Share your opinion
Help us improve our services by filling in our quick survey to let us know how we're doing.
Broadcasting has been very important in recording significant Welsh milestones of the 20th century. Here are clips that mark the influence of some of the most important events over the last century, from flooding the Tryweryn valley and other valleys throughout Wales to build reservoirs in the 1960s, to the Miners' Strike crisis of the 1980s, to devolution in the 1990s, and much more.
Please note there are English subtitles available for the Welsh language clips.
To browse the Wales Broadcast Archive yourself and find many more videos that can support your curriculum, click the button below. We currently have over 7,000 clips from BBC, ITV and S4C available online to all, and over 400,000 clips available to view in a clip corner.
Cyfweliadau gyda Trigolion Cwm Celyn
Language: Welsh
Ednyfed Curig Davies reporting from Capel Celyn including interviews with residents before building the Tryweryn reservoir. 02/01/1964 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Capel Celyn, Gwynedd
Adeiladu Argae Clywedog
Language: Welsh
Hywel Gwynfryn report on the construction of the Clywedog Dam and the farms that will be drowned. 20/05/1966 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Clywedog, Powys
Film about Nantclwyd, the last farm in the valley after building Llyn Brianne, Carmarthenshire
Language: English
Film about Nantclwyd, the last farm in the valley after building Llyn Brianne, Rhandirmwyn, Carmarthenshire. 09/01/1973 New Neighbour BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Rhandirmwyn, Carmarthenshire
Nan Davies yn trafod gyda Brychan Evans sut yr ymsefydlodd y Cymry yng Nghwm Hyfryd, Patagonia
Language: Welsh
Nan Davies discusses with Brychan Evans how the Welsh settled in Cwm Hyfryd, Patagonia in the foothills of the Andes. 14/10/1962 Y Gymru Bell BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Y Wladfa, Chubut province, Argentina
CLIP Cymru: Nan Davies yn trafod gyda Brychan Evans sut yr ymsefydlodd y Cymry yng Nghwm Hyfryd
Nan Davies yn cyflwyno portread o'r Wladfa Gymreig ym Mhatagonia, yr Ariannin.
Language: Welsh
Nan Davies presents a portrait of the Welsh settlement in Patagonia, Argentina. 25/05/1965 Y Gymru Bell BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Y Wladfa, Chubut Province, Argentina
CLIP Cymru: Nan Davies yn cyflwyno portread o'r Wladfa Gymreig ym Mhatagonia, yr Ariannin.
Stephen Fairclough reports on the Kindertransport which saved the lives of Jewish children (Radio)
Language: English
Stephen Fairclough reports on the Kindertransport which saved the lives of Jewish children before the Second World War and interviews two elderly women who were saved by travelling on the trains. 13/02/2019 Eye on Wales: Kinder transportees BBC Cymru Wales
Nick Palit reporting on polling day for the 1997 Devolution Referendum in south Wales
Language: English
Nick Palit reporting on polling day for the 1997 Devolution Referendum with voters arriving at a Carmarthenshire polling station, Ron Davies (labour) voting in Caerphilly, Llew Smith (labour) voting in Blaenau Gwent and Jonathan Evans (conservative) voting in Llangasty. Interview with Prof Eric Sunderland at Cardiff City Hall. 18/09/1997 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen; Draethen, Caerphilly; Blaenau Gwent; Llangasty, Powys; Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Nick Palit reporting on polling day for the 1997 Devolution Referendum in south Wales
Glyn Mathias reporting on the announcement that the new Welsh Assembly will be based in Cardiff
Language: English
Glyn Mathias reporting on the announcement by Ron Davies that the new Welsh Assembly will be based in one of two locations in Cardiff. Interviews with Dafydd Wigley MP (Plaid Cymru), Nigel Evans MP (Conservative) and Richard Livsey MP (Liberal Democrats). 13/03/1998 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
Dewi Llwyd yn adrodd ar ganlyniadau Refferendwm Datganoli 1997
Language: Welsh
Dewi Llwyd reporting on the results of the 1997 Devolution Referendum with the declaration in Wrexham and Carmarthenshire. Celebrations by the Yes campaign. 19/09/1997 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Wrexham & Carmarthen
CLIP Cymru: Dewi Llwyd yn adrodd ar ganlyniadau Refferendwm Datganoli 1997
Report on the first session of the National Assembly for Wales
Language: English
Summary: Report on the first session of the National Assembly for Wales. 12/09/1999 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Report on the first session of the National Assembly for Wales
Report on the day's events for the state opening of the National Assembly for Wales 1999
Language: English
Report on the day's events for the state opening of the National Assembly for Wales. 26/05/1999 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Report on the day's events for the state opening of the National Assembly for Wales 1999
Penny Roberts interviews architect Lord Rogers about the new National Assembly for Wales building
Language: English
Penny Roberts interviews Lord Richard Rogers about the design and building of the new National Assembly for Wales building. 01/03/2006 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
Penny Roberts reports on the official opening of the National Assembly for Wales
Language: English
Penny Roberts interviews Lord Richard Rogers about the design and building of the new National Assembly for Wales building. 01/03/2006 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
Sioned Jones yn adrodd ar ganlyniadau Refferendwm Datganoli 1997
Language: Welsh
Sioned Jones reports on the results of the 1997 Devolution Referendum including the declaration in Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Blaenau Gwent, Cardiff and Carmarthenshire. Interviews with Tom Jones, Llew Smith MP (Labour), Howard Davies and Eluned Morgan (Labour). Celebrations following the success of the Yes campaign. 19/09/1997 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Denbighshire, Gwynedd, Blaenau Gwent, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire
CLIP Cymru: Sioned Jones yn adrodd ar ganlyniadau Refferendwm Datganoli 1997
Adroddiad o Flaendulais ar effeithiau cau pyllau glo yn yr 1960au
Language: Welsh
A report from Seven Sisters and the impact on a mining village of coal mines closures in the 1960s. 06/02/1972 Seven Sisters BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Blaendulais, Neath Port Talbot
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad o Flaendulais ar effeithiau cau pyllau glo yn yr 1960au
Owen Jenkins reports on a march in Blaendulais by miners' wives in support of striking miners
Language: English
Owen Jenkins reports on a march organised by miners' wives in support of striking miners through the town of Blaendulais (Seven Sisters), Neath. Interviews with Dennis Pugh and Mrs Merion Lloyd. 19/05/1984 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Blaendulais (Seven Sisters), Neath Port Talbot
Beti George yn adrodd am fywyd i deulu glöwr yn ystod y Streic ac yn cyfweld Mr a Mrs Roberts
Language: Welsh
Beti George reports on life for a miner's family during the Strike and interviews Mrs Hilda Roberts and Mr Roberts. Film of clashes between police and a picket line outside Port Talbot Steel Works. 11/04/1984 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: South Wales Valleys & Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
Adroddiad o lofa Cynheidre gyda gwrthdrawiad rhwng yr heddlu a llinell biced o lowyr ar streic
Language: Welsh
Report from Cynheidre colliery, Cwm Gwendraeth as police and a picket line of striking miners clash as buses bring miners to work. 14.11/1984 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cynheidre colliery, Gwendraeth Valley, Carmarthen
Vaughan Roderick yn adrodd am rali fawr gan y TUC yng Nghaerdydd i gefnogi glowyr oedd ar streic
Language: Welsh
Vaughan Roderick reports on a TUC rally in Cardiff where 10,000 marched in support of striking miners with a speech by Arthur Sgargill, NUM President in Sophia Gardens. 28/04/1984 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
Elfyn Thomas yn adrodd o Ysgol Gynradd y Gelli lle mae pryderon am gyflwr tomen pwll glo y Bwllfa
Language: English
Elfyn Thomas reports from Gelli Primary School, Cwm Rhondda where parents have concerns about the condition of the Bwllfa colliery tip behind the school. 02/10/1986 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cwmdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Adroddiad ar farn plant ysgol Aberdâr os bydd y Dyn yn y Lleuad yn cwrdd â gofodwyr Apollo 11
Language: Welsh
Report on the views of Aberdare primary school pupils as to whether the Man in the Moon will be there to meet the Apollo 11 astronauts. 16/07/1965 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Aberdare, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Report on flights to West Berlin by Cambrian Airways during the cold war
Language: English
Report on flights to West Berlin by Cambrian Airways during the cold war, and through communist East German airspace. Interview with the pilot in the cockpit. 21/12/1971 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: West Berlin, Germany
CLIP Cymru: Report on flights to West Berlin by Cambrian Airways
Glyn Owen reporting on Captain Vivian Hewitt's pioneering flight across the Irish Sea in 1912
Language: English
Glyn Owen reporting on Captain Vivian Hewitt's pioneering flight across the Irish Sea in 1912. 30/06/1967 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Penrhos, Anglesey
David Allen profiles Petty Officer Edgar Evans who died on the Antarctic expedition in 1912
Language: English
David Allen reports on the life of Petty Officer Edgar Evans from Rhosili who died on the Antarctic expedition of 1912 with Peter Scott interviewed by Brian Hoey. 17/02/1967 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Rhossili, Gower
Nick Palit reports on Cardiff's first Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras
Language: English
Nick Palit reports on Cardiff's first Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras organised by the Cardiff Community Safety Partnership to celebrate diversity and combat hate-related crime. 04/09/1999 Mardi Gras BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Nick Palit reports on Cardiff's first Lesbian and Gay Mardi Gras
Rebecca Jones yn adrodd ar ddiwrnod cyntaf ar gyfer priodasau hoyw
Language: Welsh
Rebecca Jones reports on the first day for gay weddings. Film of Julie Thomas Anderson and Adele Rees' wedding together with a wedding in Wrexham and interviews with registrar Edith Morgan, and Elin Pierce from LGBT Helpline. 21/12/2005 Newyddion BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Swansea & Wrexham
Cyflwynydd mewn siop yn delio gydag arian degol.
Language: Welsh
Presenter in a shop working with the new pence and dealing with decimal currency. 02/11/1970 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Criccieth, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Cyflwynydd mewn siop yn delio gydag arian degol.
Animated advert promoting the start of BBC Cymru Wales
Language: English
Hysbyseb animeiddiedig yn hyrwyddo dechrau BBC Cymru Wales. 26/12/1968 Vincent Kane's 60s BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Animated advert promoting the start of BBC Cymru Wales
Rhaglen am ddarlledu radio cynnar yng Nghymru gyda chlip o'r gân "Nant y Mynydd"
Language: Welsh
Programme about early radio broadcasting in Wales with early shots of a radio, a farmer cutting peat, and a farmer ploughing with shire horses. 01/03/1967 Cymru'n Galw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: London & Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Rhaglen am ddarlledu radio cynnar yng Nghymru gyda chlip o'r gân "Nant y Mynydd"