Films, 1927 - 2007
Series
Reference code: 178D13
Scope and Contents
Compilation of circus films showing acts on the ring as well as interviews with performers and proprietors, mainly produced by tv companies in the UK and Europe. Many of them narrated in German.
Dates
- Creation: 1927 - 2007
Creator
- Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
- Jamieson, David, 1949 - 2017 (Person)
- Bertram Mills Circus (1920 - 1967) (Organisation)
- Cairoli, Charlie, 1910 - 1980 (Person)
- Chipperfield's Circus (Established c1800) (Organisation)
- Circus Roncalli (Established 1976) (Organisation)
- Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) (Organisation)
- Polyakov, Nikolai Petrovich, 1900 - 1974 (Coco the Clown) (Person)
- Huxter, Percy, 1890 - 1960 (Person)
- Olympia London (Established 1886) (Organisation)
- Circus Krone (Established 1905) (Organisation)
- Circus Barum (1878 - 2008) (Organisation)
- Gandey's Circus (Established c1918) (Organisation)
- Cottle, Gerry, 1945 - 2021 (Person)
- International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo (Established 1974) (Organisation)
- Circus Knie (Established 1803) (Organisation)
- Circus Archaos (Established 1986) (Organisation)
- Cirque Jean Richard (c1957 - 1990) (Organisation)
- The London Palladium (Established 1910) (Organisation)
- Dodd, Ken, 1927 - 2018 (Person)
- Thames Television (Established 1968) (Organisation)
- Circus of Horrors (Established 1995) (Organisation)
- Stars in der Manege (1959 - 2008) (Organisation)
- Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain (Established 1977) (Organisation)
- Cirque du Soleil (Established 1984) (Organisation)
- Mills, Cyril Bertram, 1902 - 1991 (Person)
- Cirque d'Hiver Bouglione (Established 1852) (Organisation)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room
Conditions Governing Use
Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material
Extent
1 Box(es)
Language of Materials
English
German
French
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Cultural context
Occupation
- Circus workers
- Clowning
- Contortionists
- Equestrians
- Gymnasts
- Human cannonball
- Jugglers
- Knife throwing
- Performers
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
Contact:
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk