Cowherd’s Best Friend

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1566A

Date Released

11 Jun 1959

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Royal Visit to Portsmouth
2. 2Princess Margaret in Lisbon
3. 3Surtees’ Double
4. 4Belgians Greet Paola
5. 5Cowherd’s Best Friend
6. 6Rubber Dump Fire
7. 7First Pictures of the Saucer
8. 8Moss Wins at Nurburgring

Story

Story No. within this Issue

5 / 8

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Cowherd’s Best Friend. DESCRIPTION: George Hird of Southern Rhodesia used to be a cattle farmer in Cumberland. That’s the home of the Border Collie, and he imported a couple a few years ago and is now breeding and training collies to help farmers in Rhodesia. SHOTLIST: MS Mr George Hird with dogs (key). MS same. CU Mr Hird. MS Mr Hird with collie dog. CU Mr Hird. CU dog sits in front of master. GV dogs controlling herd of cattle. MS same. Another shot same. MS dogs guide cattle into pen. Another angle same. Same dog watching.

Keywords

Agriculture; Dogs; Animal husbandry

Locations

Rhodesia

Footage sources

Central Office of Information

Card file number

77362

Credits:

Commentator

Geoffrey Sumner

Length of story (in feet)

77

Story extras:

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