Entertainment Circus Footage - WPA Film Library

Entertainment Circus

NEW RUSSIAN STATE CIRCUS Acrobats, monkeys and magician at Moscow State Circus.

CIRCUS HOURS Bostock's Three-Ring Circus

PRINCESSES VISIT BERTRAUM MILLS Footage of Princess Elizabeth and Margaret being shown around Beatraum Milld Circus.

ANIMAL TRAINER STEPAN ISAAKYAN

30 SECOND NEWS - CIRCUS WEDDING Circus wedding in New York.

BIG TOP Bertram Mills Circus in town - all stars of the sawdust ring are here.

CIRCUS ON HMS ALBION Billy Smart's circus performs on deck of HMS Albion at Portsmouth.

MOSCOW CIRCUS IN SYDNEY Montage of Russian circus gymnasts and tiger girl, then attending premiere of "Circus World".

Circus

SHREWSBURY FLORAL FETE Shots of circus performers at the Shrewsbury Flower Show

CHARLIE CHAPLIN EXHIBITION AT CIRCUS Clown impersonating Chaplin, Chaplin walks to the circus set, receives flowers from clown.

SMALL CIRCUS COMES TO ITALIAN VILLAGE Circus acts including lions performing.

BOXING CHIMPS Chimps dressed up as boxers have a play fight. Nurse and Doctor chimps assist.

PARIS SEES THE MOSCOW CIRCUS Moscow circus performing in Paris.

CIRCUS ACTORS Young animal trainer Simonov and his bears performing for camera.

ACROBATIC FEATS BY ST PENSBYS (aka TRAPEZE AND TRAMPOLINE ACT )

FRENCH CIRCUS Circus performance - man on bare backed horses, chimpanzee, elephants.

THE CHARIOTEERS Circus performers drive Roman style chariots around the grounds of Crystal Palace.

FAREWELL TO THE GUVNOR Funeral of the famous circus owner Billy Smart.

Summer Circus And Monkey Business

TWO MINUTES VARIETY - FROM THE CRYSTAL PALACE Circus: Hippo, Russian Dancers, Clowns

Universal Newsreels - Pantomime Circus

News in a Nutshell: MIDGETS MARRIED IN CATHEDRAL Beatrice Green and Albert Cox, a local circus midgets are married in Bradford Cathedral.

Amusements (Can 2 of 3)

Amusements (can 3 of 3)

THE TIGHT ROPE WIZARD A twelve year old boy demonstrates his amazing skills on a tightrope

CIRCUS IN GERMANY Roller-skating bears and a human cannonball at a Berlin circus.

BIG TOP TIME! A circus big top is put up in record time, thanks to speeded-up footage.

STRAINING FOR TRAINING Footage of circus member and horses in training in Europe.

THE CIRCUS MOVES AGAIN Good footage of a circus arriving by train.

BIG TOP THRILLS trapeze artist and an elephant performing with the travelling circus.

A MODERN NOAH'S ARK Several different kinds of animals share a cage in a German travelling circus.

THE PETS PERFORM A monkey, a cat, some dogs and elephants perform tricks at a zoo and circus.

Of All Things #122: Circus

Amateur Clown Contest

Circus Premiere: Moscow Troupe Thrills Cologne

Milwaukee Festival: Five-Mile Parade Highlights Celebration

The Big Top: New Yorkers Thrill To Circus Opener

Circus Wedding

Ringling Brothers Circus at Bellvue Hospital

ACROBATICS World's Fair Circus Rehearsals

Russian Circus Thrills On Ice

Ah, Spring! Circus Opening Makes It Official

Peanuts...Popcorn...Soda-Pop, and tummy aches

High Acrobatics

Girls spinning by teeth

MR PASTRY AT THE CIRCUS Mr Pastry (aka Richard Hearne) visits some animals at Chipperfield's Circus in Hounslow, Middlesex.

Under The Big Top

Spring Is Here: The Big Top Opens With Usual Thrills

King Saud At The Circus

The New Moscow Circus

News in Brief: Chimp Circus.

Circus Barker part 2

Amusement park

Exterior Circus and unusual people

Exterior Circus Barker

Circus Elephant performers

Monkey Side Show

Circus in Austria

juggling act in circus interior

Clowns Performing

LET US SWAY Trapeze Artist Miss Tamara

The Circus Comes to Town

News in Brief: Circus At Bellevue.

Sports: Lion Tamer.

AT THE CIRCUS Circus at Crystal Palace

Shriners Invade NY: Hi-Jinks And Parade Enliven Convention

News in Brief: German Circus.

Circus Time At The Hospital.

WATER CIRCUS The 'Indoor Swimming Pool Ducks' clown around at the Wiesbaden water circus.

BILLY SMART CIRCUS Billy Smart's Circus performs show for Variety Club charities.

MOSCOW CIRCUS The Moscow Circus perform in Russia.

CIRCUS A circus gives performance for charity.

Moujinks In The Air: Moscow Circus Delights USA

News in Brief: Continental Circus.

Circus Disaster: Hundreds Die

CIRCUS: Laughs And Thrills Under The Big Top.

That Big, Big Show Is Back

Strong Man In The Circus

Big Top Capers: German Circus Stages A Thriller

March Of Dimes: Lollipops and Tots Open Drive.

Parakeet Circus.

Tight Rope Wedding

Lion Roams - Crowds Roar

Canine Circus.

Summer Circus And Monkey Business

1200 Youngsters Stage Colorful Circus Parade

Lion Tamers, Junior-grade

Pachyderm Pair United In Coast's Biggest Wedding

Simian Circus Stars In Final Trials For Coming Tent Season

Educated Baboon Forgets Manners Before Camera

Midget Troupe Gets Short End As Circus Closes

Little Hospital Shut-Ins Cheered By Circus Stars

'Big Top' Performers Thrill Child Guests At Hoover Box Party

Circus Clowns

Lions and Tigers at Circus

KING SAUD AT THE CIRCUS King Ibn Saud visits circus with his son while in Germany.

BANTAM PACK - LION AND MOUSE a mouse race and lion tamer at the zoo.

RED CIRCUS REACHES U.S. Russian circus performing in New York.

COMMERCIAL CIRCUS Traditional circus incorporates industrial vehicles into acts - publicity stunt.

ROMAN CHARIOTS Roman gladiators from Chipperfield's circus practise their chariot racing in Hackney.

MOSCOW THE FESTIVAL CITY - CIRCUS CAVALCADE Circus procession through streets, Dynamo Stadium, various circus acts.

CIRCUS MOVE circus being set up

MIND OVER MATTER Lions and elephants are put through their paces at rehearsals for Bertram Mills' circus. Ascot, Berkshire.

CIRCUS Manchester Belle Vue Circus keeps going - women performers take over from men in forces.

NEW YORK CIRCUS A look at acrobats and performing animals at circus, with Stars and Stripe finale.

CIRCUS FANS FEAST Circus fans have a feast in the ring at Olympia, where they dine with the performers, human and animal!

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - CIRCUS REHEARSALS AT ASCOT

CIRCUS THRILLS AT OLYMPIA The circus comes to Olympia in London, clowns, horses, seals and acrobats are amongst those taking part.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN! A circus brings entertainment to sick children in a New York

US RAIL STRIKE Material covering American rail strike. A circus is stranded in California.

THE FAMOUS WALLENDAS Amazing acrobatic stunts on the high wire performed by the famous Wallendas.

ROUND BRITAIN AT WHITSUN - BILLY SMART'S CIRCUS Billy Smart's circus comes to Glasgow and perform for disabled girl in front of her house.

THE BIG TOP IS READY At Ascot, lions, tigers, elephants and chimps train for winter circus.

Selected Originals - CIRCUS TIME! (aka QUEEN VISITS MILLS' CIRCUS) Material relating to newsreel story 'Circus Time!' 52/103.

THE WIRENGUARDS The Wirenguard family perform acrobatic stunts from top of high pole

NERVE! lion tamer Clyde Beatty

THE MASTER! Animal trainer Clyde Beatty makes a ferocious tiger roll over in a circus cage.

THE FLYING DUTCHMAN Three young men in Holland practising acrobatic tricks on trapeze.

CIRCUS ACT Footage of acrobats practising circus act

COCO THE CLOWN Coco the clown applies his make-up and dons his gold suit to go and entertain the children.

BIG TOP AIDS CHARITIES Stars attend gala performance at Billy Smart's circus, sponsored by Variety Club.

CIRCUS FOR CHARITY The stars turn out for charity circus event at Blackheath in London.

KING SAUD AT THE CIRCUS King Ibn Saud visits circus with his son while in Germany

CIRCUS TRAINS FOR XMAS Bertram Mills Circus trains up for their Christmas performances.

CHILDREN'S CIRCUS AT WEMBLEY Children enjoy Circus acts at Empire Pools, Wembley.

DAVE AND DUSTY (CIRCUS) Dave and Dusty visit Sangers circus and watch the clowns. Clapham, London.

MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS Dog and elephants perform at the Moscow State Circus in Russia.

CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN Good footage of Bertram Mills Circus performing at Olympia in London.

CIRCUS Horses and elephants from Bertram Mills circus practise their routines in the ring

CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN. Footage of the Mills brothers Circus at Olympia in London.

ELEPHANT MANICURE Elephants having toenails trimmed at Chipperfield Circus

BIG TOP Bertram Mills circus arrives in Windsor.

MOSCOW CIRCUS NEW PROGRAMME Equestrian acts in the Moscow circus

ANIMALS HIT HEADLINES The Stonehaven cup for sheep in Australia and leopard cubs at Ashton's circus.

MAN'S BEST FRIEND? A TIGER! A Russian animal tamer shows off his circus act with lions, tigers and a black panther.

LION CUBS Circus baby Christine Smart gets acquainted with the lion cubs while mother Kay trains horses.

ROPE-WALKING LION Footage of lions at the Bertram Mills circus in Cambridgeshire.

SEA LION SEES LIFE Fritzi the circus sea lion escapes from boat on river Thames. London.

CIRCUS TIME! Bertram Mills' Circus perform their traditional Christmas show.

CIRCUS TIME! (aka QUEEN VISITS MILLS' CIRCUS) Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip visit the circus.

CLOWN WITH SMALL CHILDREN Two clowns put on a clowning workshop for children during their school holidays.

FAIRGROUND Clowns entertain children outside big top, people enjoying themselves at fairground.

AERIAL CYCLISTS Cycle acrobats performing

BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia, good shots kids in audience (with natural sound).

BIG TOP IN TOWN At Olympia, 6000 children attend a special preview of Bertram Mills Circus.

ROYAL CIRCUS The Queen, Prince Philip, and Prince Charles go to the circus in Olympia, London.

CIRCUS IN TOWN Children watch a rehearsal of a Bertram Mills Circus show at Olympia.

CIRCUS PLAQUE Circus plaque unveiled to commemorate 200th Anniversary, London.

CIRCUS IN TOWN Bertram Mills circus performs in London's Olympia.

ROLL UP ... ROLL UP ... ROLL UP! Circus style tricks from elephants in America.

CIRCUS IN TRAINING Circus performers at Chessington Zoo go through their paces.

AERIAL GYMNAST Aerial gymnast Leone performs in Battersea Festival Gardens.

MR PASTRY AT THE CIRCUS Mr Pastry (aka Richard Hearne) visits some animals at Chipperfield's Circus

GIRL CLOWN A new clown is put through his/her paces by the famous Coco at Bertram Mills Circus.

Circus Animals Vs A

BOY CLOWN A young boy learns the tricks of the trade as a circus clown apprentice.

Selected Originals - XMAS IS FOR ALL - Technicolor Material related to newsreel story "Xmas is for All" - 63/102.

CIRCUS SCENES Chipperfield's Circus. Performers, animals and circus scenes.

MOSCOW CIRCUS 1969 Moscow circus starts new season.

ELEPHANTS ROCK & ROLL Item showing circus elephants dressed in blue-jeans 'dancing' to rock and roll.

UNDERWATER SHOW An underwater circus takes place on the bottom of the Florida Everglades.

NEW YORK CIRCUS Circus performance for the sick children in New York.

MANCHESTER CAN TAKE IT Despite Blitz, Manchester puts on its usual Circus.

PRINCESS AT CIRCUS Princess Margaret attends a special charity event at Billy Smarts Circus.

CIRCUS COMES TO MOSCOW PARK A variety of juggling, acrobatic and other acts from the International Circus "Shapyto".

CIRCUS TO TOUR NEW ZEALAND Ashton Circus in Australia, soon to tour New Zealand.

Welcome Medicine

SWING HIGH SWING SURE Trapeze Acrobats on Very High Swings

CHILDREN'S DAY AT OLYMPIA Children enjoying a Circus performance at Olympia.

Big Top!

The Innocent Years (Part One)

Twenty Five Years Ago

Pictorial Highlights: Circus

Dog Soccer

LION-HEARTED! A lion tamer shows off.

CIRCUS DOGS AND MONKEY Albert Baudy's circus act: performing greyhounds and dog riding monkey.

PERFORMING CATTLE Highland cattle are among the animals trained at Billy Smart's circus.

FLEA CIRCUS Footage of flea circus at Bingley Hall, Birmingham.

OLGA ELLEANO Footage of Olga Elleano and Jimmie Pichler performing acrobatic stunts.

THE BIG TOP PREPARES - BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS Good material of behind-the-scenes at a circus, horses in training, elephant washed, lions in cage.

GIRL RIDERS young girl in training to be in the circus

CHINESE ACROBATS

ALLEN AND CO Johansson Allen and co. perform acrobatic stunts

GIRL JUGGLER Juliet Foster juggles in circus arena whilst on horseback.

TRAPEZE GIRL Shirley Tate training to be circus performer by doing trick horse riding and on trapeze.

GIRL CLOWN Girl clown Rita Rohr puts on her makeup at Billy Smart's Circus.

ELEPHANTS AND EGGS Circus elephant trained to rest foot on a person's head by practising on a tray of eggs first.

SNAKE GIRL snake charmer Betty Allen

CIRCUS BLESSING Reverend Edward Lucey performs blessing ceremony on circus.

STARTING WELL ! couple who get married in lions cage

LONGS AND SHORTS Coco the clown and pals

The Road To The Circus Arena

The Circus Has Come To Town

GOOD-BYE TO THE CIRCUS Performing animals and acrobats leave London for Africa.

MINI CIRCUS This item shows a detailed miniature model circus made at home by Roy Gumbrell.

MOSCOW CIRCUS A look at the Moscow State Circus and the special school that trains the artists from a young age.

STRAINING FOR TRAINING Footage of a circus team in training.

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 13) elephants doing tricks at a circus

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 14) a circus school

CINETOPICALITIES IN BRIEF (NO. 146) Circus trapeze artists

NERVE A lion tamer shows nerves of steel in training wild animals.

MONKEY BUSINESS Excellent footage of models displaying the latest lingerie fashions and designs.

JUST PETS Children are entertained small performing birds.

NOAH'S ARK HITS THE TRAIL Circus animals are loaded onto trucks before moving on to the next town.

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 34) A lion tamer

PEEPS THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THE WORLD (NO. 33) Performing circus elephants.

CINEVIEWS IN BRIEF (NO. 19) Birthday celebrations in circus in Vienna

OUTSIDE THE BIG TOP Rehearsals for the circus include animals playing instruments and men performing balancing tricks on horses.

HULA HOOP ELEPHANTS Elephants show off their hula hoop skills at Billy Smart's Circus.

CIRCUS TREAT FOR THE KIDDIES

Circus Comes To Big Town

Elephant Circus Stunts

CIRCUS: Laughs And Thrills Under The Big Top.

GERMANY - CIRCUS TIME AGAIN! Strange circus acts from Germany.

CIRCUS COMING TO TOWN (aka BERTRAM MILLS' CIRCUS WINTER QUARTERS) Animals are being trained for Betram Mills circus.

BEDSTEAD BICYCLE! Beppo, a clown, rides a converted bedstead to promote Bertram Mills' Circus.

CIRCUS BLESSING Annual blessing of the circus performers and animals at Chessing

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - COMEDIAN ON THE ICE IN BERLIN

CIRCUS: Laughs And Thrills Under The Big Top.

News in Brief: Circus At Bellevue.

News in Brief: Chimp Circus.

NEWS IN A NUTSHELL - SIT DOWN STRIKE IN LION'S DEN

CIRCUS Performers in Bertram Mills Circus rehearse, good circus stuff.

Circus Train

Circus

CIRCUS COMES TO NEW YORK Good shots, animals parade through streets and some of the acts including tiger on horseback.

Circus Kids

Baby Camels Born Under the Big Top

MOSCOW CIRCUS A look at the Moscow State Circus and the special school that trains the artists from a young age.

HOSPITAL CIRCUS Billy Smart's Circus do a show at St Mary's Hospital in Portsmouth

THE CIRCUS IS COMING TO TOWN Bertram Mills' circus rehearses for an upcoming show.

Clown Sticks Tounge Out at Camera

CIRCUS BAPTISM Baby born to two circus performers is baptised in ring of Billy Smart's circus. Clapham.

Main Entrance to Circus

Circus Acts

BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS Footage of performers of the Bertam Mills Circus in training.

Circus Fire (Fictional Film)

ACROBATS ALL BATS Swiss veteran gymnasts and comics Hermos Troupe entertain the audience in Berlin.

CLOWNS CLUB Face make-up of clowns is recorded on eggshells to avoid duplication

CIRCUS COMES TO VILLAGE The circus comes to a village, and children help to set it up.

GIRL BOSSES LION Teenage girl lion tamer in Germany.

Circus (Life Under The Big Top)

BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS Footage of performers of the Bertam Mills Circus in training.

CIRCUS NEWS - BOY LION TAMER 15 year old Cedric Crossfield has become a trainee lion tamer.

YOUNG RUSSIAN ANIMAL TRAINER

CIRCUS SCHOOL IN MOSCOW State school of circus and variety acts in Moscow.

GIRL LION TAMER A look at a female lion tamer at a circus in the funfair.

CIRCUS IN TRAINING Bertram Mills famous circus prepares for the big season ahead.

GEORGIAN CIRCUS IN MOSCOW Georgian circus performs in Moscow, Russia.

BEHIND THE BIG TOP Sangers circus animals keep up their training out of season.

MOSCOW STATE CIRCUS Russian children enthralled by circus antics

THE CIRCUS COMES TO TOWN The circus arrives at Madison Square Garden.

MOSCOW CIRCUS NEW PROGRAMME

CIRCUS SHOW FOR CHILDREN Billy Smart's circus puts on special show for children courtesy of Variety Club. Clapham.

MOSCOW CIRCUS 1969 Moscow circus starts new season.

ROYAL VISIT TO CIRCUS The Queen, Prince Philip and Princess Margaret attend Bertram Mills' Circus at Olympia.

THE BIG FELLOWS OF THE BIG SHOW Circus Elephants Practice

BERTRAM MILLS CIRCUS Footage of performers of the Bertam Mills Circus in training.

CIRCUS ON ICE Russian circus on ice entertains Dutch children.

BIG TOP PREPARES Behind-the-scenes at Bertram Mills circus, horses in training, elephant washed, lions in cage.

EVE AT THE CIRCUS Circus Scenes: Dancers and Elephants

CHEERING TINY PATIENTS The performers of the Ringlings and the Barnum and Bailey circuses entertain children at the Belle Vue hospital.

CIRCUS WEDDING Quirky fun item about wedding between showgirl and chimp trainer at Billy Smart's circus.

FRENCH CIRCUS A circus takes place at the Palais des Sports

Russian Circus

CIRCUS GIRL A girl learns to become animal trainer - Gloria Smart learns to trai

Russian Circus Mocks the Nazis

BERLIN CIRCUS Berlin circus performance.

TRAVELAUGHS AT THE BIG SHOW Scenes before Circus Starts

THE CIRCUS Various shots of events in the circus ring at Olympia.

CIRCUS MOMENTS Circus acts - performing horses, acrobats, trapeze artists etc.

BIG TOP IN TOWN Bertram Mills Circus brings all the laughs and thrills of the Big Top to the centre of London.