Losing Their Wool (1940)

Full title reads: “Losing Their Wool“. VS of sheep being rounded up on farms in North England. VS of sheep being sheared with hand clippers. The wool is stacked, women and children help to carry the wool away as it is cut from the sheep. The fleeces are shown being held up to the camera. VS of sheep running around after being shorn. 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.