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These clips demonstrate how ways of travelling have changed a great deal during the 20th century from the introduction of the motorway to the disappearance of steam trains. Ports such as Cardiff were very busy but by the middle of the 20th century, flying from Rhoose was the fastest way to travel overseas.
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Traffig canol tref Caerfyrddin
Language: Welsh
Sulwyn Thomas reports from Carmarthen where a ban on traffic in the town centre during certain hours of the day has affected local businesses. 19/05/1981 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Carmarthen
Report on new parking restrictions in Aberystwyth and their effect on local businesses
Language: English
Report on new parking restrictions in Aberystwyth and their effect on local businesses. Interviews with residents. 28/01/1972 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Aberystwyth
CLIP Cymru: Report on new parking restrictions in Aberystwyth and their effect on local businesses
Adroddiad ar hen gar Humber ar werth am £500.
Language: Welsh
Report on an old Humber car for sale for £500. 06/03/1970 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
Adroddiad ar draffig ar ffyrdd o amgylch Pontypridd
Language: Welsh
Report on road traffic around Pontypridd. 07/07/1976 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
CLIP Cymru: Adroddiad ar draffig ar ffyrdd o amgylch Pontypridd
Report on the last trolley bus journey to Tiger Bay, Cardiff
Language: English
Report on the last trolley bus journey to Tiger Bay, Cardiff. Interview with David Smith on the bus. 21/03/1966 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Report on the last trolley bus journey to Tiger Bay, Cardiff
Paratoi ar gyfer gwasanaeth Sul yr Erfyniad ar drên bach y Trallwng a Llanfair Caereinion
Language: Welsh
Interview with organisers and members of a children's choir as they prepare for a Rogation Sunday Service on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. 04/05/1970 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Castle Caereinion, Welshpool, Powys
Emrys Jones yn adrodd o swyddfa ddidoli'r G.P.O., Farringdon Road, Llundain
Language: Welsh
Emrys Jones reporting from the G.P.O. sorting office at Farringdon Road in London about the use of underground rail network to move hundreds of letters and parcels around London every day. Heddiw 03/07/1974 BBC Cymru Wales
Location: London
CLIP Cymru: Emrys Jones yn adrodd o swyddfa ddidoli'r G.P.O., Farringdon Road, Llundain
The Territorial Army 275 Railway Squadron training on the Ffestiniog Railway
Language: English
Report on the Territorial Army 275 Railway Squadron training on the Ffestiniog Railway. All members were recruited from the railway industry. Interview with Major Foster Bedworth, Commanding Officer. 20/09/1968 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: The Territorial Army 275 Railway Squadron training on the Ffestiniog Railway
Report on the Snowdon Mountain Railway showing maintenance work being carried out
Language: English
Summary: Report on the Snowdon Mountain Railway showing maintenance work on the trains and the track. interview with acting foreman, Glyn Jones. 03/01/1966 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd
CLIP Cymru: Report on the Snowdon Mountain Railway showing maintenance work being carried out
Interview with Annie Roberts, tram driver during the first world war
Language: English
Interview with Annie Roberts, the first female tram driver in northeast Wales during the first world war. 19/10/1970 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Wrexham
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
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 Llwyn-yr-eos Inn. Former miner William Fire recalls his memories of the old canal. 29/06/1977 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
T. Glynne Davies reporting from Hawarden Airport
Language: English
T. Glynne Davies reporting from Hawarden Airport. Interviews with businessmen using the airport including one who wants to change its name to Chester Airport. Interview with the Airport Manager, Jack Morton. 21/12/1965 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Hawarden, Flintshire
CLIP Cymru: T. Glynne Davies reporting from Hawarden Airport
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
Cycling problems in the middle of Cardiff
Language: English
Report on the problems of cycling on busy city centre roads in Cardiff. 26/08/1975 BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
Sylvia Davies and Josephine Evans travelling in a horse drawn cart and their collection of carts
Language: English
Report on Sylvia Davies and Josephine Evans travelling in a horse drawn cart and their collection of carts. 31/07/1970 Wales Today BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd
Emlyn Davies yn adrodd ar wasanaeth fferi fewnforio gwartheg Gwyddelig o Ddulyn i Benbedw
Language: Welsh
Emlyn Davies reporting on a new ferry service from Dublin to Birkenhead for the import of Irish cattle which will compete with Holyhead. 11/10/1971 Heddiw BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
CLIP Cymru: Emlyn Davies yn adrodd ar wasanaeth feri fewnforio gwartheg Gwyddelig o Ddulyn i Benbedw
Mute film sequences showing people and places around Port Talbot
Mute film sequences showing people and places around Port Talbot including roads and railways. 20/04/1958 See what they say BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
CLIP Cymru: Mute film sequences showing people and places in Wales
Buses, trains, ships and telephone operators in Cardiff (without commentary)
Language: English
Shots of Cardiff bus station interspersed with shots of a train departing Cardiff railway station, telephonists working in Cardiff telephone exchange, ships in the docks and Rhoose airport. 20/03/1964 Cymru a'i Phobl: Trefi Hen a Newydd BBC Cymru Wales
Location: Cardiff
CLIP Cymru: Bysiau, trenau, llongau a teleffonyddion yng Nghaerdydd