismic political crises to the curious hobbies and eccentric lives of ordinary people. If it happened, British Pathé filmed it. Now considered to be the finest newsreel archive in the world, British Pathé is a treasure trove of 85,000 films unrivalled in their historical and cultural significance. British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 120,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1979. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/
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