Eisteddfod - Wales (1923)

Item title reads - “All Wales is a Sea of Song.“ Swearing in the Bards and ancient Gorsedd Ceremony at Welsh National Eisteddfod. Mold, Wales. M/S of ladies in traditional Welsh costumes and hats, they walk down the lane followed by others, a man holding a big sword walks down as do others in robes and head-dresses. L/S of the ceremony. M/S of the sword being given to a man by others in robes, they crowd round. L/S as people applaud and someone sits at a harp. A big banner is carried down the lane, L/S of lots of people at the ceremony, the camera pans across them. M/S of two people stood on a platform, M/S of a procession of people, a man carries a bouquet of flowers and others follow with a figure on a tray carried at shoulder height. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.