Rabbits for Sale (1936)

by Linda Kay

British Pathé

Synopsis: Newsreel footage from England shows a woman selling rabbits for meat which she carries using an umbrella.

Reality Cat: A tabby cat peers around the corner of a building . . .

Rabbits for Sale - tabby cat peering around corner of building

. . . then scurries off across the road.

Rabbits for Sale - tabby cat running across street

Final Mewsings: The cat was probably worried he’d be hanging from the umbrella next!

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