Very Doggy!! (1940)

Titles read: “VERY DOGGY!!“ Location of events unknown - somewhere in England. Various shots of girls of the Canine Defence League combing fluffy Samoyed dogs in a garden. Commentator explains that the ’dog wool’ goes to make socks for the Forces; the coats of these dogs coats yield enough wool for 100 pairs of “long sea boot stockings“. The hair that comes off is washed and laid spread out in the sun to dry, then carded by hand and spun into wool on old-fashioned spinning wheels. A woman sits in the garden knitting some long socks - they look rather fluffy and itchy, but I expect they were very warm. A girl shows us a finished pair and then poses with a fluffy pup. Cataloguer’s note: commentator lists other breeds that can yield ’dog wool’: Old English Sheepdog, Pekinese, Poodle, Chow, Golden Retriever, Cocker Spaniel, Pom and St Bernard. Whatever next - air force mittens from Persian cat hair? FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.