The South West Film and Television Archive (SWFTA) is the regional film archive for the South West of England. Established in 1993, SWFTA's core collection comprises of the combined programme libraries of Westward Television and TSW (Television South West). The archive also cares for a significant number of donated film collections, both amateur and professional, dating back to the early 1900s.
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Mine that Pig
Rescuers net a pig after it falls down a disused mine shaft.
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Overview
A different type of swine fever has gripped these shores as a five-year-old sow walked out on her piglets. She in fact strayed from the farm in Ashton near Helston and fell into a partially flooded mineshaft; luckily the pig swam to a ledge and became wedged between rocks. RSPCA Inspector Gilbert Griffiths, veteran of many a strange rescue, is lowered down the shaft.
The vet is on hand to assist Griffiths in sedating the pig but she still manages to bite Griffiths in a tussle to administer the dose. Griffiths nets the sow and she is hauled to the surface in what becomes a four-hour rescue. After the ordeal, the sow, although wEEEak and disgruntled, re-entered the sty - with an oink oink here and an oink oink there - where her 10 piglets were waiting. Old mineshaft workings in Cornwall are common and a legacy of the copper and tin mine industries in the county.
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