Losing Their Wool 1940

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Full title reads: "Losing Their Wool".

VS of sheep being rounded up on farms in North England.

VS of sheep being sheared with hand clippers. The wool is stacked, women and children help to carry the wool away as it is cut from the sheep.

The fleeces are shown being held up...

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Cataloguer:
Mark
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
20947
Sort Number:
40/056
Time in/Out:
01:47:24:00 / 01:48:09:00
Canister:
40/56
Film ID:
1049.41
Issue Date:
11/07/1940

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