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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.

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. 16mm. Black and white, with sound.

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9.5mm. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Black and white, silent. USA.

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Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. 300 feet, 12 minutes long. Silent. Includes chimps and USA Circus footage.

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8mm, RKO Pictures. Black and white, with some colour scenes. Silent. Features extracts from 'Clash by Night' starring Robert Ryan, Barbara Stanwych, Marilyn Monroe and Paul Douglas. Also includes scenes from London Zoo, and female striptease nudity, along with extracts from other films such as Stan Laurel in 'Kill or Cure' and 'Charlie Dines Out'.

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. George Harrison Marks. 350 feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Pearl White in 'Perils of Pauline'. Stan Laurel in 'Roughest Africa'. Ken Maynard in 'The Masked Phantom'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Al St. John in 'The Iron Mule'. Joe Boo and Pete in 'Dog Heaven'. Musical Maniacs, Misbehaving Husband. Also features comedy car, Ken Maynard with Girl and wild animals in South Africa,...

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 Feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Theda Bara in 'Unchased Woman'. Joe Cobb and Pete from 'Dog Heaven'. John Wayne in 'Stagecoach'. Stan Laurel and James Finlayson in 'In Roughest Africa'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Lupino and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King'. Man and girl on horse from 'The Perils of Pauline'. Harrison Marks in 'Hi Diddle Fiddle'.Zoo Gems, Unchased Woman, Misbehaving Husbands. Also features...

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from comercial films. Includes; Al St.John in the 'Iron Mule'. Lupino Lane in 'Be My King'. James Stewart and Millard Mitchell in 'Winchester 73'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace' and 'The Golf Nut'. John Wayne and Claire Tervor in 'Stagecoach'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Ken Maynard and Bobby Vernon in 'Hit or Miss', Honest Horace and Misbehaving Husbands. Also features animal...

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 300 Feet. In colour with sound including the Mad World of Mack Sennett, Chip the Fireman, Hopalong Cassidy, and Lion and Bear at Chessington, supplied by C. W. Cramp.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 275 Feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; animal scenes and wild birds from Slimbridge Sussex. Dog and cat from India. Indian scenes. Ballet dancers and female nudity from the USA. Polar bears and brown bears from the London Zoo. 'Easy Street' starring Charlie Chaplin and Eric Campbell. 'Safety Last' starring Harold Lloyd and Mildred Davis.

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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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16mm, Kodak. Stockwell Cine Short. Black and white, silent. Commercial film.

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9.5mm. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Colour, silent. Possibly parts 1 and 2 on one reel. Includes Walton Zoo footage.

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Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, G.B. Equipment Ltd. 8 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes Chessington Zoo and Lord George Sanger's football dogs. Copied to DVD 2 and DIGI-BETA.

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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. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Includes; Paris Revue comedy sketch. Performing pig and cattle in Portugal. African elephants and lions at Krugel Park, South Africa. Ken Maynard. Mountain animals. Tom Mix Destry. High and Dizzy Leon Errol. Dorothy Granger and Irma Trude The Chiken. Penguins from Chessington Zoo. John Wayne in Stagecoach. George Bancroft and Thomas Michael in Paris Revue finale.

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Note on box reads, "Seen at the Zoo and Caught Snapping".

Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 380 Feet. Silent with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'Unwelcome Guest'. Harrison Marks in 'Dizzy Decorators'. Abbot and Costello in 'Beauty at the Bath'. Stephen McNaily and John McIntyre in 'Winchester 73'. Al St. John in 'The Iron Mule'. Also features lions, tigers, giraffe, crocodiles, penguins and sea lions from London Zoo, nude scenes Western scenes, and possible scenes in India....

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Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Includes 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman and Nero's Gladiators, Chessington Zoo Animals, Chimp Antics, and It's the Circus, which features Bertram Mills.