From time to time, we come across a few oddities whilst inspecting accessions.
Whether it’s unusual receptacles containing reels, illegible hand-written notes or odd film related parapharnelia accompanying the accession. Yesterday, I came across a fly preserved in a squashed manner within this mute 16mm B&W reel from a Tal-y-Llyn Railway collection. This batch of reels will be ready to be transfered onto digital tape in the forthcoming weeks.
Rest in peace
Over the May banc holiday, the Archive went Rock and Roll! We visited the ‘Nyth festival’, located at the Gwdihŵ Bar in Cardiff (if you are ever in Cardiff, and find you’re self a bit thirsty, or hungry.. or a little bit of both, it is highly recommended to visit, a marvelous little bar, with good atmosphere good food and a good selection of refreshments..).
Our aim was to show clips around and about Cardiff, and to show how some recognizable scenes in Cardiff have changed, developed or how some have stayed the same. Our backbone of the film was two films – ‘Cardiff Capital of Wales’ (1930s) (which contain footage of all over Cardiff, from the City Hall to St Mary’s Street (with trams!) and also footage of the works in the Docks at that time. The second film, was a film called ‘Taking the Plunge’ (1968) which gave an excellent account of the Cardiff Empire Pool’, that was located in central Cardiff. This building has now been knocked down!
An excellent day all round. If you were not there this year, be sure to look out for it next year!!
