Horse Power

Series

Series Name

London Line

Issue

Issue No.

585

Length of issue (in feet)

182

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Horse Power

Story

Story No. within this Issue

1 / 1

Summary

COI synopsis: For centuries the shire horse was the driving force of British Agriculture. The breed was almost extinct but today, the shires are back in business - and more popular than ever before. Our reporter went to see the ‘gentle giants’ in action at the Shire Horse Centre near Maidenhead, and talked to breeder Joe Henson about the battle to save the ‘great horse of England’ from extinction.

Researcher Comments

NB: ‘This Week In Britain, No. 1035’ ran the same story

Keywords

Agriculture; Animal husbandry

Written sources

COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 43 [BFI National Archive]   Used for synopsis

COI Reference

MI 1257/585

Credits:

Sponsor

Central Office of Information (COI)

Sponsor

Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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Film Archive

Name

British Film Institute (BFI)

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