Drought Story: (1930-1939)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. United States of America. Drought severely affects livestock. Herd of very thin looking cattle on a dry looking patch of ground. Cow tries to eat a clump of very dried up grass. Men walk among the corpses of dead cattle. Man inspects drought affected crops. CU drought ravaged wheat. CU crack in the ground caused by lack of water. Men hand bits of grass to their horses. Cattle graze close to house. A large herd is moved along a road, lots of dust rises up. Cows go to river to drink. Cows moved into pens. They are injected. (Music only soundtrack) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont
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