| SHEEP SHEARING BY SOLDIERS ( aka YES SIR, YES SIR, THREE BAGS FULL ) Sheep shearing by soldiers under auspices of Nottingham Agricultural War Committee. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 5115 | |
| Catalog #: | 365768 | |
| Clip Number: | 365768-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | ON 49 A | |
| Timecode: | 01:37:27 - 01:38:28 | |
| Location: | Nottinghamshire. | |
| Year Shot: | 1917 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | FARMING: Livestock, Sheep LOCATIONS/EUROPE: UK, England WORLD WAR ONE, MILITARY: Misc. | |
| Description: | Farming; World War One. Bkwd. title "Sheep shearing by soldiers under auspices of Nottingham Agricultural War Committee." Opens with shot of soldier shearing sheep; straddling the creature to hold her down; (and using a tool connected to a long tube attached to a machine with a big wheel; which is cranked by another guy) when suddenly two soldiers come chasing another sheep across FG; falling over each other. Soldier throws down sheep in FG; behidn him a wagon with wool piled on it. CU the guy shearing the sheep; with the same machine in BG. Wool comes off quickly; all in one piece. Sheep gets up and walks away; naked. Soldier picks up the wool. Then a CU of a soldier holding a good-sized black-faced lamb - cute. Livestock. | |


