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Broadcasting has enabled more people to learn about Welsh history. These clips highlight developments and changes ranging from the distant past to the Victorian period and the 1960s.
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Tro o amgylch Caerfyrddin
Language: Welsh
R. Alun Evans is shown around Carmarthen by a local schoolboy visiting the town centre, cattle market, County Hall, Police Headquarters and other places. 28/02/1964 BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen
Report on the history of St Peter's Church, Carmarthen
Language: English
Report on the history of St Peter's Church, Carmarthen showing external views of the church. 18/03/1974 The Land Remembers: Fires of the Martyrs BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen
CLIP Cymru: Report on the history of St Peter's Church, Carmarthen
Glyn Owen reports on the re-development of the port and town of Holyhead.
Language: English
Glyn Owen reporting from Holyhead, Anglesey on the re-development of the port and town. Interview with David Lloyd Hughes, Clerk to Holyhead Council. 18/11/1966 Wales Today BBC Cymru
Location: Holyhead, Anglesey
CLIP Cymru: Glyn Owen reports on the re-development of the port and town of Holyhead.
Glyn Owen reports on the fishing industry in Anglesey
language: English
Glyn Owen reporting from Moelfre, Amlwch and Port Penrhyn on the fishing industry in Anglesey. Interview with Tom Owen, Rural Fisheries Organiser. 26/06/1966 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Moelfre, Anglesey; Amlwch, Anglesey; Porth Penrhyn, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Glyn Owen reports on the fishing industry in Anglesey.
Adroddiad o Borthdinllaen am y frwydr â Chaergybi i fod yn borthladd i Iwerddon
Language: Welsh
A report on Borthdinllaen and its battle with Holyhead to become the main port to Ireland, and how its plans were scuppered with the construction of the Menai Bridge and the railway over the Britannia Bridge.
Location: Porthdinllaen, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad o Borthdinllaen
Bywyd Ffermio Traddodiadol yng Nghlynnog
Language: Welsh
Traditional farming life in a farm in Clynnog with a family member making butter. 27/11/1964 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location; Clynnog, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Bywyd Ffermio Traddodiadol yng Nghlynnog
Atgofion Mrs Sarah Trenholme o'i blentyndod yn Nefyn yn ystod yr Oes Fictoria
Language: Welsh
Interview with ninety-year-old Mrs Sarah Trenholme about her upbringing in Nefyn during the Victorian age. 28/05/1978 Eira Ddoe BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Nefyn, Gwynedd
Report on a power cut in Penmaenmawr with shop keepers using candles and a gas lamp
Language: English
Report on a power cut in Penmaenmawr with shop keepers using candles and a gas lamp to sell newspapers and cut meat. 09/02/1970 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Penmaenmawr, Conwy
CLIP Cymru: Report on a power cut in Penmaenmawr with shop keepers using candles and a gas lamp
Adroddiad o Gresffordd: Pentref Glofaol dan Newid
Language: Welsh
A report from the mining village of Gresford, Wrexham, featuring the famous church, the old school, and the Griffin Inn. The video also includes a proposal to build a new road through the village. 22/02/1965 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Gresford, Wrexham
Prof Gwyn Alf Williams speaking about the changing face of Dowlais
Language: English
Prof Gwyn Alf Williams presents an item about the changing face of Dowlais, Merthyr, how it has changed and how this is a representation of Wales. The camera pans to the location of the old Dowlais Grammar School, the Dowlais stables, Dowlais Coop and St John’s Church. 11/04/1975 Week in Week Out: Merthyr’s Preservation BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Dowlais, Merthyr Tydfil
CLIP Cymru: Prof Gwyn Alf Williams speaking about the changing face of Dowlais
Boxer Eddie Thomas reminisces about his youth in the 1920s-1930s as he drives from Merthyr to Dowlais.
Language: English
Eddie Thomas drives through Merthyr and reminisces about his youth and visits to the local Bracchi café. The journey continues up to Dowlais, driving past landmarks and talking about his family and upbringing. The boxer talks about the climate and geography and how this has affected the people who live up on Dowlais top, and considers what makes a great boxer – and why so many famous boxers came from the Merthyr area. 04/06/1997 Champ from the Colliers’s Row: Eddie Thomas BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Merthyr Tydfil & Dowlais
CLIP Cymru: Boxer Eddie Thomas reminisces as he drives from Merthyr to Dowlais.
The proposed demolition of the historic Triangle houses in Merthyr Tydfil
Iaith: Saesneg
Vincent Kane yn adrodd ar y cynnig dadleuol i ddymchwel y tai Triongl mewn rhan hanesyddol o Ferthyr Tudful. 11/04/1975 Week in Week Out BBC Cymru Wales
Lleoliad: Merthyr Tudful
CLIP Cymru: The proposed demolition of the historic Triangle houses in Merthyr Tydfil
Tro ger hen gamlas ym Merthyr Tudful
Language: Welsh
Walking by an old canal in Merthyr Tydfil due to be replaced with a road bypass. Views of Chapel Row, the technical college, the Hoover factory, Quay Row, Abercanaid, Capel y Graig cemetery and Llwynyreos Inn. Former miner William Fire recalls his memories of the old canal. 29/06/1977 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Adroddiad Sulwyn Thomas o dref hanesyddol Merthyr Tudful
Language: Welsh
Sulwyn Thomas reports from Merthyr Tydfil on the history of the town with shots of historic landmarks including Cyfarthfa Castle and modern factories. Interviews with local residents Tom and David Chambers, Mr and Mrs Protheroe and the Rev David Protheroe on the lack of employment, poverty, local characters and community changes. 24/07/1980 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad Sulwyn Thomas o dref hanesyddol Merthyr Tudful
Report on Mr Howell, the town crier, as he proclaims to people in a Welsh town
Language: English
Report on Mr Howell, the town crier, as he proclaims to people in a Welsh town. 18/12/1972 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Hay on Wye, Powys
CLIP Cymru: Report on Mr Howell, the town crier, as he proclaims to people in a Welsh town
Adroddiad ar wrthwynebiad gan fusnesau lleol i archfarchnad newydd yn Llanbedr Pont Steffan
Language: Welsh
Report on opposition by local businesses to a proposed new Co-op supermarket in Lampeter. 04/04/1973 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Lampeter, Ceredigion
Ruth Parry yn cyfweld Olwen Leebrook a Teddy Rees am Gwm Rhondda Fach
Language: Welsh
Ruth Parry interviews Olwen Leebrook and Teddy Rees about life in the Rhondda Fach Valley during the 1970s, and how the area has changed since their childhood. Heddiw 23/01/1974
Location: Rhondda fach, Rhondda Cynon Taf
CLIP Cymru: Ruth Parry yn cyfweld Olwen Leebrook a Teddy Rees am Gwm Rhondda Fach
Hywel Gwynfryn yn ymweld â Phontypridd a chyfweld Emlyn Davies golygydd y papur bro Tafod Elai
Language: Welsh
Hywel Gwynfryn visits the market in Pontypridd and the old bridge. Interview with Emlyn Davies, editor of the local papur bro for Tafod Elai. 15/02/1985 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
Adroddiad gan Hywel Gwynfryn ar y diddordeb cynyddol yn yr iaith Gymraeg ym Mhontypridd
Language: Welsh
Report by Hywel Gwynfryn on the growing interest in the Welsh language in Pontypridd. 15/02/1985 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad gan Hywel Gwynfryn ar y diddordeb cynyddol yn yr iaith Gymraeg ym Mhontypridd
Rob Brydon reports from Pontypridd on places associated with Tom Jones
Language: English
Rob Brydon reports from Pontypridd on places associated with Tom Jones when he was growing up. 03/03/1991 See You Sunday BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
CLIP Cymru: Rob Brydon reports from Pontypridd on places associated with Tom Jones
First day at school for the Braddock and Jones children
Language: English
The Braddock and Jones children experience their first day of school and the rules they have to obey including speaking only English. 20/10/2010 Snowdonia 1890 BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: First day at school for the Braddock and Jones children
The Braddock and Jones children learn about the punishment of the Welsh Not for speaking Welsh
Language: English
The Braddock and Jones children are introduced to the Welsh Not where children are punished for speaking Welsh. 20/10/2010 Snowdonia 1890 BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd
Carys Davies and Kyle Lima learn more about the Welsh Not
Language: English
Carys Davies and Kyle Lima learn more about the Welsh Not. 11/02/2010 Snowdonia 1890 Uncovered BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Rhosgadfan, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Carys Davies and Kyle Lima learn more about the Welsh Not
Interviews with school children at Lansdowne Primary School, Canton, Cardiff
Language: English
Interviews with school children at Lansdowne Primary School, Canton, Cardiff on what they'd like to see in schools in 10 or 20 years' time. 10/01/1967 Wales Today BBC Cymru
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Interviews with school children at Lansdowne Primary School, Canton, Cardiff
Cardiff pupils' views on the school leaving age and paying for school milk
Language: English
Report on Cardiff pupils' views on the school leaving age and paying for school milk. 17/01/1967 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Cardiff pupils' views on the school leaving age and paying for school milk
Report from Ysgol Ystalyfera, a new bilingual secondary school
Language: Welsh
David Parry Jones reports from Ysgol Ystalyfera, a new bilingual school. Interview with the headmaster, W.J. Harris. 09/10/1969 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Ystalyfera, Neath Port Talbot
CLIP Cymru: Report from Ysgol Ystalyfera, a new bilingual secondary school
Report from Llandrillo Technical College, Llandrillo yn Rhos
Language: English
Report from Llandrillo Technical College, Llandrillo yn Rhos on subjects studied by students, hairdressing, catering and home making. Interview with the Principal, W.J. Griffiths. 17/06/1965 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Llandrillio-yn-Rhos, Conwy
CLIP Cymru: Report from Llandrillo Technical College, Llandrillo yn Rhos
Report on a pupil sent home from school for having long hair
Language: English
Report on a pupil sent home from school for having long hair. Interviews with the school headmaster and the pupil. 02/09/1970 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Report on a pupil sent home from school for having long hair
Film of a Mary Quant Ginger Group fashion show
Silent film of a Mary Quant Ginger Group fashion show with designer Mary Quant present. 15/04/1964 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
CLIP Cymru: Film of a Mary Quant Ginger Group fashion show
Pennod o'r rhaglen Bilidowcar gydag Angharad Mair ac Emyr Davies yn yr Aifft
Language: Welsh
Angharad Mair and Emyr Davies visiting the Pyramids in Egypt on children’s programme ‘Bilidowcar’ 01/04/1987 Bilidowcar BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Giza, Egypt
CLIP Cymru: Pennod o'r rhaglen Bilidowcar gydag Angharad Mair ac Emyr Davies yn yr Aifft