Part of OUT AND ABOUT issue.
Various shots of countryside in Wales.
Pathe Studios, London.
Various shots of Welsh Ladies' Choir of Pontypridd singing "Bells of Abergovy". Their choir leader, Muriel Jones, conducts them. They wear traditional Welsh costumes - white lace shawls and tall black hats. A pianist accompanies them.
More shots of countryside, church bells, castle, rivers and lakes.
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Description
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Data
- Archive
- British Pathé
- Issue Date:
- 13/07/1939
- Sound:
- Sound
- Media URN:
- 42675
- HD Format:
- Available on request
- Film ID:
- 1276.09
- Stock:
- Black & White
- Duration
- 00:01:45:00
- Time in/Out:
- 01:13:12:00 / 01:14:57:00
- Canister:
- NSP 172
- Sort Number:
- NSP 172
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- Categories
- Fashion & Music Science & Technology
- WorkSpaces
- iom WW2 entertainment ERIKA
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Stills
pam@pamela81.wanadoo.co.uk says
This film show my grandmother Claire Pinchin as the pianist. I have several black and while photos of her with the choir but so happy to find this footage. The choir were booked to go Australia in 1939 but this was cancelled due to the outbreak of war.