Festivals in Wales

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1623A
Date Released
14 Jul 1960
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
6 / 6
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Festivals in Wales - Colour. DESCRIPTION: Llangollen is the stage, and the beautiful scenery of this Welsh town provides the setting for the world-famous Eisteddfod festival. From many countries, groups of dancers and musicians assemble to take part in the modern version of something that has been known in Wales since pre-Christian times. SHOTLIST: GV Welsh country. GV town. MS dancers walking. MS musicians walking. MS dancers looking in windows. MS women in colourful costumes. MS dancing. MS people (from Turkey). MS Turkish people signing autographs. MS Turkish dancing. CU two women. MS autograph signing. GV festival.
Keywords
Music and dance; Entertainment and leisure; Customs and traditions
Locations
Wales; Llangollen
Card file number
80616
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
135
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Festivals in Wales', British Movietone News Issue No. 1623A, 14 Jul 1960. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/23686 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)