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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
A restriction on traffic in the town centre has affected local businesses. 19/05/1981
Location: Carmarthen
New parking restrictions in Aberystwyth
Language: English
Parking restrictions and their effect on local businesses. 28/01/1972
Location: Aberystwyth
Adroddiad ar hen gar Humber.
Language: Welsh
Report on an old Humber car for sale for £500. 06/03/1970
Location: Cardiff
Traffig ar ffyrdd o amgylch Pontypridd
Language: Welsh
Report on road traffic around Pontypridd. 07/07/1976
Location: Pontypridd, Rhondda Cynon Taf
The last trolley bus to Tiger Bay
Language: English
The last trolley bus journey to Tiger Bay, Cardiff 21/03/1966
Location: Cardiff
Sul yr Erfyniad ar drên bach y Trallwng
Language: Welsh
A Sunday Service on the Welshpool and Llanfair Light Railway. 04/05/1970
Location: Castle Caereinion, Powys
Trên tanddaearol y Swyddfa'r Bost
Language: Welsh
Royal Mail's underground rail network. 03/07/1974
Location: London
The Railway Squadron on the Ffestiniog
Language: English
The Railway Squadron training on the Ffestiniog Railway. 20/09/1968
Location: Porthmadog, Gwynedd
The Snowdon Mountain Railway
Language: English
Maintenance work on the Snowdon Mountain Railway 03/01/1966
Location: Llanberis, Gwynedd
Ailagor rheilffordd ager Llangollen
Language: Welsh
Plans to reopen the steam railway line from Llangollen to Corwen. 30/07/1974
Location: Llangollen
Y pyramidau yn yr Aifft
Language: Welsh
Visiting the Pyramids in Egypt on children’s show ‘Bilidowcar’ 01/04/1987
Location: Giza, Egypt
Tro ger hen gamlas ym Merthyr Tudful
Language: Welsh
Former miner recalls his memories of the old canal. 29/06/1977
Location: Merthyr Tydfil
Report from Hawarden Airport
Language: English
A businessman who wants to change its name to Chester Airport. 21/12/1965
Location: Hawarden, Flintshire
Cold war flights to West Berlin
Language: English
Flights to West Berlin by Cambrian Airways during the cold war 21/12/1971
Location: West Berlin, Germany
A pioneering flight across the Irish Sea
Language: English
Captain Vivian Hewitt's pioneering flight across the Irish Sea in 1912. 30/06/1967
Location: Penrhos, Anglesey
Cycling problems in the middle of Cardiff
Language: English
The problems of cycling on busy city centre roads in Cardiff. 26/08/1975
Location: Cardiff
Travelling in a horse drawn cart
Language: English
Travelling in a horse drawn cart and a collection of carts. 31/07/1970
Location: Dinas Mawddwy, Gwynedd
Mewnforio gwartheg Gwyddelig
Language: Welsh
A new ferry service to import cattle which will compete with Holyhead. 11/10/1971
Location: Birkenhead, Merseyside
People and places around Port Talbot
Mute film sequences showing people and places around Port Talbot 20/04/1958
Location: Port Talbot, Neath Port Talbot
Buses, trains and ships in Cardiff
Buses, trains, ships and telephone operators in Cardiff. 20/03/1964
Location: Cardiff
Annie Roberts, tram driver in WW1
Language: English
The first female tram driver in northeast Wales during WW1. 19/10/1970
Location: Wrexham