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 22 Collections and/or Records:
Al Johnson and Don Saunders Recording, c1945 - 1995
1/4 Audio Reel. Digitised as part of the 'Unlocking Our Sounds Heritage' project by the British Library.
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.
Audio Material, c1941 - 1995
Audio Reels focusing mainly on fairs and circuses but also including transport and other types of entertainment.
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 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.
Fair Fun No.4 Film, c1945 - 1960
9.5mm. Silent. Includes D. Wallace Heaton. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.
Films, c1930 - 1990
Amateur and commercial films on multiple formats, focusing mainly on Circus but also including transport, fairs, fairground rides and other types of travelling entertainments.
Fun Fair Film, c1965 - 1979
Super8. Silent, in colour. Animation featuring 'Bubble and Squeak'. The cartoon depicts a visit to Hampstead Heath fairground. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.
House Music Recording, c1945 - 1995
1/4 Audio Reel.
New York World’s Fair, Pearl White Perils of Pauline, Our Gang, Prairie Pirates, and One AM Film, c19032 - 1965
Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. 350 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; scenes starring Ronald Colman and Shelley Winters. Text Williams in 'Prairie Pirates'. Charles Chaplin and Albert Austin in 'One AM'.
Noel Drewe Collection
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.
Number Two Film, 1945
8mm, Kodascope Eight. A film by Noel Drewe and his father Frank. Battersea fun fair, Southend-on-Sea. Possibly two films together, one in colour, one in black and white, both Silent. Hand written insert is in a separate, labelled envelope within box. Immediate Post War Period. Copied to DVD 5 and DIGI-BETA.
Steam Fair Recording, c1945 - 1995
Fairground music. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fair Recording, c1945 - 1995
Fairground Music, Traction Engines. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fair Recording, 1978
Fairground Music. Suffolk. 1/4 Audio Reel. Recording by Robert Allen (Sound) Ltd.
Steam Fayre Film, c1965 - 1979
Super8, Mountain Films Ltd. 200 feet, 12 minutes long. In colour, with sound. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA. Note reads 'sound on this copy in Arabic?'
Untitled number 3 Film, c1945 - 1965
8mm, Kodak. In colour, silent. Noel Drewe's film, possibly with his father. Features Tom Smith's Fair at Potten End near Berkhamstead, Flanagan's Fun Fair, The Moor, Berkhamstead Roundabouts, a Sea-front Fair, Worthing's Sea-front, and possibly Manning's. Copied to DVD 5 and DIGI-BETA.
Untitled Recording, c1945 - 1995
1/4 Audio Reel.
Untitled Recording, c1945 - 1995
1/4 Audio Reel.
Untitled Recording, c1945 - 1995
1/4 Audio Reel.
Filtered By
- Subject: Fairs X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 21
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 2
- Aerialists 2
- Amusement rides 2
- Animal trainers 2
- Animals 2
- Boxing 2
- Caricatures and cartoons 1
- Circus 11
- Clowning 2
- Comedians 2
- Equestrians 2
- Fairground art 2
- Fairs 21
- Jugglers 2
- Knife throwing 2
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 3
- Music 1
- Performers 2
- Ringmaster 2
- Showman 3
- Striptease 2
- Stunt performers 2
- Transport 7
- Wild west 2
- World's fairs and expositions 1
- Wrestling 2
- Zoos 2 + ∧ less