Sheep Sale - Findon 1938

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Findon, West Sussex.

Various shots of an enormous sheep sale. Farmers look at sheep in pens. Quick shot of a yokel farmer in a smock, holding a crook. Another man leans on a fence and drinks some beer. Sheep are prodded on their way up a ramp and onto a truck.

Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
18027
Sort Number:
38/075
Time in/Out:
01:25:37:00 / 01:26:04:00
Canister:
38/75
Film ID:
981.22
Issue Date:
19/09/1938

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