Christmas Beef - sale of HM the King's cattle at Slough, Berkshire. Opens with GV grounds; with men examining the animals for sale; cattle in FG looking directly at camera; pan along cattle. CU long-horned bull leaning head on fence; looking at camera. Sheep in a pen with a sign announcing that they were 'Fed by His Majesty the King'. A man wearing a sheepskin tunic and a beret, looking like a typical sheep herd, is walking along the pen; checking out the sheep. GV at the sale; slightly raised camera; looking down at cattle and men; with one man standing a couple feet higher; probably the auctioneer. Farming. Agriculture; animals. G 352 B. 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
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