Video website 'showcasing Wales'

The website has a mix of local events, information and Welsh history

A website's founders say they aim to showcase Wales to the world by allowing people to upload their videos and share footage of Welsh life and history.

Screen Wales has been running for three months and has similarities to YouTube, by allowing users to share videos.

Kevin Smith, who helped set up the Wrexham-based site, said it was a platform for councils, community groups and businesses to promote events.

People also upload footage about Wales which they think is of interest.

Mr Smith said every piece of footage submitted would be checked first to ensure nothing obscene was published.

There's so much material out there and it gives people a platform to show interesting footage not just to people in Wales but all over the world Kevin Smith, of Screen Icon Ltd

For instance, the site shows footage uploaded of the Cardiff floods in the 1960s alongside promotional videos from Wrexham County Borough Council.

It also has historical film of Rhyl in the 1930s, footage of Wrexham FC and video of an Easter parade in Newport in the 1960s.

Mr Smith, who set up the company behind the website - Screen Icon Ltd - with business partner Michael Roberts, said he hoped the website would be used all over Wales and the world.

"At the moment it's early days and we have got a lot of footage from Wrexham," he said.

"But we hope that as word spreads, more people will use it. There's so much material out there and it gives people a platform to show interesting footage not just to people in Wales but all over the world."

The website contains promotional material from businesses - some of which pay Screen Icon Ltd to produce videos for them - but people can upload their own footage for free.

The company also intends to upload footage from Welsh events, such as Llandudno's Victorian Festival this weekend.

Mr Smith added: "It enables people to get information out about events."