1949 GERMANY / QUIRKY: Ball rolling circus act
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0:31Now Playing1949 GERMANY / QUIRKY: Ball rolling circus act
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as posted by the channelDate: 17th February 1949
Location: Germany
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
GERMANY:
Small-scale model of ball rolling act that will be done on larger scale in circus
Large steel girder outside circus tent being prepared for ball rolling act
Don Oscarez (Circus performer) gets inside giant ball
View of looop-the-loop construction that Oscarez will fly down in the ball
Crowd in circus tent look on nervously
Giant ball containing Oscarez rolls down steel girders and lands on safety net
Oscarez bows to audience
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