Drewe, Noel, Active 1927 - 1995 (Circus Enthusiast)
Dates
- Existence: Active 1927 - 1995
Biography
Noel Drewe was a circus historian and collector as well as an avid film enthusiast with a keen flair for filmmaking.
He made short films shot on 8mm featuring an eclectic mix of fairground experiences, illustrating the pleasures of Battersea fun fair, Southend-on-Sea, Kent seaside, Folkstone, Clacton and Southsea on Kodachrome colour film stock.
Found in 343 Collections and/or Records:
Arena of Fear Film, 1958
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. Black and white, with sound. German family entertainment title with English dialogue. Label reads "Opening of six reels".
At the Circus Film, c1930 - 1934
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 800 feet, 22 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Features Circus Karo, including trapeze, whip act and sea lions. Original sound commentary by Geoffrey Sumner. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
At the Circus Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 2 Reels, with Sound. Includes Circus Karo with trapeze, whip act and sea lions. Original sound commentary by Geoffrey Sumner. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
At the Funfair and Steam Fayre Film, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, 400 feet. Both silent and with sound, with both colour and black and ehite footage.
At the Zoo, The Greatest Show on Earth and Behind the Big Top Films, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. Fletcher Films production. Black and white, silent. Copied to DVD 6,7 and DIGI-BETA.
Audio Material, c1941 - 1995
Audio Reels focusing mainly on fairs and circuses but also including transport and other types of entertainment.
Babes in Arms, Cops, Laughing Gravy, Tit for Tat, and Flying Deauces Film, c1932 - 1965
Bang Film, c1940 - 1945
Circusama and Yesterday Circus Today. 9.5mm. 300 feet. Silent. Includes Jimmy Adams. Label reads “First 9.5mm my father bought me”. Buckingham Film and Video Services.
Bathing Beauties, Putting Pants on Phillip and A Dog’s Life Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 325 feet. Vitagraph Company of America. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy in 'Putting Pants on Phillip'. Charles Chaplin in 'A Dog’s Life'. Also features scenes of nudity, and animal scenes inlcuding deer and lions.
Bathing Beauties, The Jazz Band Leader and Tomahawk Territory Film, c1942 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 400 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Including; Ford Sterling in 'The Jazz Band Leader'. Buffalo Bill in 'Tomahawk Territory'. Also features animal scenes including; zebras, chimps and leopards.
Bear Cubs Go Rural Film, 1957
16mm, Cyldon. 300 Feet. Universal Pictures Company. Black and white with sound. Commercial Film.
Bear Knees Film, c1945 - 1956
8mm, Cyldon. 900 feet, 37 minutes long. Silent, colour-tinted. Note on case reads "A juvenile 2 reel comedy from the Kodascope Library".
Below Zero, Clash by Night, Cops, and The Bank Film, 1930 - 1939
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 400 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Tiny Sandford in Bill of Fare extract from 'Below Zero'. Robert Ryan and Barbara Standwych in 'Clash by Night'. Buster Keaton in 'Cops'. Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in 'The Bank'. Also featrues dog, parrots, tortoise and duck, nude scenes, and glamour scenes on the beach.
Best Composite of Shorts Film, c1944 - 1967
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8. Compilation of films collected by Noel Drewe. Recorded off the television. Some with sound, and some silent. Some black and white, some colour. Includes scenes from Black Beauty, Swiss Family Robinson, The Old Curiosity Shop, Far from the Mading Crowd 1967, Doctor Doolittle, and 'Buffalo Bill' 1944. Starring Joel MCred, Maureen O’Hara and Linda Darnell. Notes contain the specifics of dates and places, etc.
Biasini European Circus Film, c1965 - 1979
Super8. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe.
Big Bob Fossett Circus Film, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Silent, in Colour. Featuring Saucy the Elephant, Ringmaster Ken Macmanus, or Clara Macmanus. Donated by Len "Spider" Dustin. Filmed at Skegness. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Big Top Olympia Bertram Mills Circus Film, 1957
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Peak Films. Black and white with sound. Commercial film showing Victor Julian’s dogs and monkeys, the flying acrobats trampolin, equestrian display with 16 horses, The Six Raspinis, ladder act, old friends clowns, Rodin and sea lions, The Cimb… horseship, water carnival clowns, and elephant ballet.
Big Top Olympia Film, c1945 - 1990
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 feet. Includes J.S. Friese, Bertram Mills Circus, elephant ballet and the original title of a feature film called HOOP-LA. Peak Films.
Big Top Olympia Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Includes J.S. Friese, Bertram Mills Circus, elephant ballet and the original title of a feature film called HOOP-LA. Notes feature the lion tamer cast. Peak Films.
Billy Smart's Circus, Indian Circus and Australian Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
8mm, Kodak. 50 feet. Silent, in colour. All recorded from the Television. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 342
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 7
- Aerialists 9
- Amusement rides 4
- Animal trainers 8
- Animals 103
- Boxing 8
- Caricatures and cartoons 3
- Circus 205
- Circus workers 1
- Clowning 9
- Comedians 29
- Equestrians 3
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 21
- Jugglers 4
- Knife throwing 3
- Magic 5
- Motion pictures 118
- Music 3
- Performers 28
- Puppets 1
- Ringmaster 3
- Showman 5
- Striptease 8
- Stunt performers 6
- Transport 7
- Wild west 5
- World's fairs and expositions 1
- Wrestling 4
- Zoos 20 + ∧ less