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The Story of Wales

A New Beginning (Season 1, Episode 5)
TV Episode | 58 min | History
It's boom time as Wales becomes known the world over for one particular product - Welsh steam coal, the best you can get. In the space of 50 years, 'black gold' builds a new Wales. The coalfield pulls in hundreds of thousands of migrants ...See moreIt's boom time as Wales becomes known the world over for one particular product - Welsh steam coal, the best you can get. In the space of 50 years, 'black gold' builds a new Wales. The coalfield pulls in hundreds of thousands of migrants with a different language and culture, becoming a bustling modern world of its own. Yet no sooner has Wales found itself at the centre of global trade, than the Depression causes an industrial crash with a bitter social fallout. Written by Joyce M See less
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Director
Jeff Morgan
Producer
Jeff Morgan
Composer
Karl Jenkins
Editor
John Gillanders
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Updated Jul 6, 2012
Release date
Jul 6, 2012 (Australia)
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