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Title: ANIMAL HUSBANDRY

Reference number: 0637

Date: 1937

Director: d. John C. Elder

Production company: GB Instructional Ltd.

Sound: silent

Original format: 35mm

Colour: bw

Fiction: non-fiction

Running time: 11 mins

Description: A look at livestock farming in Scotland.

Original 35mm negative preserved at the British Film Institute. See also http://collections-search.bfi.org.uk/web/Details/ChoiceFilmWorks/150007647# [last accessed 10/09/2020]

Credits: ph. J. Blake Dalrymple

Shotlist: Credits (.36) map of Scotland showing the numerous market towns (1.08) shots of sheep being taken to market by foot through village streets (1.31) cows and pigs are taken into market, also on foot (1.45) shots of cows, sheep and pigs being unloaded from trucks at market place (2.26) shots of sheep and pigs in pens awaiting sale (2.43) a cow is auctioned (3.00) a calf is inspected by prospective buyer and deal made (3.18) street scenes , women shopping with baskets (3.48) shots of two children in town with baskets of flowers (3.53) women selling eggs from stall (4.07) map of Scotland showing sheep rearing areas (4.30) shots of sheep in field and glimpses of sheep dog at work (5.02) shot of shepherd in a field examining one of his sheep as a small boy looks on (5.18) map of Scotland showing beef cattle areas (5.38) shots of beef cattle in field (5.50) medium shot of Aberdeen Angus cattle (6.13) map of Scotland showing dairy cattle areas (6.33) shots of dairy cattle in a field (6.54) cows oging into byre for milking (7.15) cows are brushed and tails and udders washed before milking (7.52) cow milked by hand (8.00) shot of milk bottles being washed. Milk is put into larger containers and then fed automatically into botles (8.59) bottles are capped and put into crates (9.19) crates loaded into a truck for distribution (9.45) shots of pigs in a field (10.00) shot of working horses in a field with foals (10.25) horses are led to water troughs (10.44) ecs (11.02)