Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Reel 1: 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Julie Jordan in 'Dizzy Decorators'. Noah Young, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Findlayson in 'Sugar Daddies'. Buster Keaton as 'The Blacksmith'. Harrison Marks in 'Place of Turkish Delights'. Also features animal footage, icluding lions. Reel 2: 8mm, Photax. 400 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white...

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16mm, Pathe. 300 Feet. Film about a French animal keeper and trainer.

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Tandberg. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Including; Charles Chaplin in Charlie at the Dances extract from 'A Dog’s Life', and Charlie’s parcel from home extract from 'Shoulder Arms'. Sally in bath extract from 'Not My Wife!'. Pamela Green in 'Badland Big‘eads', a Harrison Marks comedy. Women wrestlers extract from 'Arabian Nights'. Also features animal scenes including dog and parade, seal...

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Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Silent, in colour. Various scenes filmed by by Noel Drewe. Includes Sangers Bullfight posters, Old Town Hall, Zig Zag the Juggler, Ben Lester the Clown, a High Tension High Wire Act, Gapebridge Park 1993, Sealed Knot at Gapebridge Park, Horse Show at Brirns Camp Gaddesden, Robert Brothers poster, Rialto poster, circus variety poster, Leo the Lion's Circus Adventure, Jarmins Fields 1992, and possibly Princess Adsha on the trapeze.

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8mm, Peak Films. Black and white, silent. At the Zoo with Bears, Penguins, Chimps and Jumbo. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Black and white, possibly wih some colour. Silent. Features UK and USA circus. Includes Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia and juvenile comedy. Copied to DVD 5 and DIGI-BETA.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Erroll Flynn, Charley Grapewin and Arthur Kennedy in 'They Died with their Boots On'. Backstage scenes with Harold Lloyd and Snub Pollard. Arthur Trumble and dog in 'Bashful Buster'. Also features animal scenes including chimps in 'Aping the Law', and Lions from Longleat.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Jon Hall, Maria Montez and Sabu in 'Arabian Nights'. John Wayne in 'She Wore a Yellow Ribbon'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Also features animal scenes including Snooky the Monkey, pelicans, zebras, giraffes and a monkey from Longleat. Also includes an extract from a Walt Disney cartoon.

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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.

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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.

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

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,...

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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.

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

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.