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16mm, Cyldon, Eastman Kodak Company. 400 feet, 11 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes Boxing - Cassius Clay vs George Chivald. Variable density sound. Either 1944 or 1964 written on tin. Copied to DVD 3 and DIGI-BETA.

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Jack Schwarz Productions. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts. Includes; 'The Forbidden Jungle' starring Linda Dawson. Kangaroos, Wallabies, Hippos, Zebras and Elephants. Chimpanzees from 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Frank Jessop presents 'African exploits'. Rounds 2, 4 and 7 from the World Featherweight Boxing Championship match between Howard Winstone and Mit Suri Seki. Bicycle Horse. 'Roaming Vandals'...

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charlie Rings the Bell from 'The Fireman' starring Charlie Chaplin. 'Cave Inn' starring Ralph Graves. Round 8 and finale of the World Featherweight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. 'Tarzan’s Hideout' starring Elmo Lincoln.

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 380 feet, The L-KO Company. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films and TV programmes. Includes; Gale Henty in 'Movie Mad'. Lex Barker in 'Tarzan's Hidden Jungle'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. World Feather Weight Boxing Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki. The Sun Bather and Charles Chaplin on the farm with Paddy McGuire in 'The Tramp'. Supplied by C....

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Keystone Film Company. 400 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin at the races in 'Kid Auto Races at Venice' (first appearance as The Tramp character). Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'Fighting Rangers' and Crab, The Range Busters and Joey Knows a Villain. Also features Howard Winstone versus Mitsuri Seki boxing scenes of the World...

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Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.

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A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 400 feet. Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, John ‘Dusty’ King and Max ‘Alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Also features documentaries showing chimpanzees and bears, as well as Rounds 3 and 6 of the World Feather Weight Championship between Howard Winstone and Mitsuri Seki.