Learning on ScreenHorse Power
Series
- Series Name
- This Week In Britain
Issue
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. Vicki Luke 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
- Includes an extract from Rank Film Distributors’ film ‘Henry V’, showing a battle charge and from a Yorkshire Television ‘Country Calendar’ special on shire horses, showing horse ploughing. NB: Information drawn from the Australian version. ‘London Line, No. 585’ ran the same story
- Keywords
- Agriculture; Horses; Animal husbandry
- Written sources
- COI Catalogue Cards [BFI National Archive]
COI Microfilm Roll 42 [BFI National Archive] Used for synopsis
- COI Reference
- MI 936/1035
- Credits:
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- Sponsor
- Central Office of Information (COI)
- Sponsor
- Foreign & Commonwealth Office
- Cutter
- R.I. Phillips
- Presenter
- Vicki Luke
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Film Archive
- Name
- British Film Institute (BFI)
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London W1T 1LN - Notes
- The BFI National Archive also preserves the original nitrate film copies of British Movietone News, British Paramount News, Empire News Bulletin, Gaumont British News, Gaumont Graphic, Gaumont Sound News and Universal News (the World War II years are covered by the Imperial War Museum).
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