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Sound

The Archive is home to a vast collection of published music recordings on shellac, vinyl and CD’s as well as many unique tape recordings reflecting different aspects of Welsh life. An oral…  

Film

The film collection represents a rare and unique moving image record of Wales, Welsh culture and life in Wales from the late 19th Century through to the 21st Century. Comprising over 5 million…  

ITV

In 2012, the Archive acquired ITV Wales's film and video archive dating from 1958, which includes over 200,000 items. Hundreds of landmark programmes and pioneering broadcasts are contained in…  

Audio visual collection care

Audio-visual media are fragile by nature, and some of them have only a short life span. This means that much maintenance work is needed on collections such as these. A continual programme of…  

Audio visual collections

The collection has a wide range of content. It encompasses every aspect of the culture and life of Wales and the Welsh as it has been chronicled by the audio-visual media, in sound, video and film…  

Viewing rooms

The Archive aims to ensure that access to the collections is as effective, efficient and informed as possible. The Archive provides access to the collections to individuals and groups, on-site at…  

Using the collection

Research, Broadcast, Community Screenings, Learning, Exhibition, Creativity, Copies For Commercial Use The Archive offers a professional service, and a research service to companies and…  

Search the catalogue

You can search for the Archive's materials from the Library. If you would like to view or listen to material from the Catalogue, you will need a valid Library Reader's Ticket. Please note: as…  

Discover

It’s always exciting to see a person or place that’s familiar to you come to life on the screen, especially if you didn’t know such footage existed. Over the years, the Archive has been collecting…  

P B Abery Collection

Before his death in 1948 Percy Benzie Abery selected 1580 of his glass negatives and gifted them to the National Library of Wales. History of P B Abery P B Abery was born in Folkestone, one of…  

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