Learning on ScreenWelsh Wales
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
Story
- Story No. within this Issue
- 1 / 1
- Summary
- COI synopsis: Wales has always been fiercely proud of its heritage and culture and nowhere is this more evident than at the National Eisteddfod at Ruthin. This is the Welsh event of the year and everything takes place in Welsh. Michele Brown visited the Eisteddfod to hear the music and to discuss with Welsh people what they are doing to preserve their language and culture.
- Researcher Comments
- According to the script, people featured include the pop singer and one of founder members of the Welsh Language Society, Dafydd Iwan. NB: Information gathered from the Australian version
- Keywords
- Music and dance; Customs and traditions; Celebrations and festivals; Social events
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 23 [BFI National Archive]
- COI Reference
- MI 936/770
- Credits:
-
- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- Maurice Tarling
- Presenter
- Michele Brown
- Presenter
- Silverio Perez Salas
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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- Fax
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- Address
- 21 Stephen Street
London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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