This Circus Business 1934

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Titles read: "This CIRCUS BUSINESS (or Tumbling To It)".

Australia.

Various shots of an orang-utan called Freda at Taronga Park Zoo. We see her swinging on a rope and walking along it while carrying an umbrella and holding onto the hand of her keeper. She then plays with a plank of...

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Cataloguer:
Sarah
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Sound
Media URN:
51973
Sort Number:
PSP 860
Time in/Out:
01:49:33:00 / 01:50:39:00
Canister:
PSP 860
Film ID:
1632.27
Issue Date:
27/09/1934

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