- Title: V-3509
- Summary: CIRCUS DAY: DESCRIBES THE CIRCUS AS IT WAS IN THE PAST BY PROVIDING AN INSIGHT INTO HOW TENTS WERE SET UP, HOW THE PERFORMERS PREPARED FOR THEIR ACTS, & BY SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A FEW ACTS. PICTURES THE UNLOADING OF RAILROAD CARS, THE MANY ANIMALS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO A CIRCUS, AND THE CLOWNS' MAKE-UP. PARALLELS THE CIRCUSES OF TODAY & CONCLUDES THAT THE CIRCUS IS STILL THE "GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH".
- Description:00:41:57 - POSTER FOR RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS" POSTER CIRCA 1966 00:42:08 - CIRCUS CLOWN APPLYING MAKE UP. SEEN THROUGH MIRROR 00:42:35 - PEOPLE ENTERING ARENA. SPORTS ARENA 00:43:02 - CIRCUS CLOWN IN DRESSING ROOM ADDRESSES THE CAMERA 00:43:10 - STEAM TRAIN APPROACHES, PASSING VIEWER. 00:43:36 - WORKERS CARNIES UNLOADING TRAIN CARS. HORSES. CIRCUS ANIMALS. COLE BROTHERS. CIRCUS. HORSES PULLING WAGONS. MS ROPE WRAPPED AROUND SNUBBING POST. 00:44:47 - ELEPHANTS COME OFF TRAIN. UNLOADING CIRCUS ANIMALS FROM TRAIN CARS. BULL. LLAMA. ZEBRA. CAMEL. 00:47:11 - PARADE OF HORSES. 00:47:36 - CIRCUS ANIMALS TIED UP WAITING. SOME SITTING. CAMELS AND ZEBRAS. 00:47:47 - ELEPHANTS USED TO PULL CIRCUS WAGONS. 00:48:12 - CARNIES DRIVING STAKES ONTO GROUND BY MEN & MACHINES. POLES GOING UP. ELEPHANTS PULLING POLES. CARNIES ERECTING CIRCUS TENT. 00:49:57 - CARNIES, CIRCUS PEOPLE EATING UNDER TENT. TRAYS OF BREAKFAST FOOD (FRENCH TOAST) & SAUSAGE. FOOD SERVER GRABS SLICES OF FRENCH TOAST & SAUSAGE WITH HIS HANDS, UNSANITARY. 00:50:51 - CIRCUS ELEPHANTS USED TO UNLOAD ROLLS AND ROLLS OF TENT CANVAS. ELEPHANT USES TRUCK AND FEET TO UNROLL CANVAS. CARNIES ERECT CIRCUS TENT 00:53:31 - CIRCUS GOERS WANDER AROUND CIRCUS MIDWAY. LITTLE BOYS WITH COTTON CANDY. 00:54:02 - BARKER ON STAGE OUTSIDE SIDESHOW WITH SIDESHOW ATTRACTION "PRIMITIVE MAN" TALKS THROUGH MIC TO CROWD, DRAWING IN CROWD TO SIDESHOW 00:54:07 - PEOPLE ON LINE BUYING TICKETS TO THE CIRCUS 00:54:17 - PEOPLE UNDER CIRCUS TENT WANDERING AROUND. LIONS IN CAGES. ANIMALS. 00:55:02 - TRUMPET. BLACK TRUMPETER SOUNDS START OF SHOW 00:55:10 - CU CIRCUS CLOWN SITTING OUTSIDE APPLYING CLOWN MAKE UP. PUTS WIG ON. BATS GOOFY EYES. 00:55:42 - PAN GROUP OF CIRCUS CLOWNS "CLOWNING AROUND" 00:56:07 - CARNIES LEAD CIRCUS ANIMALS OUT OF TENT, 00:56:45 - CIRCUS AUDIENCE. CIRCA 1966. PARADE AROUND THE BIG TOP. ACROBATS. PONIES. JUGGLING. CIRCUS CIRCA 1966. 00:59:31 - CIRCUS CLOWN ADDRESSES VIEWER. JUGGLES TWO SMALL RED BALLS, DROPS BALLS. FROWN ON CLOWN. CLOWN FROWNING. SAD CLOWN 01:00:05 - FILM ENDS
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1966
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1960s
- File Name: V-3509