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Picturesque North Wales (c.1910)
 

Synopsis

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Caernarfon Castle is shown in a series of panning shots taken from the surrounding shore. Men walk through woodlands by a lakeside. The camera pans and tilts in a sequence of shots of Swallow Falls. Elsewhere, an elderly woman in a traditional Welsh costume sits and knits. Betws-y-Coed is introduced by an intertitle as "the most famous mountain village in Wales" followed by a shot of a grazing cow by a ruined castle. A charabanc drives through a valley, followed by horse-drawn vehicles. "Conway Castle, river and town, with the mountain of Carnedd Llewellyn in the distance" - the camera pans across the bridge to the castle; a train steams past and visitors explore the castle walls. A train emerges from the Menai Bridge - "a triumph of engineering skill" - and a boat sails beneath. In a street scene, five women step into view and walk past the camera in traditional costume. The women join another woman seated at a tea table. Two of the women pose closer to the camera, smiling and laughing.