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Drewe, Noel, Active 1927 - 1995 (Circus Enthusiast)

 Person

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

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 17: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.161
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. Black and white, with sound. German family entertainment title with English dialogue. Label reads "Opening of six reels".

Dates: 1958

At the Circus Film, c1930 - 1934

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 9: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.66
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1930 - 1934

At the Circus Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 1: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.4
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

At the Funfair and Steam Fayre Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.324
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, 400 feet. Both silent and with sound, with both colour and black and ehite footage.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

At the Zoo, The Greatest Show on Earth and Behind the Big Top Films, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.85
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. Fletcher Films production. Black and white, silent. Copied to DVD 6,7 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Audio Material, c1941 - 1995

 Series
Reference code: 178E10
Scope and Contents

Audio Reels focusing mainly on fairs and circuses but also including transport and other types of entertainment.

Dates: c1941 - 1995

Babes in Arms, Cops, Laughing Gravy, Tit for Tat, and Flying Deauces Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.226
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 350 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Shirley Temple in 'Babes in Arms'. Buster Keaton in 'Cops'. Laurel and Hardy and Charley Hall in 'Doggy Daze' extract from 'Laughing Gravy'. Opening title for 'Tit for Tat'. Laurel and Hardy and Chaley Hall in hose race finale from 'Flying Deauces'. Also features animals on parade and animals from London and Whidsnape Zoos, including seals, rhino,...
Dates: c1932 - 1965

Bang Film, c1940 - 1945

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.14
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1940 - 1945

Bathing Beauties, Putting Pants on Phillip and A Dog’s Life Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.290
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Bathing Beauties, The Jazz Band Leader and Tomahawk Territory Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.303
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Bear Cubs Go Rural Film, 1957

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 25: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.241
Scope and Contents

16mm, Cyldon. 300 Feet. Universal Pictures Company. Black and white with sound. Commercial Film.

Dates: 1957

Bear Knees Film, c1945 - 1956

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.136
Scope and Contents

8mm, Cyldon. 900 feet, 37 minutes long. Silent, colour-tinted. Note on case reads "A juvenile 2 reel comedy from the Kodascope Library".

Dates: c1945 - 1956

Below Zero, Clash by Night, Cops, and The Bank Film, 1930 - 1939

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.248
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1930 - 1939

Best Composite of Shorts Film, c1944 - 1967

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.89
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1944 - 1967

Biasini European Circus Film, c1965 - 1979

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.117
Scope and Contents

Super8. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe.

Dates: c1965 - 1979

Big Bob Fossett Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.150
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Big Top Olympia Bertram Mills Circus Film, 1957

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.279
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 1957

Big Top Olympia Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 7: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.50
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Big Top Olympia Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.18
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1945 - 1960

Billy Smart's Circus, Indian Circus and Australian Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.156
Scope and Contents

8mm, Kodak. 50 feet. Silent, in colour. All recorded from the Television. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Additional filters:

Type
Archival Object 342
Collection 1
 
Subject
Acrobats 7
Aerialists 9
Amusement rides 4
Animal trainers 8
Animals 103