Skip to content or footer

Selwyn's Lucky Day

From the collection of

Archif Sgrin a Sain Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru / National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive
Established in 2001, the National Library of Wales Screen and Sound Archive holds an unrivalled collection of films, TV and radio broadcasts, video tapes and sound recordings relating to Wales and the Welsh, from 1898 to the present day. The collection spans multiples formats and genres, both professional and amateur.

Selwyn's Lucky Day

From the opening images of a hefty naked man chasing a bleating sheep across a field under a full moon in Abertaf, this drawn animation manipulates the stereotype and delivers an appealing story about an accident-prone unemployed miner from the Valleys winning through against all the many and various odds. Selwyn is voiced by actor Boyd Clack and the backgrounds were provided by Gren (cartoonist Grenfell Jones, 1934-2007). It is sheer delight from start to finish.

Tags

From the collection

Animated Flipside

Animation at its most weird and wonderful

27 videos in this collection

1

Max Beeza and the City in the Sky

  • 1977
2

Superted

  • 1975
3

Bunty the Bouncing Bassoon

  • 1963
4

The Aeronauts

  • 1984
5

David Low Animation

  • 1936
6

The Family Holiday

  • 1975
7

Little Tom Thumb

  • 1967
Out with the old and in with the new – one of Britain’s leading animation companies pitches its new image with great humour
8

Animation Has Changed

  • 1971
9

I Wanna Mink

  • 1959
10

To Our Children's Children's Children

  • 1969
A nutty professor meets a very hungry caterpillar in this animated chase cartoon brimming with swinging 60s backdrops.
11

The Professor

  • 1967
12

Ersatz

  • 1978
13

Johann Sebastian Bach In Euro Deutschland

  • 1995
14

Custard

  • 1974
15

Pear-shaped Hill

  • 1970
16

Internet Story

  • 2011-08-17
17

A Date with an Enfield

  • Enfield
  • 2017-09-23
18

Boogie Rag Roll - Thunderclap Jones

  • 1955
19

Topology

  • 1969
Meet the animated sci-fi fixer from a strange atomic race who knows the value of Christmas.
20

Dodo in Christmas Adventure

  • 1965
21

Selwyn's Lucky Day

  • 2000-01-01
Witness the no-so-great train robbery in this post-war cartoon, produced "in glorious monochrome"
22

The Mail Goes Through

  • 1947
23

Midsummer Nightmare

  • 1957
24

Noddy Goes to Toyland

  • 1963
25

Super Natural Gas

  • 1975
26

Adolf's Busy Day

  • 1940
27

Experimental Animation 1933

  • 1933
View full collection

Report a problem -

We're sorry that you've found a problem with one of our videos. To help us investigate, please provide as much detail as possible.
If you would like us to get back to you about this problem, please provide us with your email address. This won't be used for marketing purposes.
Please enter a valid email address; for instance, [email protected]