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This clip is Part 1 of a 2-part film.
Wool Processing, Shearing Sheep Part 1
Description
The original catalog description provided by the Ford Motor Company reads as follows: Man in pen shearing sheep with hand shears, herd in background, another man watching them, walking off, coming back with third man, two of them inspecting wool on sheep, then fleeces - worker in shearing pen shearing sheep with electric clippers - worker holding up sheared sheep - herd of sheep, herder - two men in first pen shearing sheep with hand shears - sheep in pen - sheep feeding from trough, lamb in trough - sheared sheep in pen - sheep feeding - loom in operation. “Weaving cloth is one of the world’s oldest industrial arts. Yet today its manufacture plays an important part in modern motorcar construction.” [1926]
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