Caravan Holiday 1937 - and how we made the film 'The Bandits of Mawddwy'

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.

Caravan Holiday 1937 - and how we made the film 'The Bandits of Mawddwy'


From the traffic and built-up streets of Wolverhampton to the green and pleasant pastures of Llanymawddwy come John W Meredith and family to stay in a caravan at Penygeulan Farm, home of Richard Ellis Jones. The sun shines on the washing-up outdoors and the pony riding – and on a few off-cuts from a film about the area’s legendary bandits that Meredith, the Rev H E Hughes (seen here with sackcloth and pony) and R E Jones made with the local community in 1936.


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