Circus Films, c1950 - 1959
Scope and Contents
This film contains scenes of animal cruelty and human casualties that may be upseting to some viewers. Copy of films on DVD showing circus parade, city scenes, the set of the film Cleopatra starring Elizabeth Taylor for which Digger Pugh was animal director, training scene of tampolin act on an elephant outdoors with the elephant collapsing and struggling against the chains on his legs (this scene can be upseting), actors in costume, a religious pageant possibly in Spain and scene of a bull fight, shark fishing (this scene can be upseting), scenes on a beach, people on boats, general scenery, trampolin act, hawaiian dancing, street festival and parade possibly in Pearl Harbour, people by the side of a road possibly at a road accident, it shows fatalities, scenes of a building on fire in Waikiki, scenes in North America, ice skating. Colour and black and white, silent
Dates
- Creation: c1950 - 1959
Creator
- Pugh, Digger, c1902 - 1985 (Person)
- Pugh, John Wallace, Born 1938 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room. Please notice that this film contains scenes of animal cruelty and human death that can be upseting to watch.
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
English
Arrangement
Catalogued according to type
Cultural context
Occupation
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository
The University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
0114 222 7231
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk