This film looks at sheep washing at the North Yorkshire village of Thornton Rust. The film begins showing sheep waiting in a walled pen. A number of children sit on the top of a stone wall nearby. A number of women and men (probably farmers) stand on a rough track or road. The film cuts to a sheep dog walking along the top of a stone wall above the sheep pen. The gate of the pen is opened, and sheep are man handled into the pond. The children on the wall watch the free entertainment. The...

This film looks at sheep washing at the North Yorkshire village of Thornton Rust. The film begins showing sheep waiting in a walled pen. A number of children sit on the top of a stone wall nearby. A number of women and men (probably farmers) stand on a rough track or road. The film cuts to a sheep dog walking along the top of a stone wall above the sheep pen. The gate of the pen is opened, and sheep are man handled into the pond. The children on the wall watch the free entertainment. The sheep make for the grass bank next to the wall where the children are sitting. The film cuts to show the branches of trees being blown by the wind. Then it goes on to show the sheep dipping session from a different viewpoint. This time a worker wades into the pond, and dips the sheep by hand before setting it free. A closer view follows of the children sitting on top of the wall. A woman carrying a basket brings some drinks for the workers. The man seen dipping the sheep walks to his Minivan to get a jacket. Back at the dipping pond a man gingerly walks around the edge of the pond towards the sheep pen. The film ends as two workers with spades, release water through a wooden barrier to drain the pond into a stream.