Vera Lynn in 1995 - VE-day 50 years

The force's Sweetheart, Vera Lynn, born in 1917, performs at 78, on the VE-day, 50 years of world peace, from London in 1995. This year, in 2017, she turns 100! Hip hip hooray for Vera Lynn!
De engelska soldaternas hjärta, Vera Lynn, född 1917, framträder vid 78 års ålder på VE-dagen, 50 år av världsfred, från London 1995. Detta år, 2017, fyller hon 100 år! Hipp hipp hurra för Vera Lynn!

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  • @ethaneade4937
    @ethaneade49372 жыл бұрын

    At 78 in this clip.. Her voice was still so young and strong sounding.... a true gem

  • @terrysmith7751
    @terrysmith77514 жыл бұрын

    She passed away today. This superb performance, over 50 years since she recorded these hits, is a testament to her talent and to the veterans who loved her.

  • @Paul-lm5gv
    @Paul-lm5gv Жыл бұрын

    She's still serenading the troops in Heaven with her crystal clear voice. Truly, they were the Greatest Generation!

  • @Spiderman7Bob7
    @Spiderman7Bob73 жыл бұрын

    I AM WATCHING THIS FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IT BRINGS TEARS TO MY EYES. I AM 86 YEARS OLD SO I HAVE A LOT OF MEMORIES. GOOD AND BAD. BUT WHEN I LISTEN TO VERA LYNN SING THESE SONGS I AM UPLIFTED TO A SPIRITUAL PLANE. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SPECIAL PLACE IN HEAVEN FOR ENTAINERS LIKE VERA LYNN.

  • @gordonrobertson9072

    @gordonrobertson9072

    Жыл бұрын

    I spent my childhood in England and remember three reasons we survived. our king and queen. Winston Churchill and Vera Lynn. As an old man I will forever remember them with love and honour We came to the states after the war but I was in USAF for 6 yrs as a British subject during Korea.

  • @janishannes9221

    @janishannes9221

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm 81 and am American, and I think I know exactly what you mean.

  • @berylandrews6399

    @berylandrews6399

    Жыл бұрын

    I am also 86 and remember to well ww2 in Britain 🇬🇧🙋‍♀

  • @antoniomadeira8108

    @antoniomadeira8108

    Жыл бұрын

    Eterna Vera Linn canta com os Anjos no Céus. Junto a Deus

  • @SpliffyMeister

    @SpliffyMeister

    Жыл бұрын

    ❣️🤗

  • @gnirolnamlerf593
    @gnirolnamlerf5934 жыл бұрын

    I'm American. I was born six years after the war ended. Yet I'm failing at holding back the tears. The British do this heartfelt national sing-in better than any other nation I've seen. (The Last Night of the Proms comes to mind too.) I never get the feeling of an ulterior political motive behind these expressions of affection by all these people for all the other people who have gathered there. To have Ms. Lynn there as a symbol of national affection and courage only magnifies the connections between generations. So much happiness and love! So much more powerful than the daily complaints we naturally have about each other. It's not possible to have such a live gathering this year without endangering one's fellow citizens. How I wish we could have a billion-person Zoom meeting with everyone reaching their hands out to their neighbors all around the world. Well, we can't do that either, but we can think it, make it real in our hearts, and remember it when we do meet again some sunny day.

  • @firstnamenlastname
    @firstnamenlastname Жыл бұрын

    Her voice was so crisp and strong. In this video she still beat the “singers” of today that rely on auto tune and light shows. Amazing talent, Rest In Peace Vera Lynn!

  • @glenngallup5163
    @glenngallup51632 жыл бұрын

    Tears in my eyes when I watch this video. When the crowd joins in on “We’ll meet Again” my 82 year old heart dances.

  • @janberings7743

    @janberings7743

    2 жыл бұрын

    Tks. I do feel the same. Greetings from the Netherlands .Jan*1938

  • @diananutt1517

    @diananutt1517

    2 жыл бұрын

    I'm going o make sure. to play her wonderful music often. I was a Marine Corps Sgt at Quantico for 2 yrs and saw many couples part for many months. I can't imagine separations of 3 and 4 years. This lady with her beautiful voice (and perfect pitch!) must have given all the soldiers everywhere hope to hang on. Don't know how I was led here on this Memorial Day weekend. I thought of the song "You'll Never Know Just How Much I Love You" and jumped at the chance to hear her version. May all the families whose loved one made the ultimate sacrifice, those who are MIA or POW know that they are never forgotten and the special table is set and acknowledged at every gathering of military where we have a meal. So glad whenever a comment section like this one brings friends across an ocean together. Take care. Stay safe. And thank you for providing such beautiful spring flowers for the world. 🇺🇸💗 🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷🌷

  • @janberings7743

    @janberings7743

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@diananutt1517 thanks for yr reaction. The older I get the more I do admire our liberators. even though I was only six in April 1945🇳🇱 But I remember it if it was yesterday. I just played “the white cliffs” on my trumpet last week. 75 + 2 (Corona) liberation festival in my birth town Deventer. Peace and health to you.

  • @nygelmiller5293

    @nygelmiller5293

    Жыл бұрын

    @@janberings7743 WOW! You can play the trumpet!

  • @diananutt1517

    @diananutt1517

    Жыл бұрын

    @@janberings7743 🌲🍀🌹🌲🌲 I just found this, Jan. I, too, would love to hear you play your trumpet! Did you learn in school or do you come from a musical family? Hope you will share anything you can remember from the events of your childhood. The 30's and 40's were a very rough time around the world, but I hope you had happy times, too. I was born in late '47, so I wasn't aware of those struggles until watching PBS and programs from the Smithsonian Organization. You were very young so you probably gathered much of what you know the way I did. One lovely lady veteran who is 102 was recently honored for her work in the US Army

  • @dolorestaylor2993
    @dolorestaylor29933 ай бұрын

    I remember hearing about Miss Lynn,when my uncles came home all safe in 194 5 ,I was 9 yrs, old and remember it well. They loved her and so did my family too. God Bless her ,rest in peace and thank you.

  • @vickifriend9285
    @vickifriend92852 жыл бұрын

    I’ve watched again. There is no one to compare with ‘Dame Vera’ there never will be. The older I get the more I appreciate this. Thank you.

  • @dickandmaryjanecozzens1824
    @dickandmaryjanecozzens1824 Жыл бұрын

    I was a little girl during World War 2. I had a friend the same age who would sing for my mother; she had an incredible voice. We were about 10 years old. I remember her singing 'THE WHITE CLIFFS OF DOVER'. She had a disease that was not diagnosed until she was adult, and all her children inherited this. it was Muscular Dystrophy. I always cry when hearing this beautiful song.

  • @jaggass
    @jaggass4 жыл бұрын

    RIP The Forces Sweetheart who died today at 103. I'm glad you lived long enough to see the 75th anniversary of VE day and all of the people singing your iconic song We'll Meet Again and i'm sure you loved it. Thanks for entertaining our troops during WW2 and they couldn't have done it without you. It's now time for you to meet them again and entertain them once more up there.

  • @ussfranklin13
    @ussfranklin132 жыл бұрын

    She is such a beautiful soul. My Dad was a sailor on the USS Franklin, CV13, and the hope that she brought the men in Great Britain and the States cannot be expressed adequately in words.

  • @LeeKirkman88
    @LeeKirkman883 жыл бұрын

    Still an amazing voice 50 years on. Thats Class. RIP Dame Vera Lynn your voice gave comfort to so many in such dark and bloody worrying times. Fly High Fly Free and sing to those old boys again.

  • @sarakurtz228
    @sarakurtz228 Жыл бұрын

    I Am almost 90 and my parents taught me well - I know every song Dame Vera sang - they have passed but I know and still cry my eyes out - they gave our little island so much hope - we won 🌹

  • @steveensminger4750
    @steveensminger47504 жыл бұрын

    What a voice...what a woman!!

  • @humbertomunoz1321
    @humbertomunoz13214 жыл бұрын

    I arrived in London in 1991. My life changed at the very moment the plane landed in Gatwick that August morning, London gave me everything in those my Golden years of my youth. Lived there 5 years... I became a Londoner AND even though I went back to México, I was to remain a Londoner till the very last day of my life... I was there in one of the Royal parks for the 50 VE celebration... A day I won't ever forget... Thanks London ... Thank you my 1990's UK....

  • @jessie9384
    @jessie93842 жыл бұрын

    Gee there's not many singers who have retained strength in their voice as Vera did. Just beautiful.

  • @loriscook5231
    @loriscook52314 жыл бұрын

    I am a post war baby boomer but I know most of the words to Vera Lynn’s songs. It’s not hard to guess where the people who don’t like this came from. RIP Vera from a Kiwi, the whole world loved you

  • @Bulgarian_Coastline
    @Bulgarian_Coastline3 жыл бұрын

    Vera Lynn was an amazing person. Her songs will always with us. The forces sweetheart. Back then she was 78. But she still still sang songs wonderfully. R.I.P. She would be greatly miss forever in our hearts😑😑😑

  • @brianneale2006
    @brianneale20064 жыл бұрын

    There are tears in my eyes. At hearing the Sad news of Dear Dame very Lynn. at a good age of 103 years of age. Hope there will be a Memorial Service to Dame Vera Lynn as Vera deserves one in Westminster Abbey too

  • @fayedeutsher9387
    @fayedeutsher93872 жыл бұрын

    The voice and spirit of hope and love - God bless Vera Lynn

  • @cindyhague904
    @cindyhague9047 жыл бұрын

    This lady puts the Great in Britain.

  • @alfiebear2647

    @alfiebear2647

    4 жыл бұрын

    2019,August n I just love her ~ Valour

  • @jennifergopinath

    @jennifergopinath

    4 жыл бұрын

    I recall my Dad & us kids too, used to love listening to her songs. my Dad's military days, after WWII.White cliffs of Dover" used to be aired on BBC Radio & it became one if my fav songs too. Amazing to know she is here today, bless her !

  • @elainebaldwin928

    @elainebaldwin928

    4 жыл бұрын

    Hear...hear.....jennifer.....absolutely agree...😊😊

  • @Bulgarian_Coastline

    @Bulgarian_Coastline

    3 жыл бұрын

    An amazing woman!

  • @berlinsaintclair9100

    @berlinsaintclair9100

    2 жыл бұрын

    With Vict'try comes rejoice. And I'm an American. ugh. She gets me right in the heart!!!

  • @CallieRoses
    @CallieRoses26 күн бұрын

    Rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn, I’m not old at all and these songs give me a different feeling to any modern song ❤

  • @Susan2361
    @Susan23614 жыл бұрын

    I am from America and we have NOTHING like her here. Never have and probably never will. She is absolutely amazing!!!!!!

  • @anniefannycharles9951

    @anniefannycharles9951

    4 жыл бұрын

    Yes. We most certainly do. We have Barbara Streisand who happens to be 77 now with a voice that rings as true now as it did 50 years ago.

  • @nondescript2892
    @nondescript28925 жыл бұрын

    not only did Vera Lynn have an indestructable voice at 78, good to the very last clarion clear note, but she also knew exactly when it was time to stop...on top ! she never declined in public, never made a spectacle of herself....respect!

  • @elainebaldwin928

    @elainebaldwin928

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely marvellous, isn't she? 😊😊

  • @iamshotty

    @iamshotty

    4 жыл бұрын

    I just adore her ❤❤❤

  • @ItsIdaho

    @ItsIdaho

    3 жыл бұрын

    I found out about her when she turned 99. I loved her and now miss her.

  • @MrGGPRI
    @MrGGPRI3 жыл бұрын

    Such an inspiration for the British victims of the Nazis, helping to maintain hope while enduring devastating terror from the sky, 24hrs a day... the AirRaid sirens at the end are a hair-raising reminder of incoming Nazi terror. But, then after the war ended, they practically disowned Sr. Winston Churchill, the other great inspiration for British citizens DURING the war--- as an American, I'll never understand.. . RIP Dame Vera Lynn-- that you saved many souls with your songs of hope for the future.

  • @hughfranklin4002
    @hughfranklin40023 жыл бұрын

    A great lady, she deserves to rest in peace. I think what she did for this country during the war is priceless and can't be measured.

  • @nygelmiller5293

    @nygelmiller5293

    Жыл бұрын

    To Hugh Franklin. Others also sang for the troops, like a personal family friend, Helen Clare. BUT what set Vera Lynn apart from the others, is that she risked her own safety to sing for troops on the front line!

  • @gordonrobertson9072

    @gordonrobertson9072

    Жыл бұрын

    I watched her funeral run through towns with people with their heads Don but allUding her as the herself went by At the last town there was fly over by the RAF.. Iwept for a legend she will never. Be forgotten. go with God beloved one

  • @peg9773
    @peg97733 жыл бұрын

    Still sounds great - she was an inspiration to my dad, United States 3rd Army Engineers, Normandy and Battle of the Bulge vet who married and brought to the US a 5-foot tall Belgian woman who became my mom. RIP all you guys.

  • @colincocks1335

    @colincocks1335

    Жыл бұрын

    Hero dad

  • @howardkoontz4735
    @howardkoontz47353 жыл бұрын

    England had the songs of WWII. Churchill had the words to strengthen the people. The songs strengthen the heart. I love them all and tear up when I hear them

  • @herbertherrington7237
    @herbertherrington7237 Жыл бұрын

    76 years old Marine USA and she brought me to tears

  • @VerbranntiChaib1
    @VerbranntiChaib15 жыл бұрын

    My mum and dad always said she won the war for us. Both of them were on the battlefront in the dark days. My mum and dad argued most stuff while I was growing after the war. But. if a Vera Lynn song come up on the radio, they stopped arguing.

  • @randomlyaverage9181

    @randomlyaverage9181

    4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for sharing, thats gorgeous

  • @elainebaldwin928

    @elainebaldwin928

    4 жыл бұрын

    That's lovely phillip 😊

  • @XGEOFFREY1

    @XGEOFFREY1

    4 жыл бұрын

    This lovely lady kept up the moral of all allied troops and everybody around the world through the darkest days in british history I do prefer the war time originals tho

  • @PLA5207
    @PLA52074 жыл бұрын

    Iconic is Vera Lynn. This voice at 78 years "young." Brilliant.

  • @bigbandsrock1
    @bigbandsrock14 жыл бұрын

    She was in her 70’s here and what a great voice she still had!! Such a lovely performer!!! ❤️

  • @JMD621

    @JMD621

    Жыл бұрын

    She was 78.

  • @rumsonh3
    @rumsonh34 жыл бұрын

    Brought a tear to my hard heart. I don't think most of us in the United States realize what England went through in both world wars

  • @need4HIM

    @need4HIM

    4 жыл бұрын

    I have studied so long and so diligently the period between 1900 and 1945 that I feel as though I actually lived it. I greatly appreciate Britain and the sacrifice and the struggles they endured. I have the greatest admiration for these stalwart, courageous people. And I absolutely love Queen Elizabeth.

  • @JRobbySh

    @JRobbySh

    3 жыл бұрын

    Did my Master’s thesis on the 1944 Education Act. and during the course of working on it came across so many details of what Britain suffered. War propaganda hit that from us. That and the hard times after the War. Whatever possessed Harry Truman to end Lend Lease so soon!

  • @cmilne5160
    @cmilne516019 күн бұрын

    A beautiful voice singing memorable songs. Quite emotional for me, I have a picture of my father on VE Day. He was stationed at Top Cliffe near York in NE England. He is playing the piano with his comrades around. Not a single smile on any face ........... the traumatic and emotional scars were just starting, scars they would carry for life. War is hell.

  • @mikeowen657
    @mikeowen6575 жыл бұрын

    This woman deserves a State Funeral if anyone does.

  • @billbryant7194

    @billbryant7194

    4 жыл бұрын

    Still too soon to say when though.

  • @billbryant7194

    @billbryant7194

    4 жыл бұрын

    She lived on the opposite side of the road from my mum's family in East Ham during the war

  • @bmc9504

    @bmc9504

    4 жыл бұрын

    Too right

  • @ecinomahaeugene

    @ecinomahaeugene

    4 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely, and not just for her own contribution but because she is a last representative of that entire generation. Hey, Boris. Listen up.

  • @annacottage4536

    @annacottage4536

    4 жыл бұрын

    I couldn't agree with you more, the Wonderful Dame Vera God Bless her.

  • @contact3604
    @contact36045 жыл бұрын

    She's still the nations sweetheart! My mother and father loved her! Thanks for the memories. Moira From England💐♥

  • @Tatortot318
    @Tatortot3183 жыл бұрын

    Her voice is even better....wow...impressive

  • @MythicSuns
    @MythicSuns5 жыл бұрын

    As someone who likes to listen to music from various generations, nothing pleases me more than a standout vocalist. Vera Lynn has an incredibly unique voice that has left such a historical impact.

  • @Devour_
    @Devour_5 жыл бұрын

    when she gave the biggest grin while starting "We'll meet again" it gave me chills

  • @lowket
    @lowket4 жыл бұрын

    Rest in peace Dame Vera Lynn, and thank you for the music. You will always be a symbol of hope and liberty for all.

  • @SuperFerdie1965
    @SuperFerdie19655 жыл бұрын

    The world's most admirable lady and she is 102 in a few days.

  • @untouchedflower5823

    @untouchedflower5823

    4 жыл бұрын

    😲 wow

  • @untouchedflower5823

    @untouchedflower5823

    4 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe she's still alive hopefully she is let me look it up

  • @waypastbedtime

    @waypastbedtime

    4 жыл бұрын

    RIP

  • @raymondhorsfall3414

    @raymondhorsfall3414

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@untouchedflower5823 I'm sorry but you spoke a bit too soon as shes just passed away

  • @untouchedflower5823

    @untouchedflower5823

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@raymondhorsfall3414 you're right about that 👍

  • @MrMjp58
    @MrMjp584 жыл бұрын

    Not many singers move me to tears instantaneously. She's most definitely one of them.

  • @dianemcpherson2205

    @dianemcpherson2205

    3 жыл бұрын

    MrMj Me too. She is absolutely the best ever.

  • @dtiresias

    @dtiresias

    Жыл бұрын

    Her voice definitely touched some special fiber of feeling

  • @isabelrogerson5350

    @isabelrogerson5350

    Жыл бұрын

    Takes me way back.

  • @emg8810
    @emg88105 жыл бұрын

    Happy 102nd birthday, Dame Vera Lynn. Your voice is still an inspiration to all who listened to you, not only during WWII but beyond.

  • @davesalisbury7361
    @davesalisbury73616 жыл бұрын

    Today we call them anthoms, songs that get people singing. Queen We will Rock You, Robbie Williams Angels. But when it really comes to someone singing anthems or spirit lifting song then Dame Vera is the original and best with so many. Makes you feel proud that she is ours, English and British.

  • @mike7201
    @mike72017 жыл бұрын

    Having waited more than 20 years to see this specific performance once more, all I can say is that it was definitely well worth the wait. There will never be another Dame Vera Lynn. Bravo!

  • @MattiasStockholm

    @MattiasStockholm

    7 жыл бұрын

    :-)

  • @ncopeman

    @ncopeman

    7 жыл бұрын

    I was 13 years old sat in Hyde Park watching this... On a trip from Newcastle with my grandparents. It's great to see it again. Fantastic memories

  • @ciroalb3
    @ciroalb36 жыл бұрын

    How many 79 year olds can still perform, and with undiminished voice

  • @bmc9504

    @bmc9504

    4 жыл бұрын

    Almost none, todays singers are an absolute disgrace aided by autotune.

  • @MrDLOC11

    @MrDLOC11

    4 жыл бұрын

    Judy Collins

  • @elainebaldwin928

    @elainebaldwin928

    4 жыл бұрын

    Can't bring anyone to mind....except this beautiful lady 😊

  • @jeanstewart8872

    @jeanstewart8872

    4 жыл бұрын

    She is wonderful! Can't stop crying!

  • @xapaga1

    @xapaga1

    4 жыл бұрын

    She was 78 years old at the time of this celebration. And today she's 103!

  • @brendanpilkington1446
    @brendanpilkington14463 жыл бұрын

    We have lost a piece of British History. I got goosebumps watching this especially when she sang land of hope of hope and glory. It’s a generation we will never have again and that generation is slowly passing away and soon we will be in a Britain that is no longer proud.

  • @strigonshitposting793

    @strigonshitposting793

    3 жыл бұрын

    It was a pity to lose her. Made my dad cry when he heard that she had died. RIP.

  • @davidmarshall1259
    @davidmarshall12595 жыл бұрын

    this is just adorable. from bad days, she kept the lads spirits up, and I don't think even today she knows how much she meant to them.

  • @janettamcgee8124
    @janettamcgee81245 жыл бұрын

    Her voice was just as powerful as it had been 50 years earlier! My late father would always comment on how she enunciated every word so perfectly. She still does!

  • @johnstroud8388
    @johnstroud83885 жыл бұрын

    I was there! She was part of my wartime childhood and she means a lot to me!

  • @brianprendergast5520
    @brianprendergast55204 жыл бұрын

    A tribute to Vera's beautiful, undiminished voice and talent. A tribute to epic spirit of Great Britain as well.

  • @larsrask3727
    @larsrask37275 жыл бұрын

    Vera Lynn, a British treasure.

  • @casrdinks8550

    @casrdinks8550

    4 жыл бұрын

    yes

  • @PT-xi5rt

    @PT-xi5rt

    4 жыл бұрын

    So great.

  • @zarinabhatia2168

    @zarinabhatia2168

    3 жыл бұрын

    She was good

  • @johnchambers8166
    @johnchambers81664 жыл бұрын

    I can't believe how well her voice held up in the 50 intervening years. She sounds absolutely amazing.

  • @ewkalt4770
    @ewkalt47705 жыл бұрын

    she just turned 102 yesterday, god bless

  • @dacstudios1168

    @dacstudios1168

    4 жыл бұрын

    ewk alt cool

  • @algow5988

    @algow5988

    4 жыл бұрын

    God has blessed her and given her long years.

  • @k5935

    @k5935

    4 жыл бұрын

    she’s now passed, god bless her soul for touching all who have heard her music.

  • @SharpeDave
    @SharpeDave7 жыл бұрын

    I have been situated in Australia since 1959 and have never travelled to my home country in 57 years because of PTSD & Anxiety after serving in the Royal Australian Air force but Vera's songs still bring a tear to my eye, especially 'They'll Always Be An England' I wish you a very lovely and wonderful birthday this year Dame Vera Lynn and everything your heart wishes for. God bless you and thanks for the songs over the years. Lets hope there will always be a Vera Lynn in the hearts of the English people, as there is in mine. Thank you again.

  • @lancehighfield2718

    @lancehighfield2718

    4 жыл бұрын

    Wot a load of rubbish dave

  • @opntilmidnight4025

    @opntilmidnight4025

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lance Highfield - yeah, well no one asked for your opinion LaNce

  • @bmc9504

    @bmc9504

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@lancehighfield2718 shallap you

  • @davidgreen7495
    @davidgreen74956 жыл бұрын

    Still, today, a nations sweetheart. Dame Vera Lynn, a national treasure and a bloody good singer to boot. I hope when Dame Vera does finally succumb to the next life, this country gives her the send off she deserves. One aligned to royalty.

  • @gv1967

    @gv1967

    5 жыл бұрын

    David Green A State Funeral definitely.

  • @cvscrap

    @cvscrap

    5 жыл бұрын

    I am from South Africa and I agree

  • @stephenbowden8109
    @stephenbowden81094 жыл бұрын

    An English Rose who inspires to this day! Never give in and let's fight the awful virus with Vera singing to us. God Bless everyone....we'll meet again.

  • @chloedog47
    @chloedog476 жыл бұрын

    Vera Lynn the greatest singer ever/so far....Elvis a distant second

  • @nielsbnnelkke6010
    @nielsbnnelkke60103 ай бұрын

    Remember I watched this show on tv.. Imagine she also song these songs 50 years earlier for the soldiers... it´s amazing and brings tears in my eyes even I´m only 55 yeras old. But my dad and grandparents remebered these songs and the time.. I have a lot of Veras original recordings on 78`Rpms.. and often listen to them....

  • @nigelhseymour
    @nigelhseymour2 ай бұрын

    Vera was the heart and soul of 'the time' ..She touched on those spaces which we can only dream of...It was just the time and the human being she was.! When I watch her films, and they makes me happy..When I see her in remembrance shows they make me proud....Those times now are lost in endless passages but Vera will continue to live on for ever! xxxx A statue is planned for her .on the white cliffs of Dover... If you see info on this....support it !

  • @gv1967
    @gv19677 жыл бұрын

    A real British treasure. Happy 100th birthday, Dame Vera.

  • @karenblackadder9446

    @karenblackadder9446

    4 жыл бұрын

    The term 'National Treasure ' is bandied around too easily. Usually about those most people have never heard of. She TRULY deserves the title.

  • @forlorn_2828

    @forlorn_2828

    4 жыл бұрын

    Honeslty crazy she is still alive 102 wow

  • @tylerheiman6536

    @tylerheiman6536

    3 жыл бұрын

    She’s now passed away just a week ago

  • @jasonburger3533

    @jasonburger3533

    8 ай бұрын

    ​@@tylerheiman6536Yes, at age 103. She was a phenomenal entertainer over so many eras. Vera Lynn helped win World War Ii in so many ways. Britain survived World War II and is a great nation again that which the United States is originally from. We are still connected in so many ways.

  • @nthglasScotland
    @nthglasScotland6 жыл бұрын

    What can I say? I was born in 1970. I had a grandmother born in Leith Docks who worked in a Birmingham munitions factory & contracted cancer from the chemicals, & a grandfather on my other side who contracted gangrene in Africa. MY people NEVER said no! No matter where in our Empire, OUR people came. I have said this for years & got abuse: from the bottom of my heart, I thank both the Empire & OUR commonwealth of Nations.

  • @janicelee6204

    @janicelee6204

    4 жыл бұрын

    Andrew Lang I hear ya! My Mum was born 1925 and had tales of the blackouts and black market items her Dad could get? I really wished I asked she more questions 😞

  • @cocobandit
    @cocobandit4 жыл бұрын

    Not a single bad word could ever be said about this wonderful lady. Forces sweetheart and the nations sweetheart. May you rest in peace Dame Vera x

  • @Hainebu1
    @Hainebu15 жыл бұрын

    To all who put 22 dislikes here: what do you expect to see here ? Give respect to her, how do you feel and live if you were 102 years old ? Most of us were a little bit lower, a bit weaker and a bit fragile with half her well lived 102 years, at 78 she was capable to sing a whole show with magnificent power and intonation of voice, most of all merely will be capable of to spell some words at 50...

  • @donlunn792

    @donlunn792

    4 жыл бұрын

    The idiots, are not worth bothering about.Every vid on KZread has the idiots.

  • @gordonrobertson9072

    @gordonrobertson9072

    Жыл бұрын

    The 22 are just dumb. We were in awe of this lady and what she did for her country.i will die loving her as much as during war in UK.

  • @kelvinsurname7051

    @kelvinsurname7051

    Жыл бұрын

    ​@@gordonrobertson9072 I am guessing you are well in your 90's, God bless you sir, I wish you many more years in good health!

  • @mollycasas3101
    @mollycasas31016 жыл бұрын

    One of my mom's favorite singers ❤️

  • @cheydonkopu-myers6441
    @cheydonkopu-myers64414 жыл бұрын

    anyone else here after she passed away? r.i.p ✨

  • @naynttz8964
    @naynttz89647 жыл бұрын

    Great to be able to listen to her on a sunny day!, the sky is blue and there's just peace, we owe it all to the lads who fought for this very kind of peace in the UK

  • @tarquin4592
    @tarquin45927 жыл бұрын

    I was there that night and have always had the highest regard for this lovely lady. Must admit though, her songs bring tears to my eyes.

  • @charlessismanturk2416

    @charlessismanturk2416

    6 жыл бұрын

    Tarquin45as am American goose bumps. My mother sings these songs ... her memory of england is strong ... and I am only 26 years old. England is young to her, .

  • @chadwinphillips9148
    @chadwinphillips91485 жыл бұрын

    Hard to think that she is 78 in this video! She could pass for someone in her fifies! She also doesn't sound anywhere near 78! She still had such a powerful, yet gentle voice even at this age. God bless her!

  • @johnbockelie3899

    @johnbockelie3899

    4 жыл бұрын

    Her songs gave hope to the world when it all looked hopeless. Thank you Vera Lynn. Dark days were parted because of you. Thank you again!!.

  • @paulwaite1553
    @paulwaite15534 жыл бұрын

    I was actually born VE Day 1945 and have enjoyed this lovely ladies voice all my life.

  • @slaphead8835
    @slaphead8835 Жыл бұрын

    She sounds SO wonderful. Her voice is still so pure, strong and beautiful. Just incredible!

  • @normalil
    @normalil7 жыл бұрын

    Well Dame Vera, I had my own "adventures" in Berkely Square during the 1980's. Thanks to you and the rest of the war effort, I was free to do that. Best wishes to you. I was born just after the War, and your "Bluebirds Over the White Cliffs of Dover" always makes me cry.

  • @lorneholland8238
    @lorneholland82385 жыл бұрын

    One of the very great morale builders of WW ll and an unmatched voice.

  • @AmbiguouslyAnonymous
    @AmbiguouslyAnonymous3 жыл бұрын

    God bless this woman. She lived a long, fulfilling life but somehow it still feels like she's left us far too soon. I really do hope that a heaven exists for her to go to, she honestly deserves it. May she rest in peace.

  • @mrmrmosse
    @mrmrmosse6 жыл бұрын

    Churchill and Vera expressed in words and songs the Brittish stubborness and their wish to allways have their TEA in peace. :-)

  • @kystars
    @kystars7 жыл бұрын

    God bless her. 100 years old now. She devoted her life to charity, helping children and servicemen. A wonderful lady :)

  • @_PJC_

    @_PJC_

    4 жыл бұрын

    Your very kind

  • @mikeclifford8360

    @mikeclifford8360

    4 жыл бұрын

    And 103 now! :)

  • @ArvidLuidens

    @ArvidLuidens

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's sad that she left a week ago.

  • @LahntalTV
    @LahntalTV4 жыл бұрын

    What a voice with 78 years and now she's 103. Dame Vera, happy birthday. May the white cliffs of Dover shine over your birthday. And when Corona is over, we will sing it together.

  • @Caledonia3104
    @Caledonia31044 жыл бұрын

    Complete respect for this Lady

  • @robertcummings9648
    @robertcummings96484 жыл бұрын

    God Bless You Vera for ALL you've done not only Britain but for ALL of us ! RIP

  • @ericvalera27
    @ericvalera277 жыл бұрын

    I'm from Dover and when you're far from home Vera Lynn brings you back. Happy Birthday Vera

  • @graham4006

    @graham4006

    4 жыл бұрын

    👏👏

  • @carolinewelham4998
    @carolinewelham49984 жыл бұрын

    My father was protecting himself under one of the army lorries from a bomb attack when on the radio that was still on , came the beautiful voice of Vera Lynne and he fell in love with her, as did many other forces men I am sure. She really is a national treasure.

  • @PubliusHA
    @PubliusHA7 жыл бұрын

    The world is lucky to have a person like Dame Vera Lynn still in it, with a powerful voice to remind us of the past. The passion, emotion, and strength in her voice aways bring a wistful tear to my eye as I feel a sense of pride and common good with all of her songs. Even though I am American and not that aware of her influence in WWII, until recently, I appreciate her steadfast support of British troops especially during that horrid time of German bombs reigning down on the innocent families of London starting in 1939. My Dad, now deceased, was one year older than Dame Vera and a veteran of WWII. I saw a video display on KZread of Dame stalwarts projecting the British flag, then Vera Lynn's picture onto the White Cliffs of Dover from the sea in honor of her birthday on March 20, 2017. That was a STAND-UP thing to do. May God Bless you Dame Vera and keep you with us for many more years.

  • @TheMonarchgroup
    @TheMonarchgroup5 жыл бұрын

    25th March 2019. This made me so emotional with tears in my eyes, I left the land of my birth and heritage in August 1968 to settle in Australia and I have enjoyed a wonderful free life here but this video shows me that my heart and soul are still British although sadly I will never return.

  • @juliadeluna4343
    @juliadeluna43436 жыл бұрын

    I sing at assisted and memorie care facilities and these are the songs that I sing for my senior citizens

  • @trespire

    @trespire

    4 жыл бұрын

    Very kind of you. I am sure you touch the sentiments of these dear old people.

  • @jimyoung2188
    @jimyoung21887 жыл бұрын

    Happy 100th Birthday to a beautiful lady Dame Vera

  • @ruannsr
    @ruannsr3 жыл бұрын

    I’m melted in tears right now.

  • @saynabmusa4911
    @saynabmusa49114 жыл бұрын

    My favourite singer.i can see she has respect for the soldiers who fought in the war so emotional!!!

  • @gayleralan
    @gayleralan3 жыл бұрын

    My dad always sang this song. He was 15 during the war and had been evacuated to the countryside while my Nan stayed in London and worked in an ammunitions factory. My dad came home to find his house was gone and yet he always said that the war years were the best..because of how the people stuck together and took care of one another!

  • @paddyzammit6588
    @paddyzammit65885 жыл бұрын

    I’ve been away from England 50 years and miss it every day, this brought tears to my eyes

  • @bmc9504

    @bmc9504

    4 жыл бұрын

    Where are you situated now? , Spring is slowly beginning here, the sounds and smells, even how the sun shines after a daft winter .....ohhh I love it!!

  • @vilmadsouza7699
    @vilmadsouza7699Ай бұрын

    What a voice. I cant stop listening to her.

  • @johnsanders2266
    @johnsanders22665 жыл бұрын

    2019 - Still our Dame Vera XX

  • @ItsIdaho
    @ItsIdaho4 жыл бұрын

    She and Betty White are the most precious people on this Earth.

  • @hesterpotts9987
    @hesterpotts9987 Жыл бұрын

    What a beautiful lady and wonderful voice, that encouraged England through the war. Just discovered her tonight, my bad. This was an awesome presentation.

  • @ulstrupkirke9254
    @ulstrupkirke92544 жыл бұрын

    I am crying with joy. So wonderful

  • @faithoffaith
    @faithoffaith7 жыл бұрын

    Never gets old, never!

  • @Rikki0
    @Rikki04 жыл бұрын

    The D-Day Darlings do her proper honors, which she so richly deserves. Very nostalgic. My dad was a ball turret gunner in B-17's. He knew all her songs when he came home.

  • @jeanpierregalepides-muthal1624
    @jeanpierregalepides-muthal16245 жыл бұрын

    Amazing lady ,great romaqntic songs make me cry,,,,so emotional....

  • @CliSwe
    @CliSwe7 жыл бұрын

    This lady is amazing. On my radio show last night, my tribute for the 63rd anniversary of D-Day, was to open the show with Dame Vera singing 'Wish Me Luck As You Wave Me Goodbye'. And her voice was just as strong 50yrs later. Deffo my favourite centenarian.

  • @davewilson4058
    @davewilson40584 жыл бұрын

    THANK YOU You Tube for this video. It brought so many memories of my childhood years, listening to Vera sing on our wireless during the dark times we all endured. I must admit to shedding a few tears hearing that marvellous, familiar voice. Closing my eyes and just listening to her, is still magic. Long may she continue.

  • @trailtrs1

    @trailtrs1

    4 жыл бұрын

    Amazing memories my friend.

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