London - Cattle Show (1937)

Title reads: “London“. Agricultural Hall, London. Annual cattle show of the Smithfield Club. Various shots of cattle in pens in indoor arena. Farmers and buyers wander about examining the cows, bulls and sheep on displays. King George VI wins the “Devon Section“ of the show. Many of the Windsor entries are absent due to foot and mouth disease restrictions. Note: narrator makes lots of references to recent foot and mouth outbreak - explaining if Ministry of Agriculture had not removed the ban all the animals at the show would have to be slaughtered. AH 2001. 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 (19