1949 in Wales - Film

Film

  • Blue Scar, starring Kenneth Griffith and Rachel Thomas
  • The Last Days of Dolwyn, starring Emlyn Williams, Richard Burton and Hugh Griffith
  • Yr Etifeddiaeth (The Heritage), documentary by Geoff Charles and John Roberts Williams, depicting traditional ways of life in rural North Wales, with narration by Cynan. It was the first film to be made in the Welsh language.
  • The Fruitful Year, a promotional film about Wales, commissioned by the Post Office National Savings
  • The Road to Yesterday, travelogue made for troops serving abroad

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