The Big Top 1946

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Full title reads: "THE BIG TOP".

Windsor, Berkshire.

Bertram Mills Circus at training in Windsor. Various shots, some close ups, of the clowns making up with children watching. Clowns laugh and joke. Various shots of the rehearsal of horses performance. Several shots of the clowns'...

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Cataloguer:
Sanja
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
39958
Sort Number:
46/032
Time in/Out:
01:21:24:00 / 01:23:38:00
Canister:
46/32
Film ID:
1153.15
Issue Date:
22/04/1946

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