National Screen and Sound Archive of Wales preserves and celebrates the sound and moving image heritage of Wales, making it accessible to a wide range of users for enjoyment and learning. Its film collection reflects every aspect of the nation’s social, cultural and working life across the 20th century, giving a fascinating insight into Welsh filmmaking, both amateur and professional.
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Nefyn - pel-droedwyr a phobl ar y stryd
Robin Jones, Nefyn’s pharmacist, had a camera and used it to capture his community on film. Here is footage of a football match and the smiling faces of people in the High Street.
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Overview
Robin J Jones [officially Robert J Jones], the Nefyn pharmacist, films a local football match (on a field beneath Garn Boduan), and captures men, women and children in the High Street in medium close-up. Those shown smile or laugh, showing their profiles as if instructed to do so by Robin. Some suck lollipops – an incentive, perhaps, to encourage them to face the camera?
Robin’s film-making equipment was inherited by his nephew, John Glyn Jones, a Brynsiencyn GP, who carried on where his uncle left off, recording his family and local events. Dr Jones’ father, Captain Jones, opened a general store in Nefyn after he retired from the sea and he may be the man seen standing before a sign advertising the ‘Radiac Cure’.
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