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 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 1293 Collections and/or Records:

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.123
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. Extracts from films including Daring Horse Riders, Amazing Lion Act, Acrobats in Space,Daring Acts from the World, Poodles Motor Bike Ride, It’s the Circus, The Golf Nut, Little Boy Peeping at the Nude, and Goat and Little Boy. Includes Billy Bevan, Moscow State Circus, and Poodles Hanneford.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 14: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.129
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Paterson. Black and white, silent. Includes Circus Today, Lion Water Ski Rid, Chimps Boxing, Its in the Balance, Moscow State Circus, and Peak and extracts from the Laurel & Hardy feature film ‘Circus Today’. Copied to DVD 6 and DIGI-BETA.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.133
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Scotch. Eugene Castle Films. Black and white, silent. Film extracts including Circus Thrills, Indian Elephant, Godiva Rides Again, High Wire Act, Motor Cycle Team, Chariot Racing, and Whispering Lions Whiskers and featuring Bertram Mills and James Parrott.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.135
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 400 feet, 30 minutes long. Includes 'Chessington Zoo Animals' filmed by Reg Charman and Nero's Gladiators, Chessington Zoo Animals, Chimp Antics, and It's the Circus, which features Bertram Mills.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.140
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 250 feet. Silent, in colour. Includes Pompei Circus, Spanish Lipizzi and Horses, Circus Acts, Monkey-Go Round and Circus Boy. Pompei Circus features Roman chariot racing. Circus Boy starring Jerry Madden. Includes Emily Jannings.

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Circus Films, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 16: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.141
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 200 feet. Silent, in colour. Amateur footage possibly filmed by Noel Drewe including Sanger’s Memorial is at St John's cemetery, Margate. Sanger’s Sensational Bullfight at the Old Town Hall in Hemel Hempstead. Dave and Dusty at Lord Sanger's Circus is an extract from 'Broke Again'. Note on can reads "Pony in a field, Warner's End".

Dates: c1945 - 1965

Various Items, c1800 - 2019

 Series
Reference code: 178Z50
Scope and Contents

A range of circus related items related to Hassan Ali, Adha Issacs Menken, Barnum and Bailey, funeral items, illustrations of circus parades, circus tickets, discount vouchers and booking forms, circus themed stickers, famous clown clay models, circus themed jigsaw puzzles, circus model figures, comics books and children's books, Circus Friends Association related material, Montecarlo Circus Festival related items, Jesse Fossett's throwing knives and other items.

Dates: c1800 - 2019

Victoria and Martha Craston, c1920 - 1940

 Item — Box Lulu Adams Box 2: Series 178C83
Reference code: 178C83.227
Scope and Contents

Victoria Craston and her mother Martha Craston (Martha Cashmore) with dog in garden.

Dates: c1920 - 1940

Victorian, Edwardian and Georgian Circus Posters, c1800 - 1930

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178R47.1-51
Scope and Contents

Early circus and menagerie posters including Polito's menagerie, Astley's Amphitheatre and Pablo Fanque's, Sanger's, Powell's, Ducrow's, Cooke's and Hengler's circuses among others.

Dates: c1800 - 1930

Video Four Film, c1962 - 1993

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 29: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.325
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. VHS PAL. Includes; Tweeties Circus, hippo rodeo, monkeyland, a chapter of accidents, acrobatic antics, some birds, and Circus Time.

Dates: c1962 - 1993

Violet Bartram Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: NFA0195
Scope and Contents

Black and white photographs, negatives and postcards of fairgrounds, amusement parks, circus and performers, a newspaper cutting and a handbill.

Dates: c1902 - 1953

Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.96
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume sitting bareback on a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Dates: c1936 - 1950

Vivian Rosaire, Ida Rosaire and a Horse, c1936 - 1950

 Item — Box Ruth Manning-Sanders Box 1: Series 178C141
Reference code: 178C141.99
Scope and Contents

Black and white postcard of Vivian Rosaire (also known as 'La Petit Vivienne') and Ida Rosaire. One of the women is shown in costume doing a trick on the back of a horse (thought to be Vivian Rosaire).

Dates: c1936 - 1950

Watercolour of Philip Astley, c1900 - 1999

 Item — Box Sanger Circus Box 3: Series 178B39; Series 178C114; Series 178H30; Series 178K45; Series 178V15; Series 178Z54
Reference code: 178V15.2
Scope and Contents

Black and white watercolour of a man on a black horse, inscription on reverse reads Philip Astley, stuck to card.

Dates: c1900 - 1999

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.803
Scope and Contents

Elephants, lions, bears, monkeys, llamas, coloured donkeys, Shetland ponies. Red and blue type on yellow background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.70
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Patricia Solo trapeze, Jose aerial Aquarius etc. Red blue and yellow type on white background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.71
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Patricia Solo trapeze, Jose aerial Aquarius etc. Red blue and yellow type on white background.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

Weights Circus and Zoo Poster, c1970 - 1979

 Item
Reference code: 178R11.72
Scope and Contents

Poster left blank for overprinting location and date. Black, red and yellow clown illustration, type in purple.

Dates: c1970 - 1979

West Midlands Safari Park Film, c1945 - 1990

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 8: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.56
Scope and Contents

Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, Celolite 400, Cinematograph Engineering Ltd., London. 400 feet, 16 minutes long. Colour with sound. Leader also titled 'Stop, Look & Listen'.

Dates: c1945 - 1990

Whispering Lions Film, c1932 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.195
Scope and Contents

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

Dates: c1932 - 1965