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Brecon - livestock market and river

Brecon – a county town – displays its rural roots at the market. Farmers chat, horses are viewed, cattle and sheep are unloaded from lorries, calves are bottle-fed.

Amateur film 1947 6 mins Silent

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Overview

A party of Scots arrive in Wales with The Countryside Club, an organisation for those interested in walking and excursions. One of their number, a pharmacist named David Sime, has a camera and he films the town's livestock market where horses are being viewed, farmers are chatting, calves and sheep are being unloaded from lorries and young calves bottle-fed. He also wanders down to the river, where people are swimming, playing and fishing, and notes St Mary's Church.