Circus In Town 1962

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Description

Titles read: "OLYMPIA - CIRCUS IN TOWN".

London.

Various shots show a huge audience of children watching a rehearsal of a Bertram Mills Circus show. Good C/Us of children watching, laughing and clapping as they see elephants parading across the ring, horses trotting about, clowns (act...

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Data

Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
54056
Sort Number:
62/102
Time in/Out:
01:25:40:00 / 01:28:17:00
Canister:
62/102
Film ID:
1743.09
Issue Date:
20/12/1962

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