KEVIN TIBBLES EXPLORES THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WELSH

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Event Date(s): 05/10/1996 | Event Location(s): Rhondda Valley;London;Thames River;England;Wales | Description: KEVIN TIBBLES EXPLORES THE UNIQUENESS OF THE WELSH (GUMBEL VO) 7:40:50 (:11) GRAPHIC MAP OF IRELAND; SCOTLAND; ENGLAND; & WALES HIGHLIGHTING WALES SEEN. GUMBEL REPORTS LIVE ON-CAMERA FROM THE BANKS OF THE THAMES RIVER IN LONDON & INTROS TIBBLES SPOT ON WALES. 7:41:08 (2:19) SINGING OF THE PENDYRUS CHOIR MEMBERS HEARD IN VO AS CLIPS OF QUIET COUNTRY RIVER; PERSON FISHING ON SHORE; SWAN IN RIVER; SHEEP GRAZING ON HILLSIDE; GREEN MOUNTAIN VALLEY; LONG SHOT OF STONE CHURCH; & PANNING SHOT OF ROCKS NEAR WATER SEEN. IN CLASSROOM CHOIRMASTER JONES LEADS MEMBERS OF PENDYRUS MEN'S CHOIR IN SINGING HYMN. LONG SHOT OF HOUSES IN FORMER COAL MINING VILLAGE IN RHONDDA VALLEY SEEN. B&W STILLS OF WELSH COAL MINERS; & COAL MINES SEEN. IN INTERVIEW CHOIRMASTER JONES DISCUSSES HOW MUSIC ALLOWED THE MINERS TO EXPRESS THEIR FEELINGS. IN INTERVIEW CHOIR MEMBER GRIFFITHS DISCUSSES HOW HE FEELS EMOTIONAL WHILE SINGING A WELSH BALLAD. TIBBLES REPORTS ON-CAMERA FROM WALES. SHEEP FARMER DON POWELL (PH) WITH HIS DOG USES STICK TO PROD SHEEP TO MOVE ALONG ROAD. POWELL CLOSES GATE ON SHEEP. IN INTERVIEW POWELL RESPONDS HIS FAMILY HAS BEEN SHEPHERDING SINCE ETERNITY. SHEEP ON HILLSIDE SEEN. TOURIST COUPLE WALK ALONG COUNTRY ROAD. TIBBLES WALK PAST FLOWERS IN YARD WITH INN KEEPER MAUDEWYNN (PH) STEVENS. IN INTERVIEW STEVENS SAYS VALLEYS ARE TURNING BACK INTO THE GREEN VALLEYS THEY USED TO BE PRE-INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION. LONG SHOT OF COUNTRY ROAD; ELDERLY MAN IN KNIT CAP; & FLOWERS ON RIVERBANK SEEN. TIBBLES VO RHONDDA VALLEY; WALES. TA; EJ=2:19 Producers: NBC