FLU EPIDEMIC AMONG RAILWAY HORSES

Flu Epidemic Among Railway Horses 1949

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Unissued / unused material.

'Flu epidemic among railway horses, Camden Town, London. Cuts from newsreel story in Gazette issue 49/12.

General view of the Farriers shop, where the horses that are recovering get new shoes. Various shots smithy shoeing a horse while his assistant holds horse's head, the foreman, holding another horse, looks on. C/U vanman fondling horse's nose. Elevated shot of convalescing horses being exercised while vet watches. Various shots horses being led along road. C/U horses in their stalls, workman tips bran mash into eating trough. C/U head shot of the foreman. C/U horse being fitted with blanket. M/S men folding blankets. C/U grain for bran mash being poured through sieve. C/U horse being given a pill. M/S horse being given a pill. C/U horse tethered in stall. C/U vet examining horse's nostril. M/S vet examining another horse. M/S vet handing needle and jar of vaccine to assistant after injecting horse. M/S horse being led away. M/S row of harnesses hanging on wall of harness room.

M/S line of horses in stalls with vet examining one of them. M/S line of carts in goods yard. General view of farriers shop. Horse being led away in foreground. C/U vanman fondling horse's nose. C/U foreman holding horse. M/S line of horses in stalls. M/S bales of hay being wheeled into chopping room. M/S trolley of bran mash. Elevated shot horses being exercised. M/S bale of hay being swung into cutting room. M/S smithy heating horse shoe in furnace and hammering same. Various shots van girl feeding horse with hay. M/S hay being pushed through chaff cutting machine. Bales of hay are brought into room in background. More shots men sewing blankets. Various shots horses being exercised. M/S vet examining horse's nostrils. C/U horse tethered in stall eating from trough. Various shots vet injecting horse. M/S horse being led away. C/U horse. M/S bran mash being put into bowl and carried away. M/S line of horses in stalls. C/U horse eating from trough. M/S vet examining horse. C/U horse's head. C/U the foreman.

Date given on old record is 10/02/1949.

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Cataloguer:: Amelia
Stock:: Black & White
Sound:: Mute
Media URN:: 65106
Sort Number:: UN 2064 A

Time in/Out:: 01:00:01:00 / 01:07:53:00
Canister:: UN 2064 A
Film ID:: 2260.01
Issue Date:: 1949

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