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Circus Films, c1950 - 1959

 Item
Reference code: 178D24.2

Scope and Contents

Copy of film on DVD showing scenery and cities around the world including Berlin, China, Paris, New York City, Coney Island, women lifting weights on the beach, acrobatics, scenes at Clyde Beatty circus and elephants at Sarasota among others. Also people ice skating, people on a cruise ship, a plane taking off, a lorry on fire, people parachuting from a metal contraption, warships being sunk, a street festival in Africa, a football match, scenes in India including a burial, a female trampoline act, magic, some trapeze, acrobatics and weight lifting on the beachin California, also footage from a Finnish circus showing a trapeze act, animals, jugglers, clowning, equestrian acts, female aerilists, Chinese contortionists and wild animal acts. Colour and black and white, mostly silent, some narration and background music towards the end in English and Finnish.

Dates

  • Creation: c1950 - 1959

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

Finnish

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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