1951 Bertram Mills circus performs for children
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2:54Now Playing1951 Bertram Mills circus performs for children
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as posted by the channelDate: 24th December 1951
Location: Bertram Mills
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT BRITISH NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
Gaumont British Ident
SLATE INFORMATION: The Circus Comes to Town
ENGLAND: London:
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ACROBATICS Team of acrobatics at the Bertram Mills Circus 1951
CHILDREN. Audience largely of children at Bertram Mills Circus..shots of expressions of faces as they laugh etc etc..Excellent
CIRCUS Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia on silver Jubilee Year..Shots of audience, largely of children, laughing at the show..Shots of the performing horses, elephants, chimps. Trapeze artist, balancing artists, clowns in good sequence involving, motor-car, water-buckets, cakes, etc in slapstick stunt etc..Excellent material..Trick M/cyclist Arno Wickbold rides round in hoop.
CLOWNS Good shots of clowns fooling around at Bertham Mills at Olympia 1951.. using water-buckets, motor-car and cake etc.. Good slapstick
CROWDS. Excellents shots of crowds of children laughing and enjoying Bertram Mills Circus.. shots of changing expressions
ELEPHANTS Performing Elephants at Bertram Mills Circus 1951.
HORSES. Liberty horsesat Bertram Mills Circus 1951... performing in the ring.. watched by kids
MONKEYS. Chimps in band and crossing tight-rope at Bertram Mills Circus 1951.. at Olympia
MOTOR CYCLING. Bertram Mills Circus 1951 at Olympia.. Arno Wickbold rides M/cycle round in wire hoop 100ft up... is killed few weeks later doing same act
TIGHT ROPE WALKING Chimp on tight-rope at Bertram Mills Circus 1951.
TRAPEZE Good trapeze artists shots at Bertram Mills Circus 1951
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