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:
Circus Capers Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama, and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Includes Bertram Mills Circus.
Circus Cerlin Film, 1995
Super8. In colour, cilent. Filmed at Nash Mills, possibly by Noel Drewe.
Circus Circus, At the Funfair, and Here's the Circus Films, c1945 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 300 feet, 25 minutes long. Silent. Includes both black and white, and colour footage. 'Circus Circus' is at Southend-on-Sea. Here’s the Circus features Bertram Mills.
Circus Comes to Town ‘ Belle Vue’ Film, c1945 - 1990
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 feet, 11 minutes long. Black and white with sound. A Ron Harris release. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
Circus Comes to Town Film, c1945 - 1990
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Goldberg Bros. Black and white. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
Circus Comes to Town Film, c1945 - 1990
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, 400 feet. Black and white with sound.
Circus Comes to Town Film, 1946
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Silent. Includes Ron Harris and Belle Vue Circus. Purchased from Ilkeston Cine Service. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Circus Days Film, c1941 - 1957
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathetoscope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes fairs and rare 'Bingo Cartoon' from Bingoscope projectors, a rarity from the 1941 and 1957 Pathescope film catalogue.
Circus Film, c1936 - 1937
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Silent. Includes Stedman of Leeds, Bertram Mills and various circus acts of the day. Also includes King George VI and Queen Elizabeth’s coronation footage.
Circus Floorshow Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 1300 feet, 53 minutes long. Black and white, silent.
Circus Hoffman Film, 1990
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Kodak. 50 feet, 3 minutes long. Silent, in colour. Includes scenes from Kennealy's Field, Nash Mills, Hemel Hempstead. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe.
Circus Jamboree Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathe. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Castle Films, Produced by United World Films Inc. Black and white with sound. Includes various European Circus Performers.
Circus Jamboree Film, c1945 - 1960
16mm, Cyldon, Castle Films. 400 feet, 11 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes Euegene Castle, USA circus and various top European performers, with extensive notes. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
Circus Jamboree Film, c1932 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent.
Circus Jamboree Film, c1950 - 1959
Circusama, Yestedays Circus Today. 8mm, Cecolite. Movie Pak.
Circus Life and It's The Circus Film, c1945 - 1960
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 100 feet, 4 minutes long. In Colour, with Sound. Includes Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia and on tour in other locations. 'It's the Circus' part one and two are edited together to make one film.
Circus Life Film, c1945 - 1990
16mm, Kodak. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Black and white. Includes Bertram Mills Circus. Titles missing. Copied to DVD 4 and DIGI-BETA.
Circus Life Film, 1958
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cecol. 400 feet, 11 minutes long. Colour with sound. Includes Bertram Mills Circus. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.
Circus of Fear, The Three Torches, Charlie the Balancer and Behind the Big Top Films, c1965 - 1979
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Photax. Fletcher Films. In colour, some with sound, some silent. Includes original packaging. Noel Drewe refers to seven 'reels' for seven stories or possibly films grouped together.
Circus People Film, 1957
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Cyldon. Academy Films. 400 feet. In colour, with sound. A behind the scenes look at Cole Brothers Circus, showing the workers who set up and take down the big top and all other manner of things to enable the touring circus to operate. Local, casual labour is engaged for free tickets. Includes the circus fire department cooking on a grand scale.
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