Cleaning Swans (1957)

Ilford, Essex. Various shots show swans with oil-stained feathers being cleaned at the People’s Dispensary for Sick Animals. They are washed in a soapy bath, rinsed in clean water then given a bran bath to dry out the feathers. A girl goes into the swan coup to pour some food in their trough. Note: cameraman’s notes on file say the swans were covered in oil following an oil barge sinking at Vauxhall in December 1956. For search purposes: PDSA, . 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 Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the en