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.

VHS PAL. Compilation of films collected and filmed by Noel Drewe.

8mm. A film by Noel and Frank Drewe. Some in colour, some black and white, all silent. Kent Seaside, Folkstone, Clacton, Southsea. Prewar Period. Handwritten insert in labelled envelope within box. This film also features Noel's brother and possibly other family members.

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.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Perry's Movies Ltd, 1907. 75 feet, 5 minutes long. De Chomon, Segundo. Stock mark indicates 1951 or 1971. Print from 28mm Pathe Freres Films. Copied to DIGI-BETA.

8mm, Lone Star Corporation. 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial film, starring Charles Chaplin. Opening scene includes Albert Dustin as a cab driver. The reminder of the film features Chaplin doing a solo comedy routine.

8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 200 feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial film. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Safety Film. 9.5mm, Pathescope.

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.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Includes scenes from the Savoy Theatre and Circus scenes. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Silent, in colour. Includes scenes from the Savoy Theatre and Circus scenes. Possibly filmed by Noel Drewe.

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm. 30 minutes long. Black and white, silent. Includes French circus. First Pathescope film released in 1926. Notched titles by Buffon.

VHS PAL. Black and white, Dialogue in French, no subtitles.

8mm, Express Films. 50 feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial galmour film.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. Super8, Boots. "Poodle's.." is silent, a Mountain Films release. "Behind.." is silent, a Warner Bros. release. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

9.5mm, Pathetoscope Safey Film. Black and white, silent. Supplied by A. Smith, St. Alban’s Garage.

8mm. Silent in colour. Filmed by Reg Charman. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Hal Roach Studios. 350 feet. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laruel and Oliver Hardy in 'Putting Pants on Phillip'. Charles Chaplin and Edna Purviance in 'A Dog’s Life'. Also features scenes of female nudity, and wild animals of South Africa.

8mm, 200 Feet. Black and white, silent. Commercial film, starring Buster Keaton. Supplied by C. W. Cramp.

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Includes; Performing dogs - 30 Feet, first film released in 1926 by Pathescope Ltd. Toto Acrobat - 30 Feet cartoon with notched titles. Lions in Freedom - 30 Feet, filmed in France, not listed in catalogues. Elephant Bath - 30 Feet, filmed in India in 1926. Trained Elephants - 30 Feet, potentially filmed in U.S.A. At Home with Lions - 60 Feet, from Charles Gays in U.S.A.