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Every Valley

An impression of life in the industrial valleys of south Wales, from daybreak to midnight, and of the growing part played in that life by buses and railways.

Documentary 1957 20 mins

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Overview

An impression of life in the industrial valleys of south Wales, from daybreak to midnight, and of the growing part played in that life by buses and railways. The free verse spoken by Donald Houston acts as a link on the soundtrack between various arias, choruses and orchestral interludes from Handel’s Messiah which utter their own comments – lyrical, ironic or humorous – upon the pictures of Welsh life and landscape that they accompany.

Director

Michael Clarke

Featuring

Donald Houston

Genres

Documentary

Country

United Kingdom

Location

Pontypridd

Language

English

Subjects

Miners Public libraries Buses Railway journeys Polytechnics Industries, trades and crafts Women workers Shops National ballot Coal Docks Cinemas Housing Mining Street scenes Shopping Youth clubs Villages Trains Public transport

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