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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 6 Collections and/or Records:

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.213
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial movies and other scenes. Includes; Fancy Dress, nudes, young ladies and cowboys, Ben Turpin Stuntman, Wild Horses. 'The Iron Mule' starring Al St John. Billy Beavan as 'Honest Horace'. Johnny Arthur in 'Johnnie’s Wooing'. Our Gang extract from 'One Wild Ride'. Supplied by Perry’s Movies Ltd.

Dates: c1932 - 1965

Films, c1930 - 1990

 Series
Reference code: 178D5
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: c1930 - 1990

K.O. Capers, Honest Horace, and Hotel Hysteria Film, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 27: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.260
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gepe. 350 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Snub Pollard in 'K.O. Capers'. The Fire Rides, Royal Marines motor cycle display team. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Dates: c1942 - 1965

Noel Drewe Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0058
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: c1930 - 1990

Ski Jump Bronco and Motorcycle Wire Act Films, 1967

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 11: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.86
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. Colour, silent. Amateur film. Supplied by C. W. Cramp. Copied to DVD 7 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: 1967

Various Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.122
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Photax. Extracts from feature films and circus films including Sawdust Ring, The Kids Last Fight, Togare and his Tigers, Days of Thrills and Laughter, Charlie the Busker, Bertram Mills Chimps, Leon I The Human Cannon Ball, Bertram Mills Clowns, Kill or Cure, and Jumbo’s Test Match. Includes Shirley Temple, Charlie Chaplin, Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy, Geo Rowe and John Gindl from Bertram Mills Circus Olympia, London.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Filtered By

  • Subject: Stunt performers X

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Type
Archival Object 5
Collection 1
 
Subject
Acrobats 2
Aerialists 2
Amusement rides 2
Animal trainers 2
Animals 3