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 7 Collections and/or Records:
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.
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.
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.
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?'
Filtered By
- Subject: Transport X
Additional filters:
- Type
- Archival Object 6
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Acrobats 2
- Aerialists 2
- Amusement rides 2
- Animal trainers 2
- Animals 2
- Boxing 2
- Circus 3
- Clowning 2
- Comedians 2
- Equestrians 2
- Fairground art 2
- Jugglers 2
- Knife throwing 2
- Magic 2
- Motion pictures 2
- Performers 2
- Ringmaster 2
- Showman 2
- Striptease 2
- Stunt performers 2
- Wild west 2
- Wrestling 2
- Zoos 2 + ∧ less