| A PORT IN FRANCE - DESPITE ENEMY SUBMARINES, THOUSANDS OF SHEEP REACH THEIR DESTINATION Sheep Arrive on Ship | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5136 |
| Catalog #: | 366516 | |
| Clip Number: | 366516-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 111 I | |
| Timecode: | 01:03:06 - 01:03:33 | |
| Location: | France | |
| Year Shot: | 1918 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Sheep FARMING: Livestock, Sheep LOCATIONS/EUROPE: France | |
| Description: | Farming; commerce. Cargo of sheep arrive at a port in France. Title frame: "Despite enemy submarines; thousands of sheep reach their destination every month." Shot of sheep running down ramp from large ship; with a few men using long sticks to guide them (they scarecly need to do anything since the sheep all follow like sheep) several sailors and workers standing by. Closer shot same; sheep and men coming down ramp. Looking over masses of sheep in a large pen; cranes etc. in BG. Closer shot panning over sheep's wooly backs; some just standing scrunched together; others trying to wander around. Pan on past center covered and fenced in long narrow area; where some of the sheep are separated. DS sheep gathered around pool with fountain; with some of them standing in the water and one drinking from the fountain. Livestock; animals; shipping; World War One. | |
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