Cumberland: Sheep Epidemic - Shepherds Act 1949

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Full title reads: "Cumberland: Sheep Epidemic - Shepherds Act".

Cumberland. Hill farmers fear outbreak of Sheep Scab in Lakeland flocks.

SV Sheep packed in pen (For super title.) GV Cumberland country side. LV pan sheep on mountainside. SV shepherd whistling dog. CU collie dog. GV...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
45609
Sort Number:
49/034
Time in/Out:
01:34:53:00 / 01:36:17:00
Canister:
49/34
Film ID:
1401.26
Issue Date:
28/04/1949

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