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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Red Sails and Lilos
On a sunny day, everyone with boats and lilos and swimming gear takes advantage of the weather.
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Overview
Summer by the sea and images that are the stuff of dreams. A flotilla of red-sailed boats glides beautifully by; a group of nuns in black-and-white sallies forth to paddle, and holidaying bathers use colourful lilos to surf the waves.
William Brenig Jones (1918-78), the film-maker, became Head of Finance at the Welsh Office. He lived with his family – wife Joan Mary (nee Oakey), children Terence and Paul (twins), Carmel and Martin – in a house he had commissioned on King George V Drive in Cardiff, complete with a dark-room as he was a keen photographer. His sons attended the De La Salle School in Cardiff, a preparatory school for boys aged 5-11. The twins were members of the 28th Cardiff Sea Scouts, a troop founded by the school's head, Brother Alfred (Herbert Guilfoyle) in 1947 for his ex-pupils.
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