Browse the Wales Broadcast Archive and find many more videos.
We currently have over 12,000 clips from BBC, ITV and S4C available online to all, and over 500,000 clips available to view in a clip corner.
BBC Cymru Wales clips from the Wales Broadcast Archive
Background
The first national broadcast archive in the UK
With support from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Welsh Government, and in partnership with major broadcasters in Wales, the National Library of Wales has brought together the archives of BBC Wales, ITV Wales and S4C to give access more than a century of television and radio.
The Wales Broadcast Archive contains over 500,000 broadcasts, including programmes from the early days of BBC broadcasting in Wales during the 1920s, the first commercial broadcast by TWW, the establishment of Harlech Television, the age of HTV Wales and ITV Cymru Wales, and the launch of S4C, the first Welsh language tv channel.
The Wales Broadcast Archive can be accessed in Clip Corners throughout Wales and in the Library's Broadcast Archive Centre. Although you will not be able to watch or listen to the entire collection from home due to rights restrictions, over 12,000 clips have been made available to view from your home or school through the Clip Cymru website
Below we have compiled over 240 clips from the BBC Cymru Wales Archive, ranging from the early 1960s to the 2010s in both Welsh and English. These clips are ordered into 12 themes for your ease of use and research
Caring for the collection
Our screen and sound collections include audio tapes, vinyl, CDs, video cassettes and rolls of movie film that are hundreds of metres long. It’s important to store these in a cool, dry atmosphere, otherwise they can become sticky and degrade. We store our most important magnetic tapes in a room called a Faraday Cage, which is lined with copper to protect the contents from the harmful effects of electro-magnetic fields. We also have a department that manage, conserve, and digitise the old media to preserve them for the future. All the BBC Cymru Wales clips below have gone through this process of conservation and digitisation.
Themes
Food
Agriculture, Food production, Old Welsh food customs, Selling food, Multicultural food in Wales
Religion and belief
Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Beliefs and superstitions
Health and Welfare
The human body, Healthcare, Welfare
Further information
Possible questions to discuss
- What in the video looks similar and different to today?
- What's in the background of the video? Spot the details that tell you what life was like in the past
- How do people dress in the video? Would you wear that today?
- What technology is in the video? Do we use something different today?
- Listen to what people say. How are people talking, and about what? Would people talk like that today?
- What kind of people would have originally watched this video?
- What's the main purpose or message of the video?
- What themes does the video touch on?
- Do you agree or disagree with the message of the video? Explain why.
Activities and experiences
- Browse the Clip Cymru website to see if there are clips near to your local area
- Visit your local clip corner and access the entirety of the Wales Broadcast Archive
- Make a video on the same topic as a clip from the archive below showing how things have changed today
- Design an information panel outlining the key points of the video, and showing how things are today
- Invite people in to talk about their memories relating the themes of one of the clips
- Run an online research session to find more information about the events of the clip, compiling the information on a poster or big mind map
Key concepts
(derived from the statements of what matters)
Languages, Literacy and Communication
- Listening with empathy and respect
- Listening and understanding
- Learning languages
- Understanding viewpoints
- Language diversity
Expressive Arts
- Representing personal, social, and cultural identities
- Conveying ideas
- Exploring purpose and meaning
- Conveying feelings and emotions
Humanities
- Developing inquiry pathways
- Understanding ideas and viewpoints
- Human impact on the world
- Understanding the past
- Understanding human rights
- Interpreting sources and information
- Social and cultural importance
- Cause and effect
- Sustainable environments
- Geographical features
- Identity
- Social similarity and difference
- Contribution to society
- Changes over time
- Historical impact on communities
- Governance systems
Science and Technology
- Designing to meet user needs
- Ecosystems and evolution
- Exploring the three sciences
- Design decisions
- Forces
- Communicating design ideas
- Natural defences
- Using energy
- Communication systems
- Evaluating evidence
- Environmental impact
- Creating products
Health and Well-being
- Feelings and behaviour
- Personal decision-making
- Diet and nutrition
- Feelings and mental health
- Social decision-making
- Social awareness
- Reflection
- Rights and responsibilities
- Empathy