1949FAIRS, CIRCUS & AMUSEMENT PARKS
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.
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HIGH ANGLE SHOT OF HUGE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE TRAIN ENGINE PULLING INTO STATION PULLING MANY TRAIN CARS
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COLE BROTHERS CIRCUS TRAIN FLAT-BED TRAIN CARS WITH VARIOUS EQUIPMENT ON IT.
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HUGE CROWD OF MEN & BOYS AT TRAIN STATION LINED UP WATCHING THE ARRIVAL OF THE CIRCUS TRAIN
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LARGE WORK HORSE IS LEAD OUT OF TRAIN CAR
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TEAM OF HORSES PULL WAGONS & OTHER THINGS OFF TRAIN CARS. BILLBOARDS VISIBLE BEHIND TRAIN
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ELEPHANTS LEAD OUT OF TRAIN BOX CARS. BIG BLANCH
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CU FACES OF ELEPHANTS
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MEN RIDE ELEPHANTS THROUGH STREETS OF SMALL TOWN AMERICA
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TRACTOR PULLS TENT POLE WAGON ON CIRCUS GROUNDS
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MEN RIDING HERD OF ELEPHANTS ARRIVE AT CIRCUS GROUNDS
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MEN PUTTING UP TENT POLES
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ELEPHANT PULLS ROPES & CHAINS TO RAISE CENTER POLE OF THE BIG TOP TENT
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MANY MAN POUND ON STAKE OF TENT POLE WITH SLEDGEHAMMERS
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OTHER MEN USE STEAM-DRIVEN MACHINE TO DRIVE IN TENT STAKE POLES
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MEN & BOYS UNROLL CANVAS FOR THE CIRCUS TENT
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ELEPHANT HELPS TO UNROLL CIRCUS TENT
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CAMEL STANDING AROUND BY CIRCUS CART
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MEN & BOYS FROM THE TOWN PULLING OUT ALL THE CANVAS FOR THE TENT
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CIRCUS WORKERS STICHING TOGETHER PIECES OF TENT WITH LARGE PIECES OF ROPE
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ELEPHANTS STANDING AROUND WHILE TOWNSPEOPLE FEED THEM
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BOYS HELP TO PUT SIDE POLES AROUND THE EDGES OF TENT
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TENT IS SLOWLY RAISED TO TOP OF POLE
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ELEPHANT PULLING AT ROPES TO RAISE TENT
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INTERIOR OF TENT AS THE ROOF IS RAISES HIGHER
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ELEPHANTS INSIDE TENT PULL ON ROPES TO RAISE INTERIOR POLES
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PAN ACROSS TOP OF BIG TOP TENT WITH VARIOUS COUNTRIES FLAGS INCLUDING AMERICAN FLAG
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MAIN ENTRANCE TENT & BANNER RAISED: "THE GREATEST CIRCUS ON EARTH, MAIN ENTRANCE"
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ORNATE CALLIOPIE WAGON PLAYING MUSIC PAN TO CIRCUS MIDWAY WITH MAIN ENTRANCE & SIDE SHOW BANNERS
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BARKER AT SIDE SHOW ENTRANCE SELLING TICKETS
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CIRCUS GOERS STANDING AROUND OUTSIDE ENTRANCE
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BOYS STANDING BY BOOTHS OF GAMES OF CHANCE
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BARKER IN FRONT OF SIDE SHOW BANNER ADVERTISING PROF. BROWNE'S MINSTREL JUBILEE
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BLACK MUSICIANS WITH TAMBOURINES
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SWORD SWALLOWER
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BOYS LINE UP & BUY TICKETS FOR SIDE SHOW
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MAN BACKSTAGE IN DRESSING ROOM LOOKS IN MIRROR AS HE UNDOES HIS TIE & GETS UNDRESSED
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PUTTING ON CLOWN WHITE MAKE-UP.
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VARIOUS SHOTS OF CLOWNS GETTING READY: PUTTING ON MAKE-UP, RED NOSE, DWARF CLOWN, MAKING FACES IN MIRROR
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PEOPLE LINED UP OUTSIDE MAIN ENTRANCE WAITING TO GET IN
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CU AS CLOWNS ENTER TENT
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CIRCUS BAND PLAYS
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AUDIENCE MEMBERS SITTING IN STANDS, GIRLS EATING COTTON CANDY
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CLUSTER OF BALLOONS
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BOXER DOGS PLAYING BASKETBALL WITH BALLOON. STUPID PET TRICKS
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CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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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 |
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ACROBATS SPIN HIGH ABOVE CROWD BY THEIR TEETH
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ACROBAT FAMILY JUMPING ON SEESAW & LANDING ON EACH OTHERS SHOULDERS
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CLOWNS ACTING SILLY IN THREE RING CIRCUS
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PRANCING HORSES RUN AROUND AND LEAN ON EACH & REAR UP ON THEIR HINDS LEGS
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CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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AERIAL BALLET: WOMEN SPIN THEMSELVES HIGH ABOVE CROWD ON ROPES
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TINY TRAINED PONIES RACE AROUND INSIDE OF CIRCUS TENT
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FEMALE RIDER STANDS ON BACK OF HORSES WHILE DRIVING TEAM OF 16 HORSES
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CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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ACROBATIC BAREBACK ACT: WOMAN FLIPS & JUMPS ON & OFF HORSE AS IT RUNS AROUND RING
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SILLY CLOWN TRIES TO IMITATE ACT & FALLS ON HORSE
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MALE & FEMALE COUPLE STAND ON EACH OTHERS SHOULDERS AS THEY RIDE ON BACK OF HORSE
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CLOWN IN BAREBACK ACT RIDES ON BACK OF HORSE WHILE HOLDING HUGE BLOCK OF WOOD
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GYMNIST DOES SOMERSAULT WHILE RIDING ON BACK OF HORSE
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CLOWN & ACROBATS DO VARIOUS FEATS OF JUMPING AND STANDING ETC ALL WHILE RIDING HORSE
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CIRCUS AUDIENCE APPLAUSE
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TIGHTWIRE ACT: MEN DO JUMPS AND FLIPS WHILE ON THE HIGH WIRE
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ELEPHANT ACT: ELEPHANTS COME OUT, PRETTY WOMAN LIFTED UP. ELEPHANTS STAND ON EACH OTHER, CRAWL UNDER EACH OTHER
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WOMAN LIES DOWN AS ELEPHANT LAYS ON TOP OF HER
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CLOWNS WANDER AROUND AS THE NET IS SET UP
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COUPLE GET INTO CANNON. HUMAN CANNONBALL
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LITTLE KIDS WATCHING CIRCUS
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COUPLE GET SHOT OUT OF CANNON & LAND IN NET
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