Flu Epidemic Among Railway Horses (1949)

Unissued / unused material. ’Flu epidemic among railway horses, Camden Town, London. Cuts from newsreel story in Gazette issue 49/12. General view of the Farriers shop, where the horses that are recovering get new shoes. Various shots smithy shoeing a horse while his assistant holds horse’s head, the foreman, holding another horse, looks on. C/U vanman fondling horse’s nose. Elevated shot of convalescing horses being exercised while vet watches. Various shots horses being led along road. C/U horses in their stalls, workman tips bran mash into eating trough. C/U head shot of the foreman. C/U horse being fitted with blanket. M/S men folding blankets. C/U grain for bran mash being poured through sieve. C/U horse being given a pill. M/S horse being given a pill. C/U horse tethered in stall. C/U vet examining horse’s nostril. M/S vet examining another horse. M/S vet handing needle and jar of vaccine to assistant after injecting horse. M/S horse being led away. M/S row of harnesses hanging o