| 01:40:40 1 |
HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF HUGE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN ENGINE
PULLING INTO STATION PULLING MANY TRAIN CARS |
| 01:40:51 12 |
COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS TRAIN FLAT-BED TRAIN CARS WITH
VARIOUS EQUIPMENT ON IT. |
| 01:40:59 20 |
HUGE CROWD OF MEN & BOYS AT TRAIN STATION LINED UP
WATCHING THE ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN |
| 01:41:01 22 |
LARGE WORK HORSE IS LEAD OUT OF TRAIN CAR
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| 01:41:06 27 |
TEAM OF HORSES PULL WAGONS & OTHER THINGS OFF TRAIN
CARS. BILLBOARDS VISIBLE BEHIND TRAIN |
| 01:41:26 47 |
ELEPHANTS LEAD OUT OF TRAIN BOX CARS. BIG BLANCH
|
| 01:41:36 57 |
CU FACES OF ELEPHANTS
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| 01:41:43 64 |
MEN RIDE ELEPHANTS THROUGH STREETS OF SMALL TOWN
AMERICA |
| 01:41:51 72 |
TRACTOR PULLS TENT POLE WAGON ON CIRCUS GROUNDS
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| 01:41:58 79 |
MEN RIDING HERD OF ELEPHANTS ARRIVE AT CIRCUS GROUNDS
|
| 01:42:05 86 |
MEN PUTTING UP TENT POLES
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| 01:42:13 94 |
ELEPHANT PULLS ROPES & CHAINS TO RAISE CENTER POLE OF
THE BIG TOP TENT |
| 01:42:27 108 |
MANY MAN POUND ON STAKE OF TENT POLE WITH
SLEDGEHAMMERS |
| 01:42:35 116 |
OTHER MEN USE STEAM-DRIVEN MACHINE TO DRIVE IN TENT
STAKE POLES |
| 01:42:47 128 |
MEN & BOYS UNROLL CANVAS FOR THE CIRCUS TENT
|
| 01:42:55 136 |
ELEPHANT HELPS TO UNROLL CIRCUS TENT
|
| 01:43:09 150 |
CAMEL STANDING AROUND BY CIRCUS CART
|
| 01:43:12 153 |
MEN & BOYS FROM THE TOWN PULLING OUT ALL THE CANVAS
FOR THE TENT |
| 01:43:25 166 |
CIRCUS WORKERS STICHING TOGETHER PIECES OF TENT WITH
LARGE PIECES OF ROPE |
| 01:43:33 174 |
ELEPHANTS STANDING AROUND WHILE TOWNSPEOPLE FEED THEM
|
| 01:43:42 183 |
BOYS HELP TO PUT SIDE POLES AROUND THE EDGES OF TENT
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| 01:43:48 189 |
TENT IS SLOWLY RAISED TO TOP OF POLE
|
| 01:43:53 194 |
ELEPHANT PULLING AT ROPES TO RAISE TENT
|
| 01:43:56 197 |
INTERIOR OF TENT AS THE ROOF IS RAISES HIGHER
|
| 01:44:02 203 |
ELEPHANTS INSIDE TENT PULL ON ROPES TO RAISE INTERIOR
POLES |
| 01:44:10 211 |
PAN ACROSS TOP OF BIG TOP TENT WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES
FLAGS INCLUDING AMERICAN FLAG |
| 01:44:20 221 |
MAIN ENTRANCE TENT & BANNER RAISED: "THE GREATEST
CIRCUS ON EARTH, MAIN ENTRANCE" |
| 01:44:27 228 |
ORNATE CALLIOPIE WAGON PLAYING MUSIC PAN TO CIRCUS
MIDWAY WITH MAIN ENTRANCE & SIDE SHOW BANNERS |
| 01:44:44 245 |
BARKER AT SIDE SHOW ENTRANCE SELLING TICKETS
|
| 01:44:53 254 |
CIRCUS GOERS STANDING AROUND OUTSIDE ENTRANCE
|
| 01:44:57 258 |
BOYS STANDING BY BOOTHS OF GAMES OF CHANCE
|
| 01:45:01 262 |
BARKER IN FRONT OF SIDE SHOW BANNER ADVERTISING
PROF. BROWNE'S MINSTREL JUBILEE |
| 01:45:04 265 |
BLACK MUSICIANS WITH TAMBOURINES
|
| 01:45:11 272 |
SWORD SWALLOWER
|
| 01:45:20 281 |
BOYS LINE UP & BUY TICKETS FOR SIDE SHOW
|
| 01:45:27 288 |
MAN BACKSTAGE IN DRESSING ROOM LOOKS IN MIRROR AS HE
UNDOES HIS TIE & GETS UNDRESSED |
| 01:45:40 301 |
PUTTING ON CLOWN WHITE MAKE-UP.
|
| 01:45:47 308 |
VARIOUS SHOTS OF CLOWNS GETTING READY: PUTTING ON
MAKE-UP, RED NOSE, DWARF CLOWN, MAKING FACES IN MIRROR |
| 01:45:57 318 |
PEOPLE LINED UP OUTSIDE MAIN ENTRANCE WAITING TO GET
IN |
| 01:46:01 322 |
CU AS CLOWNS ENTER TENT
|
| 01:46:13 334 |
CIRCUS BAND PLAYS
|
| 01:46:17 338 |
AUDIENCE MEMBERS SITTING IN STANDS, GIRLS EATING
COTTON CANDY |
| 01:46:23 344 |
CLUSTER OF BALLOONS
|
| 01:46:25 346 |
BOXER DOGS PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH BALLOON. STUPID
PET TRICKS |
| 01:47:00 381 |
CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
|
| 01:47:03 384 |
THE IRON-JAWED ROLLER SKATES CIRCUS ACT: MAN & WOMEN
HOLD ROPE WITH THEIR TEETH WHILE ON ROLLER SKATES. SPINS AROUND ON SKATES & BY HER MOUTH |
| 01:47:15 396 |
ACROBATS SPIN HIGH ABOVE CROWD BY THEIR TEETH
|
| 01:47:25 406 |
ACROBAT FAMILY JUMPING ON SEESAW & LANDING ON EACH
OTHERS SHOULDERS |
| 01:47:52 433 |
CLOWNS ACTING SILLY IN THREE RING CIRCUS
|
| 01:48:02 443 |
PRANCING HORSES RUN AROUND AND LEAN ON EACH & REAR UP
ON THEIR HINDS LEGS |
| 01:49:16 517 |
CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
|
| 01:49:18 519 |
AERIAL BALLET: WOMEN SPIN THEMSELVES HIGH ABOVE CROWD
ON ROPES |
| 01:49:35 536 |
TINY TRAINED PONIES RACE AROUND INSIDE OF CIRCUS TENT
|
| 01:49:45 546 |
FEMALE RIDER STANDS ON BACK OF HORSES WHILE DRIVING
TEAM OF 16 HORSES |
| 01:49:52 553 |
CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
|
| 01:49:55 556 |
ACROBATIC BAREBACK ACT: WOMAN FLIPS & JUMPS ON & OFF
HORSE AS IT RUNS AROUND RING |
| 01:50:09 570 |
SILLY CLOWN TRIES TO IMITATE ACT & FALLS ON HORSE
|
| 01:50:15 576 |
MALE & FEMALE COUPLE STAND ON EACH OTHERS SHOULDERS
AS THEY RIDE ON BACK OF HORSE |
| 01:50:26 587 |
CLOWN IN BAREBACK ACT RIDES ON BACK OF HORSE WHILE
HOLDING HUGE BLOCK OF WOOD |
| 01:50:48 609 |
GYMNIST DOES SOMERSAULT WHILE RIDING ON BACK OF HORSE
|
| 01:50:52 613 |
CLOWN & ACROBATS DO VARIOUS FEATS OF JUMPING AND
STANDING ETC ALL WHILE RIDING HORSE |
| 01:52:06 687 |
CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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| 01:52:09 690 |
TIGHTWIRE ACT: MEN DO JUMPS AND FLIPS WHILE ON THE
HIGH WIRE |
| 01:52:36 717 |
ELEPHANT ACT: ELEPHANTS COME OUT, PRETTY WOMAN LIFTED
UP. ELEPHANTS STAND ON EACH OTHER, CRAWL UNDER EACH OTHER |
| 01:53:56 797 |
WOMAN LIES DOWN AS ELEPHANT LAYS ON TOP OF HER
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| 01:54:10 811 |
CLOWNS WANDER AROUND AS THE NET IS SET UP
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| 01:54:22 823 |
COUPLE GET INTO CANNON. HUMAN CANNONBALL
|
| 01:54:28 829 |
LITTLE KIDS WATCHING CIRCUS
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| 01:54:33 834 |
COUPLE GET SHOT OUT OF CANNON & LAND IN NET
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Year: 1949
Color: Black & White
Genre: FAIRS, CIRCUS & AMUSEMENT PARKS
Specialty CollectionGenre: FAIRS, CIRCUS & AMUSEMENT PARKS
Description: FOLLOWS THE CIRCUS TRAIN FROM THE TIME IT ARRIVES IN TOWN UNTIL THE END OF THE MATINEE. SHOWS THE ELEPHANTS WORKING TO HELP PUT UP THE HUGE CIRCUS TENT POLES, THE CLOWNS GETTING READY FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE, & THE VARIOUS FEATURE ACTS OF THE CIRCUS.
