News in Brief: Canada Cattle Slaughtered.
News in Brief: Canada Cattle Slaughtered.
Clip: 351808_1_1
Year Shot: 1952
(Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1572
Original Film: 025-542-02
HD: N/A
Location: Canada
Timecode: 04:32:48 - 04:33:39
News in Brief: Canada Cattle Slaughtered. Dread hoof & mouth disease breaks out in Saskatchewan, and hundreds of diseased cattle are rounded up and shot to prevent the further spread of the dread plague. Farm in winter. Men post sign: "Quarantined." Cows are herded along. Cows in a pit unknowingly awaiting death. Men fire guns toward the cattle. Bulldozer pushes dirt over the dead cattle in their giant grave.