TRAGIC NEWS OF KING'S DEATH - 1952

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  • Опубликовано: 20 июл 2015
  • (7 Feb 1952)
    Long Version Cut story - KS CU Royal Coat of Arms. SCU King in Naval uniform. SCU flag at half mast on Victoria Tower. GV Parliament Square with flags at half mast on buildings. Flags at half mast on several Government Buildings. Guards band passing in front of Buckingham Palace. Blinds being pulled down in Buckingham Palace. Start of Library material. Funeral procession of King George V. Cut-in Prince of Wales and King George VI in procession, mix to Coronation of King George VI. Procession inside Westminster Abbey. Various angle (lenses) of the actual crowning. CU Archbishop placing crown on King's head. Cut-in VIPs wearing their coronets. Mix grounds of Buckingham Palace. King, Queen and two Princesses feeding the duck. Cut-in ducks on lake. SCU Queen by lake. King, Queen and two Princesses with Corgis. King in Army uniform inspecting bomb damage. King in Naval uniform and Queen looks at bomb damage at Buckingham Palace. King, Queen and two Princesses seated in Buckingham Palace grounds. SCU King and Princess Margaret with knitting, pans to Princess Elizabeth and Queen. Princess Elizabeth sorts out knitting for Princess Margaret, Queen smiling looks on. Elevated GV crowds outside Buckingham Palace. Royal family on balcony, Princess Elizabeth in army uniform, wave to crowds. King, Queen and Mr Churchill on balcony. Royal family on deck of "Vanguard". Shot from bridge bows of "Vanguard" ploughing through heavy seas. Royal family on bridge, Capetown in background. King disembarks, followed by rest of Royal family. Greeted by Prime Minister. King into car, drives away. GV procession along straight and long road, out of camera. Twenty-fifty anniversary of King and Queen's wedding, open landau out of Palace, round Queen Victoria memorial, cut-in SCU King & Queen in open landau. Down Mall. SCU King, Queen and Princess Margaret in carriage. Elevated GV procession along Fleet Street, alight at St. Paul's Cathedral. Elevated GV crowds. Various shots King & Queen driving through London streets after the war. Posed shots Prince Charles christening, shows King, Queen, Princess Elizabeth, Princess Alice, Princess Margaret etc. SCU Princess Elizabeth, Queen Mary and Prince Charles in arms. CU Prince Charles. Posed - King, Queen, Princess Elizabeth, Duke of Edinburgh, Princess Margaret. King climbs into Land Rover, several shots King inspecting various agricultural instruments. Watching potato sorter at work. Royal car through crowds. CU chandelier. Interior - posed shots at Princess Anne's christening, Queen Mary, Princess Elizabeth, King and Queen holding child. King alights from Viking - return from Scotland, walks across aerodrome. GV Buckingham Palace, flowers in fore. Crowds outside Palace. CU Bulletin. London Airport, arrival of King, Queen and Princess Margaret, followed by Princess Elizabeth and Duke of Edinburgh. King alights from plane, Argonaut, Princess Elizabeth and Duke wave. Cut-in rest of Royal family on tarmac. Argonaut taxies, Royal family wave and walk away. GV Sandringham Estate, gates in fore. CU King and Queen. Finish on CU King.
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Комментарии • 1,5 тыс.

  • @jec1ny
    @jec1ny 6 лет назад +4561

    A great man who never wanted or expected to be King. When the terrible burden fell on him, he carried it with great courage. Memory eternal!

    • @georgetunstill2341
      @georgetunstill2341 4 года назад +221

      And he did it during a time of great upheaval and another world war. He must have been quite a man and King.

    • @ianmasters1461
      @ianmasters1461 4 года назад +46

      Let’s not forget he lived a privileged life.

    • @1legomaster
      @1legomaster 4 года назад +197

      Ian Masters As did every monarch... your point?

    • @brytenwaldaco.productions825
      @brytenwaldaco.productions825 4 года назад +83

      The crown always finds itself onto the right head

    • @CJ-im2uu
      @CJ-im2uu 4 года назад +30

      jec1ny The burden of becoming King may be one reason why QE has yet to rescend the crown, and let Charles take it. Her mom also grilled it in her head duty at all cost. Unfrotunately this philosophy destroyed Maragaret in many ways, allowed Charles to be bullied into a marriage that was an absolute failure, and a sense of indifference or apathy until it actually threatened her.

  • @naotholomi
    @naotholomi 5 лет назад +4279

    I love how pretty much every piece of old footage from Britain has this kind of narrator voice. Proper, plummy, posh.

    • @cgkik
      @cgkik 4 года назад +96

      Naomi Wicks it was the audio back then, the microphone changes their voices.

    • @littlehorhey5285
      @littlehorhey5285 4 года назад +55

      It is the whispers of the dead. Dead they may be, but some of us still listen.

    • @maerythegreek9008
      @maerythegreek9008 4 года назад +49

      It was the ideal voice for producers.
      Consider that every trailee voice is also similar nowadays

    • @Richy076
      @Richy076 4 года назад +16

      You never got someone from the black country

    • @tania8257
      @tania8257 4 года назад +2

      Naomi Wicks and eery

  • @rikybologna3579
    @rikybologna3579 4 года назад +5720

    It is unbelievable that his successor still in charge nowadays.
    _Edit:_
    _8th September 2022_
    _R.I.P._

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 4 года назад +261

      It really is amazing. A record breaker in many ways.

    • @ryanfriedman4329
      @ryanfriedman4329 4 года назад +220

      It’s the American equivalent if Eisnehower was still alive and not term limited.

    • @rikybologna3579
      @rikybologna3579 4 года назад +34

      @@ryanfriedman4329 Yes, but thanks God you never met monarchy, albeit our Italians, just assumed that Italian monarchy was very different than British one. Overall, I never understand monarchy just by itself and during 2000 in particular.

    • @rnrenato2125
      @rnrenato2125 4 года назад +77

      @@rikybologna3579 monarchy is good in some countries. I wish my country could be a monarchy again...

    • @rikybologna3579
      @rikybologna3579 4 года назад +20

      @@rnrenato2125 I think that nobody can stay in charge just because is son/daughter of someone, it is absolutely absurd. Morevorer, I cannot understand how monarchy may be aligned with democracy, thus the British one has very small powers nowdays (Commons and Lords Chambers have the concrete power). Overall, where do you come from? And why do you wish that monarchy will get power in your nation?

  • @onehillyboi
    @onehillyboi 3 года назад +3184

    Elizabeth really got lucky with her genes, she’s got the long life of her mother, and the strong will and courage of her father

    • @itachi-kun7736
      @itachi-kun7736 3 года назад +63

      All monarch since George I have all reach the age of 65, except for George VI

    • @spencersfanpage
      @spencersfanpage 3 года назад +79

      She also gets the strength from her mother too, she was known as the most dangerous women in Britain during the second world war if I’m correct!

    • @sazzieb1
      @sazzieb1 3 года назад +5

      @John Doe You don't have to be here- duh

    • @jamesong.a.7695
      @jamesong.a.7695 3 года назад +14

      @John Doe you don’t have to be a “royalist” to point out these facts.. but why be here in the first place if you’re not at least indifferent on the matter? Because you’re a troll...

    • @kobepoku4897
      @kobepoku4897 3 года назад +17

      Also not using cigarettes

  • @josephcostello695
    @josephcostello695 4 года назад +1978

    He is what a true King is. This is why Queen Elizabeth is such a Great Queen. She learned from her father King George VI May He Rest In Peace

    • @RoadCone411
      @RoadCone411 4 года назад +79

      100% agree.
      Sadly what the Queen learned from her father doesn’t appear to have been passed down to later successions of The Firm (Prince Charles, Andrew, etc.)

    • @thesailormercury2
      @thesailormercury2 4 года назад +3

      when she dies it will be the same

    • @nancyhobson9710
      @nancyhobson9710 4 года назад +2

      May he Rest in Peace.

    • @sticky59
      @sticky59 4 года назад +2

      The guy was 1 point shy of being an idiot .....managed by the palace and the imposter that he married, the wool was pulled firmly over the eyes of the world. Elizabeth was never the daughter of this blithering chain smoking simpleton. She and her sister Margaret were the sporn of someone else ....... its out there if you really want to know.

    • @darlightdorothydelosreyes3409
      @darlightdorothydelosreyes3409 4 года назад +2

      "The Queen Elizabeth II"
      There are two Elizabeth.

  • @kate_cooper
    @kate_cooper 5 лет назад +3029

    Most Kings were either a good monarch or a good person, George VI managed to be both. RIP

    • @quodterminosjustifyquodmed6616
      @quodterminosjustifyquodmed6616 4 года назад +220

      Well actually, if you look at history of the Earth, the vast majority of all Kings and Emperors (and Queens and Empresses) that ever lived were absolutely evil, utterly selfish, cruel and tyrannical psychopaths lol, the rulers and regents of the Julio-Claudian, Borgia, Plantagenet, and Habsberg dynasties being amongst the most diabolical. But yes, as a pleasant contrast against the long terrible history of the rule of vile monsters, King George VI was one of the few Monarchs that you could count on one hand that was both a good man, and a good King. May he R.I.P.

    • @paulinbrooklyn
      @paulinbrooklyn 4 года назад +134

      His daughter, so far anyway, seems to have exemplified that same admittedly rare combination.

    • @georgetunstill2341
      @georgetunstill2341 4 года назад +83

      That is the mark of a great man and leader. The prime minister may be the political leader of the nation, but King George was a leader in more ways than one. I can see that he genuinely loved and cared about his subjects. To stay in London when the bombs were falling and everyone else was telling him to leave for his safety, that takes a lot of guts to do. In honor and respect, I give my best American military hand salute to him and say " God save the King."

    • @brytenwaldaco.productions825
      @brytenwaldaco.productions825 4 года назад +15

      @@quodterminosjustifyquodmed6616 silence, fool.

    • @stevenpilling3773
      @stevenpilling3773 4 года назад +21

      A fine man and a vastly underrated king.

  • @Jenjenilou
    @Jenjenilou 6 лет назад +966

    He had the most gentle, kind face

    • @nancyhobson9710
      @nancyhobson9710 4 года назад +15

      He did.

    • @jannahshaynegabrielcanete3619
      @jannahshaynegabrielcanete3619 3 года назад +7

      He looked like my grandpa

    • @iLoveBoysandBerries
      @iLoveBoysandBerries 3 года назад +1

      Thank you. I am him

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 3 года назад +15

      @Rick C. He and his queen nagged Winston Churchill into putting measures in place to help soldiers who had been invalided out of action. Churchill wasn't bothered about providing for them, but their majesties kept on badgering him about it.

    • @nemesis5271
      @nemesis5271 3 года назад +4

      Yes he did. RIP King George VI

  • @frankbarrow7210
    @frankbarrow7210 4 года назад +1022

    I remember the day he died, I was 12 and at school. The headmaster called us all into the assembly hall and gave us the news. He also told us that as a mark of respect, the school would be closed for the day.

    • @lesleylee3755
      @lesleylee3755 4 года назад +164

      So you were born in WWII, sir. Hope we will not have to go through this again. Long live the queen. So do you sir.

    • @epikkatz7806
      @epikkatz7806 4 года назад +19

      Gggg FUCK IRA

    • @shayanasim6843
      @shayanasim6843 4 года назад +29

      Your 80??

    • @frankbarrow7210
      @frankbarrow7210 4 года назад +177

      @@shayanasim6843 Yes, I am 80.

    • @joeyhardin5903
      @joeyhardin5903 4 года назад +10

      damn

  • @marycahill546
    @marycahill546 6 лет назад +844

    A dutiful King, and so is his daughter Queen Elizabeth. He was simple and virtuous man.

    • @richarddinh851
      @richarddinh851 4 года назад +4

      I wish his grandson- prince William would be a future king of the UK

    • @desmondkamil9088
      @desmondkamil9088 3 года назад

      Hello Mary

    • @nitishagiri.6640
      @nitishagiri.6640 3 года назад

      when will prince george be a king I think prince george might not get a chance to be one . I wonder what will be the year if prince george will become the king of uk . in 19 century it was king george her majesties dad and now in present it will be prince george princess dianas grand son !

    • @nuzayerov
      @nuzayerov 3 года назад

      @@nitishagiri.6640 , Prince George? You mean Crown Prince Charles?

    • @nitishagiri.6640
      @nitishagiri.6640 3 года назад

      @@nuzayerov No after his turn its prince William and then George

  • @meirwise1107
    @meirwise1107 4 года назад +162

    One can see how nervous he was from the beginning. But he was a great King and a great human being. Supported by a great Queen Consort. A sad loss. RIP.

  • @johnelliott2364
    @johnelliott2364 3 года назад +107

    My late Grandfather who served as a SM in the RAF in WW2 had nothing but the utmost respect for King George and would not have a word said against him. My Grandfather met him and always spoke of his King with great respect. Whenever he saw a picture of the King or on film he would stand and salute him.

  • @jamesalexander5623
    @jamesalexander5623 4 года назад +485

    The Queen Mother was a Widow for 50 Years!

    • @Me-fo1kk
      @Me-fo1kk 4 года назад +128

      And never looked at another man.

    • @britneycollins4173
      @britneycollins4173 4 года назад +2

      Hi im from philippines u can add me on my fb Britney Collins James Alexander

    • @kageisbae2775
      @kageisbae2775 4 года назад +36

      @@britneycollins4173 get a tinder will u?

    • @britneycollins4173
      @britneycollins4173 4 года назад +1

      @@kageisbae2775 what is ur country,? Add me on fb Britney Collins

    • @XxRosexX96
      @XxRosexX96 4 года назад +20

      Britney Collins - oh my goodness! skin bleached much?

  • @Mustang42396
    @Mustang42396 3 года назад +165

    A rather auspicious day for this video to show up in my recommended feed

  • @mariataylor-perry5366
    @mariataylor-perry5366 3 года назад +321

    Am I okay to say that he looked so frail when he waved goodbye to his daughter Elizabeth and son-in-law Phillip? I think he knew he would not see them again.

    • @oasis4life014
      @oasis4life014 3 года назад +79

      He was seriously ill at that point.... a lung taken out and he had cancer

    • @shouqalhosani1672
      @shouqalhosani1672 3 года назад +31

      he was told that he might live for months, and that he should enjoy every single moment in his day

    • @desmondkamil9088
      @desmondkamil9088 3 года назад

      Hello Marie

    • @hassanabdulaziz7275
      @hassanabdulaziz7275 3 года назад +2

      And here we are, a month after the passing of his son in law

    • @mammamia3346
      @mammamia3346 2 года назад

      In which time stamp??!

  • @bevally1533
    @bevally1533 4 года назад +546

    If only he had not smoked. That is directly what caused his premature death.

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 3 года назад +50

      I do not think they made a connection till later.

    • @yashshah3484
      @yashshah3484 3 года назад +82

      His mother was heavy smoker too. But she still outlived him.

    • @robertwiesler381
      @robertwiesler381 3 года назад +17

      @Margaret Gust very true
      And what are doctors doing today?
      Many of them are smokers
      They have a very stressful job
      They don't sleep regularly or enough
      They don't eat regularly and in most
      cases they eat unhealthy food
      They work far too much
      Most of them drink too much coffee
      So they do everything they tell their
      patients not to do
      Quite funny, isn't it?

    • @Rahil.370
      @Rahil.370 3 года назад +1

      @Margaret Gust wow

    • @jamesalexander5623
      @jamesalexander5623 3 года назад +2

      @@gidzmobug2323 I've seen Movies made in the late 20's and 30 where people would say Smoking was bad for you .... Or you should Quit Smoking!

  • @jordiegundersen1465
    @jordiegundersen1465 4 года назад +482

    They stayed and faced the worst with their people..

    • @shirtless6934
      @shirtless6934 4 года назад +16

      Unlike Queen Wilhelmina who sheltered the Kaiser and then abandoned her people to Hitler.

    • @bullmoosevelt4495
      @bullmoosevelt4495 4 года назад +13

      Shirtless Well sheltering the Kaiser was a good move, the Entente wanted him executed, he surely would have died if she didn’t give him refuge.

    • @nilswettlin2012
      @nilswettlin2012 4 года назад +14

      @@shirtless6934 the kaiser wasn't evil at all, just kinda incompetent and overconfident
      And well, she just didn't want to die, and her death could very much have shattered Dutch and Dutch Indonesian morale

    • @tonysmith2715
      @tonysmith2715 4 года назад +4

      Who willl buy six % of your car production then.

    • @londoncalling151
      @londoncalling151 3 года назад

      Or did they? Sir Anthony Blunt was despatched to retrieve letters and artwork from Queen Victoria's grandchildren nobility in Germany in 1945. At least that was the official reason. Were there some letters from George 6th and the Palace quietly making overtones to what may happen in the (In 1940 very possible) occupation of Britain? Some letters or diaries that needed disposal of now that Germany had been defeated? Sir Anthony never left any written record, but his subsequent career and protection by the Palace would hint at something more than just an antiques retrieval visit to Germany. The Duke of Kent's odd death and the bizarre flight of Hess to Germany make more sense when seen alongside Sir Anthony Blunt's little foray on behalf of the Palace, and why he was forgiven his own treachery by Palace when it was unmasked later on.

  • @theant9821
    @theant9821 3 года назад +75

    What i find most astonishing is roughly half the world found out before the Queen found out she had become Queen.
    RIP, refusing to leave London during the war showed he was a lion at heart, and wasn't going to risk failing his people for the sake of his own security or happiness, he was needed to maintain morale and confidence in Britain and across the empire and the allies.

  • @erpollock
    @erpollock 3 года назад +40

    I was born in the winter of 1952 within a month of George VI's death and Elizabeth II's accession to the crown. My entire life has precisely coincided with Queen Elizabeth's reign. It strikes me as poetic coincidence that I have lived 68 years and she has reigned for 68 years. This was a respectful and moving tribute to the late King. I never knew him, but I have lived totally within the reign of his daughter.

    • @fridayyy.2102
      @fridayyy.2102 3 года назад +5

      A normal monarch would reign for about 20 or so years but the Queen is literally immortal.

  • @donnadeist5345
    @donnadeist5345 5 лет назад +489

    It's nice to know that he got to know 2 of 4 of his grandchildren. I just wish he could've lived longer so he could've known them all. He died way too young.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 4 года назад +78

      Donna Deist he actually had 6 grandchildren as Princess Margaret had 2 kids but he never knew them

    • @Psychiatrick
      @Psychiatrick 4 года назад +3

      The Governor holding rank of General, Vincent Massey, was the last one to see George alive. George was in good spirits and physically o. k. ... Murderers are usually the last one the victim sees before the murder.

    • @janvanmarle9466
      @janvanmarle9466 4 года назад +23

      Do not smoke!!

    • @janvanmarle9466
      @janvanmarle9466 4 года назад +11

      Do not smoke!

    • @baraxor
      @baraxor 4 года назад +40

      Prince Charles has said that one of his greatest regrets was not being able to really know his grandfather.

  • @GaR3THW472
    @GaR3THW472 6 лет назад +526

    May he rest in peace. So sad seeing him say goodbye to his daughter on the plane.

    • @KoiYakultGreenTea
      @KoiYakultGreenTea 6 лет назад +17

      Jamie Gross Forever lol I thought there was a hair on my screen seeing your dp

    • @GaR3THW472
      @GaR3THW472 6 лет назад

      No one sorry!

    • @GaR3THW472
      @GaR3THW472 6 лет назад +13

      Mark Gable I know that. I mean it was sad him saying goodbye when no one knew that it was a real goodbye forever.

    • @helenrudd7842
      @helenrudd7842 5 лет назад +4

      What a great man

    • @painiteeclipse5647
      @painiteeclipse5647 5 лет назад

      He looks like Sergei Rachmaninoff.

  • @majakrstic7436
    @majakrstic7436 4 года назад +233

    Sometimes, people who were not meant to be king, showed that he was the right one for the job.

    • @kenw6161
      @kenw6161 3 года назад +1

      Yes, you are right!
      The movie "The
      King's Speech"
      Correctly pointed out
      that his brother
      (played by Guy
      Pierce) was much
      more sympathetic
      to the Nazis--and
      how terribly
      destructive Germany
      was toward Britian,
      from land, sea, and air!

    • @kristaller9590
      @kristaller9590 3 года назад

      @@kenw6161 how detructive britain was towars germany

  • @IndependentConversations
    @IndependentConversations 4 года назад +101

    Im an American, but I have a tremendous amount of respect for George VI. No one could of lead a nation better than him, and with an traitor brother that could of destroyed everything. He was a hero and from what I can tell a good decent man. God Bless you King George VI

    • @karl8805
      @karl8805 3 года назад +4

      His brother was not a traitor... he chose the woman he loved over the monarcy....
      A lot of royals chose the monarcy over love and actually regret it....

    • @IndependentConversations
      @IndependentConversations 3 года назад +12

      @@karl8805 then tell me why the trip.to Germany with Hitler? Why was he entertaining people that would overthrow george vi and put him back on the throne while he was traveling when France fell. Churchill almost court marshalled him in order for him to comply with the British government's demand that he hide in the Bahamas. He may have not been a traitor to his country in the traditional sense but he definitely was a traitor to monarchy and it really was for the greater purpose that he was forced off. He was nothing more than a spoiled person who really became obsessed with a woman that actually on his death bed hated him so much he was alone with a nurse screaming for her. It was one sided.

    • @inigobantok1579
      @inigobantok1579 3 года назад +2

      @@karl8805 laughs at the marlburg files

    • @chooseyourpoison5105
      @chooseyourpoison5105 Год назад

      @@IndependentConversations Edward made the trip to Germany, because quite bluntly, he was a naive fool. Like Chamberlain, Edward also believed that Hitler and his party were reasonable men, and that war could be averted if they just sat down and negotiated. Hitler of course, saw the visit from Edward as an opportunity for some positive PR, all the while laughing at him behind his back. He never would have installed Edward as a puppet king, because even Hitler knew that naive people are potentially dangerous. Edward would have met with an unfortunate "accident" somewhere.

    • @IndependentConversations
      @IndependentConversations Год назад

      @@chooseyourpoison5105 Edward should have never ever agreed to that meeting yes I do know Edward was fluent in German but even if he was still king that was a very foolish move that's basically saying fu to your home land elected government that you pretend to care so much about m. What's even more infuriating he didn't even ask permission he just did it. Which as a hrh you need the blessing of the crown to do any type of state visits

  • @basti3cb871
    @basti3cb871 Год назад +47

    The british people will cherish their memory of a brave and beloved Queen ❤️

  • @paulellis9445
    @paulellis9445 7 лет назад +330

    May His late Majesty rest in peace.

  • @newyorknative8635
    @newyorknative8635 3 года назад +10

    I find these old newsreels much more informative on the current events of the day than our 24/7 network news of today. Just straightforward news and facts. No commentary and analysis from "experts". God bless the monarchy!!

  • @anacletwilliams8315
    @anacletwilliams8315 5 лет назад +119

    Such a great king and monarch. We shall remember him forever.

  • @ronphillips3339
    @ronphillips3339 4 года назад +996

    I was six years old when the King died, My parents were lucky enough to have television back then , What I remember most the day after his death was no tv programs were broadcast and the radio station only played somber music all day, Funny what you remember as a child, I was probably upset because there was no children hour television that day ......Yes you read correctly only one hour a day for children of all ages called children's hour, quite the opposite today I think.....ha ha

    • @SalemR-qx4mw
      @SalemR-qx4mw 4 года назад +31

      Ron Phillips can I ask you how old are you? And by the way my parents told me about the one hour children thing

    • @AmberPanda
      @AmberPanda 4 года назад +11

      Children's hour with Uncle Mac.

    • @jackieellenbarnes1268
      @jackieellenbarnes1268 4 года назад +9

      Ron Phillips , Very interesting

    • @shirtless6934
      @shirtless6934 4 года назад +31

      I was six when President Kennedy died, and I remember that much the same way.

    • @atarahbrice7630
      @atarahbrice7630 4 года назад +5

      Not to be rude right but how old are you ron phillps

  • @brad5426
    @brad5426 3 года назад +37

    Poor man experienced so many setbacks and challenges and overcame it all. Well done George, a hero like no other!

    • @theimpostor9510
      @theimpostor9510 3 года назад +3

      Prince Philip dies
      RUclips: Good time to recommend.

    • @Galileo1912
      @Galileo1912 Год назад

      @@theimpostor9510 Queen Elizabeth dies
      RUclips: Good time to recommend.

  • @charlesgoodson191
    @charlesgoodson191 4 года назад +257

    You know he didn't want nor did he seek to be King, it was forced on him. My heart goes out to George VI, being King is what killed him.

    • @perperson199
      @perperson199 4 года назад +22

      He accepted his duty as we all must. Though few do

    • @charlesgoodson191
      @charlesgoodson191 4 года назад +45

      @@perperson199 I agree. That's why even though I am American, I respect and admire him. He never shirked his duty, unlike his brother.

    • @oasis4life014
      @oasis4life014 3 года назад +9

      Served his country with honour 🇬🇧❤️

    • @charlesgoodson191
      @charlesgoodson191 3 года назад +17

      @@oasis4life014 Yes with great honor and conviction of duty, something to aspire to. I'm an American, yet I looked to his example of putting duty to one's country above self.

    • @mobilehacker-xc1yh
      @mobilehacker-xc1yh 3 года назад

      Indeed.

  • @charlmillions2028
    @charlmillions2028 Год назад +8

    Is anyone else here now we have lost our lovely queen to watch all of the historic videos! George you would have been so proud of her she did such an incredible job for so many decades!

  • @avrilbowler8755
    @avrilbowler8755 3 года назад +53

    A modest man who was so concerned about his subjects, especially during WW ll. A gentle man and a great king.

    • @zacmumblethunder7466
      @zacmumblethunder7466 3 года назад +6

      On one of his visits during the war a man in the crowd shouted out "Thank God for a good king"
      Without hesitation the King shouted back "Thank God for a good people"

  • @milacruz3970
    @milacruz3970 4 года назад +56

    His life was an example of responsibility and prudence. Admirable man.

  • @j.d.peppmeier9041
    @j.d.peppmeier9041 3 года назад +23

    King George VI was a great wartime king and an inspiration to the British people. I remember seeing a photo of him in battle dress visiting British troops in a war zone. He was wearing a sidearm. That sent a clear message !

  • @Zmrt457
    @Zmrt457 3 года назад +44

    It really does amaze me that she is still here today. Elizabeth's literally lived to see it all and she still has the throne to this day since 1952. Long live the queen

  • @itachi-kun7736
    @itachi-kun7736 3 года назад +51

    fact: King George VI was the youngest monarch to died young under 60 since Queen Anne in 1714, who died at 49

  • @Carpenterdane
    @Carpenterdane 3 года назад +24

    Him and Queen Elizabeth did such a great job leading their people through so much. He was a good man, a good father, a good son, and a great King!

  • @nancyhobson9710
    @nancyhobson9710 4 года назад +48

    A real gent, a nice man. A great King, remembered always.

  • @netskymcreid229
    @netskymcreid229 3 года назад +7

    I was just watching The Crown in Netflix and checked yt for a sec and royal stuff came up on recommended vids, so here I am got so hooked that I watched all of 'em.

  • @ForeverAlansGirl
    @ForeverAlansGirl Год назад +5

    Lovely footage..The King ruled before my time, but from everything I have learned about him, he was a much beloved, kind ruler & clearly a very handsome man. So tragic that he died so young. 😢👑

  • @myamdane6895
    @myamdane6895 4 года назад +17

    Such a gentle face. You will be missed, your majesty

  • @StevenTorrey
    @StevenTorrey 6 лет назад +113

    Interesting to see film of young Elizabeth and Prince Phillip,

    • @StevenTorrey
      @StevenTorrey 5 лет назад +17

      "The KIng's Speech", about George VI overcoming a stuttering problem. is a great movie!

    • @m.a.e306
      @m.a.e306 3 года назад +1

      @@StevenTorreyㅤ

    • @liberalconservative3178
      @liberalconservative3178 3 года назад

      I'm sure you saw a lot more now

  • @tamimahmed7857
    @tamimahmed7857 Год назад +20

    Rest in peace Queen Elizabeth. you will be greatly missed.

  • @McIntyreBible
    @McIntyreBible 4 года назад +43

    King George VI was a loyal subject of the British Nation. His name be forever remembered!

  • @aprilmaaarsters
    @aprilmaaarsters 3 года назад +18

    Gosh, the king and queen loved their kids so so deep, no wonder Queen Elizabeth is so content in herself, because she was loved beyond words by her parents.

    • @polarpunk8861
      @polarpunk8861 Год назад

      Honestly I think that's why King Charles, Princess Anne, Prince Andrew, and Prince Edward are so messed up. Controversial opinion, but I don't think the Queen liked being a mother and frankly was reported very distant to her children. This is shown in contrast to Princess Margaret (who despite being labelled the royal fuck up) she raised very normal well adjusted kids with even the case of Prince Andrew as well with his daughters, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie. Charles had issues with William and Harry that I wonder if the crown as a whole leads to disaster since the only good monarchs were never assumed to be monarch (Victoria, George V, George VI, and Elizabeth II) were all either distant claims or heir presumptive to the throne.

  • @Elnont
    @Elnont 4 года назад +82

    RIP King George, a great man and great King. Very rare for one to be both.

  • @Me-fo1kk
    @Me-fo1kk 4 года назад +42

    To a king who didn't want to be a king..long live the king!

  • @josephpage3635
    @josephpage3635 Год назад +14

    Berthy, lilibeth is coming home, may you all rest in peace!

  • @dulls8475
    @dulls8475 Год назад +6

    Need a time machine so I can relive her reign again. I am so heartbroken over her going.

    • @dulls8475
      @dulls8475 Год назад +1

      @GamerVidz Lovely post.

  • @diyarrashid6150
    @diyarrashid6150 4 года назад +28

    Oh Lord, may the lord give him eternal rest in the heavens above and our prayer and late anthem, God Save Our Late King.

  • @Exnem
    @Exnem 3 года назад +33

    I feel like King George VI is a really overlooked king, though I am not British. He seems like he was pretty shy, but it makes sense if you know the history (his stammer + his role in succession). Imagine being thrust into the role of King-Emperor of the largest empire in the world AND having to deal with the worst conflict in human history while never even thinking you'd have any other role than being some random royal and really never feeling that comfortable speaking due to a stutter (and the stigma of that at the time, especially for a royal). And it was worse for Britain than WW1, when they were all alone until the US and the Soviets joined in against the Germans, most thought the war over at that point. He must've known if the invasion had succeeded at that point and they couldn't get on a boat or plane to either Canada or America fast enough (let alone if it would be possible to get out in that circumstance) that the Germans would probably have had their family either executed or turned into puppets for their regime, either fate horrible.
    Though I say that, but it does feel like the best kings and queens of British history were those who thought they'd never rule and were never "groomed" for it. Honestly, the more of the famous ones I think of, the more of them were never expected to rule. Henry the 7th who was a claimant from an obscure line who miraculously thx to his mother, some luck and good skills in combat managed to win the throne, the 8th (whose brother Arthur died unexpectedly), Queen Elizabeth the first, and even George V who was King-Emperor during WW1, who was also very shy, dignified and had very progressive views for the time when it came to the colonies, he was very appalled at how India was treated for example. All of them except for Henry the 8th turned out to be better than those groomed for the rule it seems, one has to wonder if Henry had gotten a son early on if he also would've turned out better.

    • @brad5426
      @brad5426 3 года назад +1

      I watched the Kings Speech and The Crown and learnt so much about King Georg. He was a shy King, but quite fascinating and how he lived with his stammer is inspiring.

  • @thebullqueen
    @thebullqueen 4 года назад +66

    He must be really proud of his daughter Elizabeth II

    • @laurenceoconnor6499
      @laurenceoconnor6499 3 года назад +3

      You do realise the individual is dead?!

    • @dj3114
      @dj3114 3 года назад

      Not being an avid royal watcher, I have to wonder; would not Elizabeth be Queen even if her uncle had not abdicated? Since he had no heir, would not the oldest niece/nephew become Queen by default. If not, what would have been done?

    • @oaks_are_rising1054
      @oaks_are_rising1054 3 года назад

      @@dj3114 it would have gone to Elizabeth, so long as he didn’t have children it would have passed to George on his death, and then onto Elizabeth. She just would have been coronated later.

    • @dj3114
      @dj3114 3 года назад

      @@oaks_are_rising1054 Good to know - but assuming there was no abdication and Elizabeth's father died before her uncle as did occur, would it have gone to her directly since no heir?

    • @oaks_are_rising1054
      @oaks_are_rising1054 3 года назад

      @@dj3114 yes, if the current king/queen bares no children, it will go to his next eldest sibling. If they have passed then it will be their children. That’s why Edwards children are furthest from the throne. It’s always the eldest surviving child’s bloodline!

  • @ilduce5874
    @ilduce5874 Год назад +11

    RIP Her Majesty 9/8/2022 and God save King Charles III

  • @wholeNwon
    @wholeNwon 5 лет назад +514

    Don't smoke.

    • @fear3682
      @fear3682 4 года назад +21

      He was a chain smoker 2 or 3 packs a day

    • @liambradley4398
      @liambradley4398 4 года назад +5

      I don't know how its relevant to this video, but still, don't smoke.

    • @leftenantthunder
      @leftenantthunder 4 года назад +36

      @@liambradley4398 it's because his life span was drastically shortened by the amount of smoking he did

    • @happyalltheday2275
      @happyalltheday2275 4 года назад +5

      I guess its because war stress

    • @t.c.thompson2359
      @t.c.thompson2359 4 года назад +9

      @@happyalltheday2275 He started smoking to help his speech.

  • @douglasparkinson4123
    @douglasparkinson4123 3 года назад +15

    got a sick sense of humour reccomending this now youtube

    • @theimpostor9510
      @theimpostor9510 3 года назад +2

      Prince Philip dies
      RUclips: Good time to recommend.

  • @ACMaster360
    @ACMaster360 3 года назад +9

    What a day to recommend this RUclips..

  • @levieenrose7646
    @levieenrose7646 3 года назад +7

    Such a gentle soul of a man who was so brave to take on the role as King when his brother stepped aside. He was so well loved by the public and his sudden death was such a shock to the nation.

  • @scyther.4143
    @scyther.4143 3 года назад +15

    who’s here right after prince philip died?

  • @kartinaish
    @kartinaish 4 года назад +87

    Narrator "Charles a son and heir to take on the legacy"
    Her Eternal Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2 "Watch me destroy this man's whole carrer"

    • @tuan2352
      @tuan2352 3 года назад +5

      Prince Charles, as of July 20 2020, is 71 years already 🤣🤣🤣

  • @peterjamieson2441
    @peterjamieson2441 Год назад +4

    The video quality is quite impressive for that era

    • @TheoGarza
      @TheoGarza Год назад +2

      The cameras used to capture these beautiful moments were MASSIVE! Tons of shoulder soreness and overtime chronic damage.

  • @ehrichan6726
    @ehrichan6726 3 года назад +8

    I’ve never knew how old my grandma REALLY was until she passed away. Cause she saw so much in her life time. She was 31 when the king George VI has died that it was a shock cause he was young of 56? and she also once told me that the abdication of Edward VIII was the biggest event of her lifetime that it was some story event when she was 15 that she used to talk about it a lot when she was alive. And her oldest memory was when “the talking TV first came in”. Missed you Grandma 1921-2016

    • @WedgePee
      @WedgePee 3 года назад +2

      Britain's oldest person in 1952, Elizabeth Whitehead, was born in 1844.
      George V, Edward VIII and George VI were all born and died during her lifetime, and she was 56 at Queen Victoria's death. Let that sink in.

  • @LoveYaAngelino
    @LoveYaAngelino 3 года назад +8

    I saw someone commenting how Monarchy can be alligned with Democracy.
    As someone living in Belgium, under an Constitutional Monarchy, i'm absolutely convinced that Democracy has to be supported by something like an Monarchy.
    When all positions with powers are electable, Democracy then shows its true weakness. For example. Hitler came to power thanks to a Republic with full Democracy.
    In an constitutional Monarchy the people elect an parliament which represent the ideological wish of the people. They form an gouverment which then can pass laws by both the support of the parliament aswell as the Monarch. The Monarch can't propose any new laws and thus have to rely on it's gouvernment.
    If any party would ever get an overall majority and would demand outrageous laws, the Monarch can deny them in protection of the realm and the people.
    Our past King, Koning Boudewijn, f.e. rejected to accept a law which would grant people the right to have such a thing as abortion, as he valued the life of an unborn child. But our King was also human and respected the constitution. Therefor he abdicated for 36hours so the elected parliament could vote if abortion should be allowed or not.
    I pity those who live in an absolute democracy and pray they got ruled by those who mean no harm. But when someone or an party got in office which has an secondary agenda, there is little hope but the strenght of an people to bring down the gouvernment; and as history have shown, this mostly occurs with loads of bloodshed.

    • @Steve14ps
      @Steve14ps 3 года назад +3

      A very well written statement in defence of a monarchy. I have always had the greatest of respect for our queen, HM Elisabeth II, but there are those who think that the monarchy should be abolished. You statement supports the retention of our system as it stands.

  • @dukeofsouthafrica8979
    @dukeofsouthafrica8979 3 года назад +5

    Proudly South African due to the fact his majesty visited my home town and great nation of Cape Town South Africa 🇿🇦

  • @tajmulhall
    @tajmulhall 3 года назад +8

    It’s incredible how much he and his brother looked alike

  • @kollerbrian
    @kollerbrian 3 года назад +5

    Feeling well served myself, History Pathe' should be the positive standard for fair trade and Common Wealth. Thanks for this Great History Lesson, Brian A Koller

  • @raulesquivel4299
    @raulesquivel4299 5 лет назад +58

    The best King of United Kingdom

  • @sylee9165
    @sylee9165 Год назад +7

    Rest in peace Queen.
    Long live the King.

  • @devinmccrone5570
    @devinmccrone5570 Год назад +13

    God bless the Queen, and God save the King. 🇬🇧🇨🇦

  • @suzyyoung2301
    @suzyyoung2301 3 года назад +9

    A Very Handsome King. May he rest in peace.

  • @kittykach
    @kittykach 3 года назад +9

    He seemed to be so down-to-earth (from what I have read on other sources). I feel if he met Princess Diana, he would've liked her as well. They seem similar, the "People's King" and "People's Princess".

    • @kenw6161
      @kenw6161 3 года назад +1

      I think you are
      right!

    • @edwardspencer9397
      @edwardspencer9397 Год назад

      That's true and he would have Princess Diana the next Queen lol.

  • @oscarwildeghost
    @oscarwildeghost 4 года назад +20

    Never wanted to be king but did an admirable job. His daughter always blamed Edward for his death.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 3 года назад +18

      Not sure if his daughters did it his wife certainly did

    • @laisawhippy8726
      @laisawhippy8726 3 года назад +12

      Yes, t Queen Mother always blamed Edward for her husband's early death.

    • @ilahildasissac1943
      @ilahildasissac1943 3 года назад

      I read he was a kind and gentle man. Not the greatest qualities for a world leader when you have to make tough decisions. It's too bad he did not live to see his country change, and the empire fade away.

    • @oscarwildeghost
      @oscarwildeghost 3 года назад +1

      It may have been a blessing for him. But you wonder what the empires future would have been had he been on the throne into the early 60's when the empire fell apart. Would he have gone in a different direction than Elizabeth? Yes they're only constitutional monarchs, but they do have influence.

  • @raidenstark315
    @raidenstark315 Год назад +7

    Rip queen elizabeth II
    I came here to check out the last time this happened

  • @morbius109
    @morbius109 4 года назад +9

    A good man and great King. God bless the memory of George VI.

  • @its-all-happening2172
    @its-all-happening2172 Год назад +6

    The Queen mother had ben a widow for half a century after his death. Imagine that.

  • @user-yf4kg5sp4x
    @user-yf4kg5sp4x Год назад +11

    Hello to all who came here after Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II passed away peacefully... 👋

  • @solomonmoses9237
    @solomonmoses9237 6 лет назад +36

    May his majesty rest in peace

  • @worldpeace9522
    @worldpeace9522 4 года назад +13

    Oh, princess Margaret was so cute and beautiful. And queen Elizabeth too. It is so sad, time passes and takes the youth and life of people no matter who they are or who they were.

  • @warrenlehmkuhleii8472
    @warrenlehmkuhleii8472 4 года назад +14

    God rest the Soul of King George VI.
    And may the Empire forever remember his Kingship during the Second World War.

  • @Citus13
    @Citus13 Год назад +11

    Today, 8th September, we commemorate the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, at the age of 96. She has served 70 of those years on the throne, marking her the longest-ruling monarchy of the UK, having recently celebrated her Platinum Jubilee.
    #RIPQueenElizabeth2

  • @MrDaiseymay
    @MrDaiseymay 3 года назад +6

    I remember it very well. I heard it on the steam radio, and went off to school, I was 10. Ten minutes into our first lesson, I decided to speak up, because the teacher said nothing about it. I said--Sir, the King is dead, I heard it on the Radio this morning. So he went and asked some other teacher I guess, came back, and ordered us to recite a prayer, and a minutes silence.

  • @wolfgangtiefbrunner8412
    @wolfgangtiefbrunner8412 3 года назад +26

    1:20 It's actually weird to watch a male being crowned, these garments and regalia are so associated with HM the Queen.

  • @notebeat
    @notebeat Год назад +3

    King George VI carried a burden few men in history could do or have done. He was a Great King for his people and country and they were blessed to have him at that time.

  • @joanmarshall6861
    @joanmarshall6861 4 года назад +11

    He was a great man, thank God we had him!

  • @ElvisPresley68
    @ElvisPresley68 4 года назад +41

    I wonder if he knew it was the last time he’d see his daughter?

    • @mscott3918
      @mscott3918 4 года назад +30

      People that I knew, who knew him, felt that he did know it was the last time he would see her. Apparently he stood for some time watching the plane, until it was out of sight.

    • @Me-fo1kk
      @Me-fo1kk 4 года назад +3

      I think so.

    • @productions4452
      @productions4452 4 года назад

      Some people now when they are going to die

    • @oasis4life014
      @oasis4life014 3 года назад

      😢😢😢

    • @elidonfil-amfamily650
      @elidonfil-amfamily650 3 года назад

      Some people can feel when they are ready to die.my grandma prepared everything that she wants to put in her coffin(pictures,letters)and the dress she wants to wear she told me where she put it after 2 hours she had a stroke and died in 3 days

  • @joeyenicks9620
    @joeyenicks9620 5 лет назад +36

    Just Read the book king George VI his life and rain 1958. It was a great book about a great king who died young at the age of 56. ( 1895-1952.). Long live the king!.

    • @gidzmobug2323
      @gidzmobug2323 4 года назад +2

      I read that his birthdate was an anniversary of the death of Prince Albert (Victoria's husband, died 14 December 1861). George was his 4th name; he chose to reign as George VI after his brother abdicated.

    • @mt22201
      @mt22201 4 года назад +1

      *reign

    • @jensmom604
      @jensmom604 3 года назад

      Learn to spell.

  • @charlesgoodson191
    @charlesgoodson191 3 года назад +7

    I have said this before and I will for all time, being King is what ultimately killed him. He wasn't supposed to be King, that duty was supposed to be his brother David's. He could have still turned it down, it was his adherence to his duty to his country that forced him to accept that position. I both admire and feel sorry for him, this burden was not his to bear, but he bore it with honor and dignity.
    The Queen Mother was right, her Eldest Son killed his brother. I only hope God gave him the peace, denied and from him by his brother.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 3 года назад +2

      @James Henderson but he was patisly a heavy smoker due to stress 0f being king

  • @Daniel-nm4gk
    @Daniel-nm4gk 3 года назад +12

    It's crazy to think that if he had lived to the same age as his wife he would've died in 1997 and only then would've Elizabeth II become queen.

    • @mark.m4954
      @mark.m4954 3 года назад

      Yes, this is a crazy thaught. In 1997 Queen Elizabeth II was already 71. So maybe in this scenario he may oulived his daugther.

    • @FernandoMartinez-ho3dz
      @FernandoMartinez-ho3dz 3 года назад +1

      @@mark.m4954 yeah but I mean it’s basically the scenario now for Prince Charles

  • @statesecurityserviceoflith4783
    @statesecurityserviceoflith4783 3 года назад +3

    Him then, his daughters husband now, and soon his daughter It is truly sad.

  • @tracymiller1149
    @tracymiller1149 3 года назад +6

    The British royalty apparently still maintain the tradition of not fessing up to how sick a member is. We didn't hear a peep about Prince Philip in the last month or so of his life.

  • @jadennyamukapa5642
    @jadennyamukapa5642 3 года назад +7

    who is here because of prince philip

  • @buziixisaroach
    @buziixisaroach Год назад +5

    i never knew this bc i was young when he died. but now the our beloved queen elizabeth passed away years after prince philip passed away 😭

    • @ZStar-
      @ZStar- Год назад +1

      Years*

    • @Sillygoober_6969
      @Sillygoober_6969 Год назад

      Do u mean u never knew he died bc he died in like the 40's 😭😭

    • @buziixisaroach
      @buziixisaroach Год назад +1

      @@ZStar- oh k i’ll change it

    • @sudanese.ball77
      @sudanese.ball77 Год назад

      @@Sillygoober_6969 wdym Phillip died in 2021

    • @Sillygoober_6969
      @Sillygoober_6969 Год назад

      @@sudanese.ball77 no bc I didn't know if it was the king or Phillip they were talking abt

  • @mohamedbinelias8045
    @mohamedbinelias8045 3 года назад

    Thank you very much

  • @tottenhammad1234
    @tottenhammad1234 2 года назад +6

    70 years ago today god save our queen

  • @bonum0901
    @bonum0901 3 года назад +4

    Сannot express in words the feelings that you experience looking at this video ...

  • @Xfranman
    @Xfranman 4 года назад +6

    How fortunate for war torn Great Britain and the world Providence watched over the Kingdom replacing a weakling with a man. First British Monarch to stand on American soil, their Majesties were much loved in America, admired, honored and received with much affection.

    • @pedanticradiator1491
      @pedanticradiator1491 4 года назад

      Francis Moran actually he wasn’t the first British monarch to visit America just the first reigning monarch ad Edward VII visited when he was Prince of Wales

    • @Xfranman
      @Xfranman 4 года назад

      @@pedanticradiator1491 Doesn't really count is one is not reigning

  • @tuliopita8150
    @tuliopita8150 3 года назад +1

    My father teached me about this great country and a I followed its goods legacys to the world. Thanks!

  • @Remy4300
    @Remy4300 Год назад +17

    He can hold his daughter again :(

  • @simongarthwaite7695
    @simongarthwaite7695 2 года назад +3

    He would be so so proud of his daughter

  • @rayhowland9211
    @rayhowland9211 Год назад +4

    A truly great man and King-and thank God for him. And then his daughter Elizabeth-God reunite them!

  • @wonjubhoy
    @wonjubhoy 3 года назад +6

    He had a sense of duty his brother didn't have and had to deal with far worse problems than him. Despite his introverted nature he showed courage in facing down his issue notably over his stammer. He was also an affectionate father. The British landed on their feet when he was Edward's successor.

    • @TheMunchlet
      @TheMunchlet Год назад +1

      His father, George V, famously said: "Bertie has more guts than the rest of his brothers put together."

    • @Darquesse24601
      @Darquesse24601 Год назад

      I'm actually glad Edward VIII abdicated... Not because we got his brother and then his daughter, but because Edward was a Nazi sympathiser and supported Hitler

  • @Lady_Lilium
    @Lady_Lilium 6 лет назад +20

    H.M. May Rest in peace.