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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1266 Collections and/or Records:

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.204
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 Feet. Universal Pictures. Black and white, silent. Extracts from a variety of films. Includes; 'Winchester 73' starring Shelley Winters and Dan Dureya. Clyde Cook extract from 'The Misfit'. Victor McGladen as Dick Turpin. Harold Lloyd extract from 'Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as 'Tarzan'. Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy extract from 'Soup to Nuts' with Anita Garvin. Rudolph Valentino extract from 'Society Sensation'. Shorty the Chip extract from...
Dates: c1932 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1950 - 1959

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 21: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.205
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Fins. 400 Feet. Jack Schwarz Productions. Silent, with both colour and black and white footage. Extracts. Includes; 'The Forbidden Jungle' starring Linda Dawson. Kangaroos, Wallabies, Hippos, Zebras and Elephants. Chimpanzees from 'Tarzan’s Hidden Jungle'. Frank Jessop presents 'African exploits'. Rounds 2, 4 and 7 from the World Featherweight Boxing Championship match between Howard Winstone and Mit Suri Seki. Bicycle Horse. 'Roaming Vandals'...
Dates: c1950 - 1959
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, 1945

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 22: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.214
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, MGM. 350 Feet. Features both colour and black and white footage, with Sound. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Opening title and scenes from 'Abbott and Costello Meet Captain Kidd', Doctor Hairbreadth Harry, The Chuckleheads, Bathing Beauties, Julie Jordan in 'She Strips' and hippopotamus from South Africa.

Dates: 1945
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 24: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.230
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...
Dates: c1932 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.251
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Black and white, silent. Extracts from cartoons and commercial films. Includes; Bucky and Petito in 'The Wandering Elephant'. Lupino Lane in 'Eastern Antics'. Ken Maynard in 'Phantom Rider'. The Lion Tamer, Three Little Bruins Go Camping, Joey the Donkey, and The New Pico Pet. Also features scenes of ladies, chimps and bears, animals in the zoo, and a scene with Laurel and Hardy.

Dates: c1932 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 26: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.254
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Emitape. Silent, in colour. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Charles Chaplin, Edna Purviance and Eric Campbell in 'The Vagabond'. Larry Semon, Oliver hardy and Kayla Pasha in 'The Sawmill'. Gregory Peck in 'Only the Valiant'. Mack Swain in 'His Naughty Thought'. Stan Laurel and James Finlayson in 'Bears and Bad Men'. Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and Edgar Kennedy in 'The Highway', Black Duck and Dollars and Sense. Extract from 'Leave Em...
Dates: c1942 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.284
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Cyldon. 300 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Mickey Rooney as Mickey McGuire in 'Mickey’s Menagerie'. Fanfare trumpeters from 'The Feast of Ishitar'. Lupino Lane and Wallace Lane in 'Be My King', The Feast of Ishitar, Hold that Tiger, Fearless Antics, The Flame Smashers and Misbehaving Husbands. Also features Ken Maynard, and sea lions at Chessington Zoo.

Dates: c1942 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.288
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Gaumont-British Instructional. 400 feet. Black and white, silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Harold Lloyd in a dual role in 'The Grizzly Bear'. Walter Forde in 'Walter’s Paying Policy'. Buster Keaton in 'The Pale Face'. Buster Crabbe and lions in 'King of the Jungle' and Secrets of Life, Wake Up and Feed and You’re Darn Tootin. Also features animal scenes including; hippopotamus, pelicans, seals, giraffes, tigers, lions, deer, poodle...
Dates: c1942 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 31: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.307
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 320 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Clyde Cook in 'The Misfit'. Victor McGlagden in 'Dick Turpin'. Harold Lloyd, Snub Pollard and Noah Young in 'From Hand to Mouth'. Lex Barker as Tarzan in 'She Devil', Chimp the Cowboy and Girl in the Wood. Laurel and Hardy, Anita Garvin and scenes including deer and bear.

Dates: c1942 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Compilation of Various Films, c1942 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.317
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Hal Roach Studios. 400 feet. Black and White, Silent. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Stan Laurel, Oliver Hardy and James Finlayson in A Fishy Caveman Story extract from 'A Stone Age Romance'. Clyde Cook and Sid Crossley in Gate Masher extract from 'Starvation Blues'. Ray ‘Crash’ Corrigan, Dusty King and Max ‘alibi’ Terhune in 'The Range Busters'. Laurel and Hardy in 'Saps at Sea', and Flying Elephants. Harold Lloyd in Heavens Above extract...
Dates: c1942 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Continental Circus Berlin Programme, 1992

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.29
Scope and Contents UK, Prestwich. Chris Barltrop ringmaster, Gela Louise antipodiste, Rüngeland's Equine Carousel presented by June Witney, Robert Foxall, Olympian gymnast on Roman Rings, The Konyots clowning act, The 3 Julians balancing act, Rani the elephant presented by Eddie Singer, The Menzah Brothers acrobatic act, The Duo Galos gymnastic act, Lee Ann's Poodle Parade, Rob Alton, BMX, The Colorados wild west act, The Rodionovs, The Witney Family bareback riders. Illustration of a falling acrobat reaching...
Dates: 1992
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes / Continental Circus Berlin Programmes

Continental Circus Berlin Programme, 1991

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.30
Scope and Contents UK. Chris Barltrop ringmaster, The Lesters juggling act, Rüngeland's Equine Carousel presented by June Witney, Robert Foxall, Olympian gymnast on Roman Rings, Tito comedy act, The 3 Julians balancing act, Rani the elephant presented by Edwin Singer, The Hammich Brothers acrobatic act, The Duo Galos gymnastic act, Lee Ann and her Poodles, Rob Alton, BMX, The Colorados wild west act, Antaeus escapology act, The Witney Family bareback riders. Illustration of a falling acrobat reaching for...
Dates: 1991
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes / Continental Circus Berlin Programmes

Continental Circus Berlin Programmes, 1991 - 1992

 File
Reference code: 178K43.29-30
Scope and Contents

Programmes for the Continental Circus Berlin shows in Great Britain.

Dates: 1991 - 1992
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes

Cookes Royal Circus Handbill, 13 January 1902

 Item
Reference code: 178T6.2
Scope and Contents

Cookes Royal Circus, Featuring Mr James Newsom and his performing mules, Edinburugh. 1pp, illustrated.

Dates: 13 January 1902
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / George Dawson Collection

Correspondence, c1900 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178F31
Scope and Contents

Items of correspondence including personal and business letters and Christmas greetings.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Correspondence, 1912

 Series
Reference code: 178F32
Scope and Contents

Letter regarding a summons by an inspector on the handling of wild beasts addressed to Mr Heather/

Dates: 1912
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / John F. C. Heather Collection

Correspondence, 1932 - 1949

 Series
Reference code: 178F45
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence sent to Ruth Manning-Sanders from performers that she met whilst travelling with the circus, including Freddie Pickford and various members of the Rosaire family, notably Fred Rosaire (also known as The Count) and Florence Rosaire (known as The Countess).

Dates: 1932 - 1949
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection

Correspondence from Freddie Pickford, 25 August 1932 - 4 February 1937

 File — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 2: Series 178F45; Series 178G66; Series 178Z72
Reference code: 178F45.1
Scope and Contents

Manuscript letters sent to Ruth Manning-Sanders from Freddie Pickford, relating to his route while performing as an animal trainer with 'Empire Circus', the financial problems experienced during his time working for a circus in Portsmouth, as well as news concerning his elephant, Lizzie. The letters are signed 'F. Pickford and Lizzie the Elephant'.

Dates: 25 August 1932 - 4 February 1937
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Correspondence

Correspondence from the Rosaire Family, 23 December 1938 - 22 November 1949

 File — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 2: Series 178F45; Series 178G66; Series 178Z72
Reference code: 178F45.2
Scope and Contents Manuscript letters sent to Ruth Manning-Sanders from Fred Rosaire (known as 'The Count') and Florence Rosaire (known as 'The Countess') of Rosaire’s Circus, as well as other members of the Rosaire family, including: ‘Martin and Ida’, ‘Dennis and Emilia’, Zena Rosaire, ‘Helen’ (wife of Aubrey Rosaire) and ‘Lucy’ (wife of Ivor Rosaire). Interspersed with letters from Frank Geddes, Bernard C. Harris and Douglas G. H. Burrage, all of which worked for, or were connected with, Rosaire’s Circus....
Dates: 23 December 1938 - 22 November 1949
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Ruth Manning-Sanders Collection / Correspondence

Cottle and Austen Presents Christmas Circus and Ice Spectacular Programme, 1973 - 1974

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.400
Scope and Contents

Colour illustration of ice skating elephant wearing a pink skirt, ice skating clown and three ice skating showgirls on a blue background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of acts and performers, programme in the centre and commercial advertising. Printed by W. E. Berry, Nesfield Works, Bradford, 6p.p.

Dates: 1973 - 1974
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes / Gerry Cottle's Circus, Cottle and Austen and Burnt Stub's Circus Programmes

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