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Circus

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4479 Collections and/or Records:

International Super Circus '83 Poster, 1983

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.206
Scope and Contents

Peter Jay presents International Super Circus at Blackpool Tower and Dale Martin Wrestling. Black and white illustration of Blackpool Tower, colour illustration of a clown, a tiger and a fountain, black and white photograph of wrestler Big Daddy, background blue and purple, type white, yellow and red.

Dates: 1983
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Blackpool Tower Circus Posters

International Super Circus Poster, 1983

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.1148
Scope and Contents

Great Yarmouth Hippodrome. Colour illustration of large clown face in upper left hand side, large tiger face in bottom right hand side and water feature image on bottom left hand side on red background. Advertisment along the bottom for wrestling Big D, Dale Martin. Printed by W E Berry

Dates: 1983
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Belle Vue, Kelvin Hall, Boswell and Wilkie and other British and International Circus Posters

International Super Circus Programme, 1982

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.310
Scope and Contents

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth. Presented by Jack and Peter Jay. Colour illustrations of circus acts including roaring tiger's face on top left, trapeze act, acrobatic troupe, elephants, horses, clowns, mermaides and ventriloquist with monkey doll on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 6p.p.

Dates: 1982
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes / Great Yarmouth Hippodrome Circus and Liverpool Stadium Programmes

International Super Circus Programme, 1983

 Item
Reference code: 178K43.311
Scope and Contents

Hippodrome, Great Yarmouth, Presented by Peter Jay. Colour illustration of roaring tiger's face on bottom right, smily clown face on top left and water fountain on bottom left on a blue background on the front cover, inside introduction, black and white photographs of performers and acts with text, programme in the centre and commercial advertising, 6p.p.

Dates: 1983
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes / Great Yarmouth Hippodrome Circus and Liverpool Stadium Programmes

International Zoo News Publication, January 1957

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 1: Series 178B34; Series 178F34; Series 178J10; Series 178Q9
Reference code: 178B34.10
Scope and Contents

Volume 4 Number 1.

Dates: January 1957
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Monographs, Articles, Manuscripts and Research Material

Interview with June Dick, 6 August 2018

 Item
Reference code: 178D21.1
Scope and Contents

Interview with June Dick, descendant of Lord George Sanger about the Sanger family history. Interview conducted by Professor Vanessa Toulmin and NFCA staff. Rushes. Filmed by NFCA staff. 8 x MP4 files , 42 mins.

Dates: 6 August 2018
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Sanger Family Collection

Interview with Kate Smart, 1981 - 1982, 25 February 1982, 21 January 1981

 Item
Reference code: 178E.1
Scope and Contents

Interview with Mrs Kate Smart, Mr Buller Hatwell and other showmen/women conducted by Rod Spooner at Barnt Green and Cassington on cassette tape format. First four people interviewed on 25 February 1982 at George Smart’s house, Barnt Green, Birmingham. Buller Hatwell interviewed at Cassington, nr. Oxford on 21 January 1981.

Dates: 1981 - 1982; 25 February 1982; 21 January 1981
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Rod Spooner Collection

Interview with Len 'Spider' Austin and bits of Cirque Medrano Film, November 1953

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 33: Series 178D14
Reference code: 178D14.45
Scope and Contents

VHS. Filmed in Paris. Note on tape reads 'Motley Alley UK Ag…etc, Arthur Pedlar interview with Len ‘Spider’ Austin with Cirque Medrano Paris November 1953 taken from 16mm film with John Vrie, Pipo, Dario and Nino and Charly'.

Dates: November 1953
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Film

Invitation from Publimer London LTD to Ronald Smart, 1961

 File — Box Smart Family Collection Box 5: Series 178H21
Reference code: 178H21.24
Scope and Contents

Includes a photograph.

Dates: 1961
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Business Records

Invitation from the Directors of Cameca Paris to a Private Demonstration of their New Scopitone Unit, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.17
Scope and Contents

Demonstration ran 30 May - 2 June inclusive.

Dates: c1900 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Invitation from the Thames Television to the Billy Smart's Christmas Circus, 30 October 1981

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: 30 October 1981
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Invitations to Different Events from Mr. and Mrs Billy Smart, c1900 - 2000

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Various items of ephemera.

Dates: c1900 - 2000
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Invite Issued to Mr. and Mrs. Billy Smart for the Premier Performance of Tom Arnold’s Harringay Circus, 1951

 Item — Box Smart Family Collection Box 54: Series 178Z46
Reference code: 178Z46.22
Scope and Contents

Features image of the Prince and Princess of Wales, and the King and Queen of Greece at the circus in London, 1876, on the front.

Dates: 1951
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Smart Family Collection / Various

Irish Circuses Programmes, 1940 - 2006

 Sub-Series
Reference code: 178K43.655
Scope and Contents

Programmes for Irish circuses including James Brothers Circus, Courney Brothers Circus, The Great International Christmas Circus and Duffy's Circus, containing colour illustrations and photographs on the front covers, inside mainly programme, later items contain colour photographs of perfomers and acts with text.

Dates: 1940 - 2006
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Programmes

Italian Circus Enis Togni Poster, c1950 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.324
Scope and Contents

First visit to Britain by Italian Circus, Slough, 24 to 29 July. Colour illustration of Alan Alan suspended from a burning rope above four lions, a clown and a band of the colours of the Italian flag, background black, type multicoloured. 'Largest touring Circus in England' glued on seperately. Printed by W. E. Berry Ltd, Bradford

Dates: c1950 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Chipperfield Circus Posters

Italian Circus Enis Togni Poster, c1950 - 1999

 Item
Reference code: 178R47.331
Scope and Contents First visit to Britain by Italian Circus, Clapham Common, 9 to 28 October. Presented by Mary Chipperfield, The Mazans revolving perch act, The Gun Men cowboys, the exotic animal parade, giraffe, camels, zebra and llamas, The Flying Zemgannos, African elephants, The Chestons cowboy rodeo, Mary Chipperfield with her lions, polar bear, tiger and brown bear, 12 lipizzaner horses, Madame Lorent's sea lions, Los Sanders clowns, The Nicolodis acrobats. Colour illustration of a clown and a band of...
Dates: c1950 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Posters / Chipperfield Circus Posters

It's the Circus and Sawdust Ring Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 2: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.15
Scope and Contents

Features It's the Circus parts 1 and 2, as well as Sawdust Ring. 9.5mm. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Includes Bertram Mills Circus.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

It's the Circus Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 6: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.44
Scope and Contents

9.5mm. 200 feet, 8 minutes long. Colour, silent. Possibly parts 1 and 2 on one reel. Includes Walton Zoo footage.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

It's the Circus Film, c1945 - 1965

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 15: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.137
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Boots. 400 feet. Walton Films. Includes New Bertram Mills Circus.

Dates: c1945 - 1965
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

It’s the Circus Film, c1945 - 1960

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 32: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.309
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 9.5mm, Pathescope. Black and white, silent. Commercial film featuring Bertram Mills Circus.

Dates: c1945 - 1960
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

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