Green Horizon

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.

Green Horizon


A “poor sheep walk” in the hills of Dolfor, Montgomeryshire, is transformed during WWII into a luxuriant pasture after being ploughed up, fertilized and re-seeded. Ion Trant, Welshpool farmer/film-maker and a member of the county’s War Agricultural Executive Committee, exhorts fellow farmers to aim for the green, green grass of Dolfor themselves. For the cost of about £11 an acre they too can increase the land available for food production.


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