00:27:51 2.17 |
MONTAGE VARIOUS SHOTS CIRCUS TENT BEING ERECTED WITH JUST ABOUT EVERYONE PITCHING IN, INCLUDING ELEPHANTS, ENTERTAINERS. TENT GOES UP IN A FEW HOURS BECAUSE EVERYONE KNOWS JUST WHAT TO DO.
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00:28:52 63.17 |
MS GOOD SHOT LONG ROW OF ELEPHANTS MOVING ALONG HOLDING THE TAIL OF ELEPHANT IN FRONT WITH THEIR TRUNKS.
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00:29:07 78.17 |
VARIOUS SHOTS SEAMAN (TRAINER) AND HIS CHIMPS DOING TRICKS. CHIMP DOES HEADSTAND ON SEAMAN'S HEAD. CU GOOD SHOT, ANOTHER CHIMP WATCHING THE ACT.
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00:29:20 91.17 |
3 CHIMPS CLIMB CROSS-LIKE POLE AND SO HEADSTANDS OM TOP OF IT. AS SEAMAN BARKS OUT ORDERS. HE GIVES BIG HUG TO ONE OF THE CHIMPS, THEN KISSES HIM ON THE LIPS. ALL 3 CHIMPS HUG AND KISS SEAMAN.
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00:30:05 136.17 |
VARIOUS SHOTS WILD ANIMAL TRAINER PAT HENRY, WHIP IN HAND, ENTERS CAGE WITH LIONS, TIGERS, REHEARSES HIS ACT WITH THEM.
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00:30:19 150.17 |
HENRY CAREFULLY HAS LION AND TIGER DO HIS BIDDING, NEVER SHOWING FEAR AND NEVER FAILING TO PRAISE THEM AS THEY DO HIS BIDDING. GOOD FACE SHOTS TIGER SNARLING AND SHOWING HIS FANGS.
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00:31:37 228.17 |
ON BACK LOT OF CIRCUS GROUNDS, TRAINER WALLY (?) TEACHES SOMERSAULT AND OTHER TRICKS TO ONE OF HIS 2 BEARS.
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00:32:06 257.17 |
ARTURO SEGUDA ON TRAMPOLINE WITH HIS LITTLE KID, TEACHES HIM ACROBATICS AS WIFE LOOKS ON. VARIOUS SHOTS OF BOY DOING SOMERSAULT ON TRAMPOLINE.
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00:32:39 290.17 |
SEGUDA ALSO TEACHES HIS LITTLE DAUGHTER DO ACROBATICS AND HANDSTANDS. CU FACE SHOT OF DAUGHTER JUANITA.
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00:33:12 323.17 |
ON ANOTHER CORNER OF TENT, ANTOINE TEACHES HIS DAUGHTER THE PRECARIOUS ART OF BALANCING.SHE BALANCES CHALICE ON END OF LONG POLE, ON HER CHIN..
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00:33:34 345.17 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TRAPEZE MOM AND DAD TEACHING THEIR YOUNG SON HOW TO FLY ON TRAPEZE . BOY FLIES HIGH ABOVE GROUND, IS CAUGHT IN MID AIR, THEN DROPS TO NET BELOW AS HE TRIES TO RETURM.
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00:34:45 416.17 |
BOY CLIMBS UP TO MOM AND DAD, THEN SUCCESSFULLY FLIES BACK AND FORTH ON TRAPEZE WITHOUT FALLING TO NET.
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00:35:10 441.17 |
VARIOUS SHOTS PERFORMERS GETTING READY FOR SHOW. PUTTING ON THEIR MAKE-UP, DONNING THEIR FANCE COSTUMES, GETTING THEIR ANIMAL S READY, LIMBERING UP.
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00:35:37 468.17 |
CIRCUS MANAGER IN CENTER RING BLOWS WHISTLE AND INTRODUCES "AMERICA'S PREMIER AERIALISTS" (TRAPEZE ARTISTS( FRANK AND LOLITA. AS SHOW BEGINS.
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00:36:00 491.17 |
HUSBAND AND WIFE AERIALISTS CLIMB ROPE LADDER TO TRAPEZE HIGH ABOVE CROWD. LOLITA DOES DARING ACT OF HANGING BY NECK AND SPINNING AROUND.
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00:37:10 561.17 |
MONTAGE - GHREAT SHOTS OF CHIMPS DOING CROWD PLEASING ACTS. FOLLOWED BY BABY AND POPPA BEAR RIDING BIKES AND OTHER ANTICS.
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00:38:01 612.17 |
CLOWNS DO THEIR ACT. FOLLOWED BY ANTOINE DOING PRECISION HAND STAND AND SLEIGHT OF HAND ACTS.
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00:39:30 701.17 |
HUSBAND AND WIFE TRAPEZE ARTISTS DO THEIR ACT HIGH ABOVE CROWD.
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00:39:47 718.17 |
ELEPHANT ACT GOES ON AS BEHIND THE SCENES THE SHOW BEGINS TO PACK FOR ANOTHER SHOW IN ANOTHER TOWN TOMORROW. AS THE LAST ACT "THE CLEMENTE'S (BIKE ACT)" DO THEIR THING.
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00:41:09 800.17 |
VARIOUS SHOTS TENT BEING TAKEN DOWN.
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Description: ELEPHANTS HOLDING TAILS. MONKEY ON MAN'S HEAD. PEOPLE SETTING UP TENT. LION TAMER. TIGERS. TRICK BEAR. TRAMPOLINE. ACROBATS. BALANCING ACT. TRAPEZE. SEWING. PUTTING ON MAKE-UP & COSTUMES. PEOPLE STRETCHING. DOG. WHISTLE BLOWS. SPINNING FROM NECK. CHIMPANZEES. BEAR ON MOTORCYCLE. CLOWNS. PACKING UP EQUIPMENT. TAKING DOWN THE BIG TOP TENT.
Keywords: trapeze
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