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Royal National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1953: Crowning The Bard

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Television cameras cover the proceedings, and an English commentary is given by Hywel Davies.
One of the main competitions in the national Eisteddfod is the composition of a poem in free-verse on a given theme. The winning poet if crowned with all the traditional pomp and ceremony of the Gorsedd of Bards of the Isle of Britain.

Coroni'r Bardd
Teledir y seremoni yn syth o Bafiliwn yr Eisteddfod yn y Rhyl.

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English commentary:
Hywel Davies
Presented for television by:
David J. Thomas
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