Paul Dickson

Moving but upbeat BAFTA award winning documentary film short about the men and women who were disabled during the two World Wars. (archive.org)

The British launch the world's first orbital vehicle. Their military sends a super-bomb along, which goes wrong and threatens the crew and a stowaway. (imdb)

The central character is a working man, David Griffiths, known in the film as "Dafydd Rhys", a school caretaker for decades and a former miner. Dafydd's later years in Ammanford at Amman Valley Grammar School present an ordinary man with extraordinary virtues. His innate dignity is seen here as an inspiration to the film's narrator Ifor Morgan, who recalls in adulthood his experiences as a school pupil under David's wing.

A union committee discuss making a film to promote their cause.