Selected Originals - National Eisteddfod (1952)

Selected Originals (offcuts, selected scenes, out-takes, rushes) for story “National Eisteddfod“ - 52/65. Material for Newsreel story - lots of good extra material. Aberystwyth, Wales. GV. Crowded Aberystwyth promenade. LV. Aberystwyth promenade deserted. GV. Aberystwyth rooftops. GV. Deserted sea-front. TS. Crowded sea-front. Woman in Welsh national costume plays a harp, she is watched by people from the Commonwealth. LV. Bill Jordan, Pathe Cameraman on sound truck, pan to London Welsh Choir. CU Conductor. SV. Bill Jordan, pan to choir. GV. Bards and druids entering hall. SV. Bards and druids walking onto platform. CU.B/V . Archdruid walking onto platform. SV. Archdruid taking seat. SV. Empty bard chair. SV. Two druids standing by empty bard chair (2 shots). GV. Ceremony. SV. Empty chair pan to Archdruid and choir conductor. CU. Empty bard’s chair. SV. Druids leaving platform. V. People looking on (4 shots). GV. Eisteddfod hall - in country setting. GV. Welsh countryside. (7 shots). GV. W
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