Paper short abstract:

A short film focusing on French and German travellers to the Welsh industrial town of Merthyr Tydfil in the mid-nineteenth century and their descriptions of the town. The film was produced in 2018 and is 6'41" long. There are English, Welsh, German and French versions.

Paper long abstract:

This is a short film focusing on French and German travellers to the Welsh industrial town of Merthyr Tydfil in the mid-nineteenth century and their descriptions of the town. Travellers came to marvel at the town at the forefront of Europe's industrial revolution.

The film was produced by Sanna and Lars Wicks and the Royal Commission on the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Wales in partnership with Bangor University and the Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies as part of the AHRC funded project "European Travellers to Wales". The film was produced in four languages and consists of a mix of archive images and animation, with a narration and a rich sound track.

The producers had several challenges to do with budgetary constraints, historic research, narrative construction and the balance between historic accuracy and good story telling.

The film is available here:

www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=VEe2x2DqYwk