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Radio report from the Welsh news of the 1955 ceremony in Cardiff City Hall declaring Cardiff as Wales' capital city. This had been decided following a competition begun in 1951. Other contenders had included Caernarfon and Aberystwyth.

Long before Cardiff became the capital city of Wales it was a town surrounded by villages of close knit communities including Canton, Splott and Grangetown. The small port at Cardiff dealt only in local trade. Then came the industrial boom. Coal mined in the valleys was carried to the town, and the 'black diamonds' brought wealth and prosperity. By 1913, Cardiff was the greatest coal exporting port in the world, and fine buildings of the law courts, the City Hall and the National Museum of Wales shot up in Cathays Park. Cardiff was declared the capital city of Wales on 21 December 1955.