This Pathé segment from 1953, shows the Queen Mother, Mary of Teck, throughout the years. Starting with stills of her at age 19, it progresses to show her surrounded by the entire Royal Family inclusive of Queen Elizabeth II. 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 #Queen #QueenMother #Mary #QueenMary #Royals #RoyalFamily Subscribe to the British Pathé YT Channel: https://goo.gl/hV1nkf (FILM ID:2703.04) Stills of Mary when she was 19 and with her future husband Prince George of Wales. In Royal carriage with George 5th en route to their Coronation 1910. Still of them wearing their crowns. Royal coaches entering Palace. Mary and George appearing on the balcony, below the crowds cheer. A palace (?) with British flag flying. Queen Mary with Dignitaries and military, She goes up steps and is followed by George V. Being shown a piglet, inspecting Women's army, having her hand kissed by servants. At a school with girls in uniform marching past. A Wimbledon crowd, lady tennis player, Mary and George look on. Mary making public visits, being greeted by society, and the common people, mothers and baby's and little children. Arriving at Highland games, with her family. She is driven on a miniature railway. During the war at a military ceremony. She is with mothers holding their baby's. Behind glass she talks into a microphone and a ship in launched. Lowering the flag over Buckingham Palace, Mary being driven out in Royal car to attend to his functions. Mary and George drive through the streets in the Royal coach with cheering crowds. On the Palace balcony at their Silver Jubilee celebrations. Flag at half mast over Westminster, and George's funeral at Windsor Castle. Her son, Edward 8th's abdication speech. Shots of Edward and Mrs Simpson. Still of her five sons around a pram. Mary and her son David at Caernarfon Castle. The Princess Royals marriage to Lord Lascelles on the Palace balcony with crowds waving below. Marriage of Prince George the Duke of Kent and Princess Marina. Marriage of the Duke of Gloucester. Marriage of the Duke and Duchess of York. Highland games with Royals and the young Elizabeth. The coronation of Edward with Royal family and the Princess's on the balcony. Marriage of Elizabeth and Philip. Mary looking old and attending the Ideal Home exhibition, greeting people and sitting in the Royal box at Wimbledon. Shots of Queen Mary with her family. 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 136,000 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 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website. https://www.britishpathe.com/

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