00:01:09 1.37 |
SMALL TOWN CARNIVAL. CIRCUS. RIDES. ATTRACTIONS.
"SENGERS THE GREATEST STORE ON EARTH" |
00:01:28 21.37 |
AERIAL PERU, INDIANA, 1970. OVER CIRCUS BUILDING
TO COUNTRYSIDE. COUNTRY TOWN. FARMLAND. CENTRAL INDIANA |
00:01:38 31.37 |
CITY LIMITS SIGN "PERU, THE CIRCUS CITY"
|
00:01:42 35.37 |
COUPLE RIDES ON MOTORCYCLE, 1970
|
00:01:45 38.37 |
YOUNG TEEN LEARNS HOW TO RIDE UNICYCLE. GIRLS
RIDE BICYCLES |
00:01:51 44.37 |
KIDS TRAIN FOR CIRCUS. GIRLS IN EXERCISE CLASS.
DOING JUMPING JACKS. GIRL ROLLER SKATES PAST "CLOWN ALLEY". BOY RIDES MINIATURE PONY |
00:02:02 54.37 |
ZOOM IN SIGN ON BUILDING "CIRCUS CENTER MUSEUM
TICKET OFFICE" |
00:02:06 58.37 |
MEETING WITH CHILDREN AND HEAD TRAINER. GIVES
HIS PHILOSOPHY OF THE CIRCUS. |
00:02:30 82.37 |
MONTAGE TRAPEZE ARTISTS MISSING TRICKS, FALLING
INTO SAFETY NET. |
00:02:42 95.37 |
CU KIDS CONCENTRATE
|
00:02:44 97.37 |
HEAD TRAINER TALKS TO CHILDREN ON ORIENTATION
DAY |
00:03:10 122.37 |
KIDS WEAR SAFETY ROPES WHILE TRAINING ON TRAPEZE
ACT. GIRL MISSES PARTNER. LEARNING TRAPEZE SKILLS. TRAINER GIVES FEEDBACK. |
00:03:34 146.37 |
TUMBLING TRAINER WORKS WITH CHILDREN. COLIN
MURPHY. |
00:03:54 167.37 |
BOY LEARNING HOW TO PERFORM A BACK FLIP.
|
00:04:18 190.37 |
GIRLS LEARN HOW TO HANG FROM TRAPEZE.
|
00:05:38 270.37 |
YOUNG TEEN COUPLE LEARNS TRAPEZE SKILLS FROM
WILLIE WILNO RETIRED GERMAN HUMAN CANNONBALL |
00:06:40 332.37 |
OLD ADVERTISEMENT FOR "THE GREAT WILNO" HUMAN
PROJECTILE. STILLS HUMAN CANNONBALL |
00:07:06 358.37 |
PRE-TEEN CIRCUS PERFORMER PUTS MAKE-UP ON
|
00:07:17 369.37 |
SMALL TOWN CIRCUS. 1970. RINGMASTER ANNOUNCES
DOUBLE TRAPEZE ACT. AUDIENCE APPLAUDS. YOUNG TEEN COUPLE PERFORM DOUBLE TRAPEZE ACT. CU MEMBERS OF THE AUDIENCE WITH LOOKS OF TREPIDATION |
00:09:29 501.37 |
KIDS IN CLOWN SCHOOL. KIDS DRESSED AS CLOWNS
|
00:10:02 534.37 |
SMALL TOWN CIRCUS BAND REHEARSE CIRCUS PARADE
BAND MADE UP OF MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY |
00:10:31 564.37 |
TEEN CIRCA 1970 MAKES A PEACE SIGN WITH HIS
FINGERS |
00:10:33 566.37 |
"SIR OLIVER BOLIVER" RETIRED CIRCUS PERFORMER
TEACHES KIDS TRICKS, STUNTS ON THE TRAMPOLINE. |
00:11:21 613.37 |
11 YEAR OLD GIRL ON TRAPEZE, FATHER SPOTS HER
AND TEACHERS HER. |
00:12:34 686.37 |
TEENAGERS LEARN HOW TO SWING ON BAR, LEARNING
HOW TO USE FLYING TRAPEZE |
00:13:54 767.37 |
PRE-TEEN GIRL WITH ARM IN CAST, BROKEN ARM SITS
AND WATCHES OTHER KIDS. |
00:14:18 790.37 |
CU PAINT BRUSH, PAINTING. RETIRED CIRCUS PAINTER
ART JOHNS TRIES TO CHEER UP GIRL WITH BROKEN ARM WHO CAN'T PERFORM |
00:14:46 818.37 |
AERIAL OVER CIRCUS WINTER QUARTERS, PERU,
INDIANA |
00:14:49 822.37 |
CIRCUS WINTER QUARTERS. BARNS
|
00:14:57 830.37 |
LOTS OF LAMBS, SHEEP IN BARN
|
00:15:13 845.37 |
CU CURIOUS LAMB SNIFFING AT CAMERA
|
00:15:17 849.37 |
PAN CORN FIELDS. BARNS IN B/G
|
00:15:25 857.37 |
CIRCUS PAINTER PAINTS MINIATURE CIRCUS CAGES
PULLED BY HORSES. BEATTY FIGHTING TRAINED TIGERS. |
00:15:45 877.37 |
CU NAMES OF SHOWS ON SIDEBOARDS. HAGENBECK-WALLACE
CIRCUS. COLE BROTHERS. SELLS-FLOTO. |
00:15:49 881.37 |
CU CIRCUS PAINTER PAINTING GIRL'S ARM CAST. CU
DIPPING PAINT BRUSH IN PAINT JAR. |
00:16:09 901.37 |
WILLIE WILNO TRAINS GIRL AERIALIST.
|
00:16:29 921.37 |
CU TEEN WEARING PEACE SIGN NECKLACE
|
00:16:33 925.37 |
KIDS LEARN LOW CASTING TRAPEZE, PRE-TRAPEZE
TRAINING |
00:17:32 984.37 |
MANY GIRLS ON SINGLE BICYCLE. LEARNING CIRCUS TRICK
RIDING |
00:17:40 992.37 |
GIRLS TRAINING FOR ANCHOR'S ACT. TRAPEZE IN THE
SHAPE OF AN ANCHOR. |
00:18:30 1042.37 |
TEEN PRACTICE QUARTET ADAGIO. SMALL 10 YEAR OLD
GIRL USED AS A JUMP ROPE, TEEN BOY JUMPS OVER GIRL JUMP ROPE. LITTLE GIRL THROWN UP IN THE AIR |
00:18:51 1063.37 |
11 YEAR OLD LEARNS BACK FLIP USING SAFETY ROPES
|
00:19:00 1072.37 |
YOUNGEST PERFORMER, 6 YEAR OLD TRAINS WITH OLDER
BOYS |
00:19:38 1110.37 |
TEENAGED BOYS & GIRLS TRAIN FOR THE FLYING
TRAPEZE CIRCUS ACT. |
00:21:52 1245.37 |
BOY TRIES DOUBLE SOMERSAULT, MISSES PARTNER'S
HANDS, FALLS INTO SAFETY NET |
00:22:12 1264.37 |
TRAINER SITS WITH KIDS, GIVING BOY FEEDBACK WHY
HE MISSED THE CATCH. KIDS LEARN ABOUT THEIR MISTAKES & HOW TO FIX THEM |
00:22:57 1310.37 |
TEENAGERS PRACTICE DOUBLE SOMERSAULT TRAPEZE
TRICK |
00:24:04 1376.37 |
SANDY FERGUSON, GRANDDAUGHTER OF CLYDE BEATTY
PRACTICES ROLLING GLOBE ACT. |
00:24:20 1392.37 |
GIRL TEACHES OTHERS ON WEB ACT.
|
00:25:11 1443.37 |
TEEN COUPLE TRAIN ON HIGHWIRE. ECU BARE FEET ON
TIGHTROPE. |
00:25:43 1475.37 |
CU BARE FEET ON LOG. TEENS AT THE LOCAL SWIMMING
HOLE. BOYS PUSH EACH OTHER INTO THE WATER. LOG WALKING. LEARNING BALANCE. ROPE AS BELT |
00:26:21 1513.37 |
CLEANCUT TEENAGE BOY PLAYS GUITAR AND SINGS TO
YOUNGER KIDS. 1970. SONG ABOUT THE CIRCUS. CU HAPPY LAUGHING CHILDREN |
00:26:50 1542.37 |
TEENAGERS PERFORM ON DOUBLE TRAPEZE, LONG LADDER
TYPE APPARATUS |
00:27:23 1575.37 |
CU PAINT ROLLER. PAINTING CIRCUS TENT.
|
00:27:29 1581.37 |
PRE-SHOW PREPARATIONS. OLD LADY SEWS BEADS AND
BOBBLES ONTO COSTUME. GIRL SEWS ON SEWING MACHINE. MAKING CIRCUS ACT COSTUMES. WARDROBE. |
00:27:40 1592.37 |
TEENAGERS MAKING CIRCUS SAFETY NET
|
00:27:50 1602.37 |
KIDS SPREADING SAWDUST ON CIRCUS TENT FLOOR
|
00:27:57 1609.37 |
SMALL TOWN AMATEUR CIRCUS WRAP RUN-THROUGH, FINAL
REHEARSAL BEFORE THE CIRCUS. TRAPEZE ACTS. THE NECK LOOP. CU SPINNING SAUCERS. ROUGH RUN THROUGH. KIDS DISAPPOINTED. GERMAN TRAINER SAYS "THAT SURE WAS A DISGRACE" |
00:32:10 1862.37 |
YOUNG PERFORMERS NOMINATE THEIR CHOICES FOR KING
AND QUEEN OF THE CIRCUS. GIRL AND BOY STAND AS THEIR NAMES ARE CALLED. KIDS APPLAUD AND SCREAM SECRET BALLOT. |
00:33:04 1916.37 |
KING AND QUEEN OF THE CIRCUS MAKE THEIR ENTRANCE,
CROWNED |
00:33:31 1943.37 |
BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF CIRCUS, PERFORMERS APPLY
MAKE-UP |
00:33:38 1950.37 |
"AND NOW IT'S CIRCUS TIME!" RINGMASTER, CIRCUS
BAND. |
00:33:43 1956.37 |
GIRL PERFORMS THE NECK LOOP
|
00:34:03 1975.37 |
KIDS BACKSTAGE HURRY TO PUT ON COSTUMES AND
MAKE-UP BOY PUTS ON CLOWN WIG. |
00:34:07 1979.37 |
GIRL PERFORMS ROLLING GLOBE ACT. GYMNASTS
PERFORM TUMBLING EXHIBITION. MANY GIRLS ON SINGLE BICYCLE BALANCING ACT. |
00:34:18 1990.37 |
MANY AERIALISTS PERFORM SIMULTANEOUSLY. PLATE
SPINNING ACT. DOUBLE TRAPEZE ACT. CU PLATE SMASHING ON GROUND. SMALL TOWN AMATEUR CIRCUS ACTS. CU UPSIDE DOWN GIRL. WEB ACT. QUARTET ADAGIO. |
00:35:59 2092.37 |
YOUNG GIRL CLOWN CHECKS HER MAKE UP JOB IN MIRROR
|
00:36:03 2095.37 |
HIGH CASTING TRAPEZE ACT. ONE GIRL MISSES AND
FALLS INTO SAFETY NET. |
00:36:41 2133.37 |
HIGH WIRE ACT, AERIALIST RIDES BICYCLE ON
TIGHTROPE |
00:36:47 2139.37 |
FLYING TRAPEZE ACT, AMATEUR CIRCUS PERFORMERS.
|
00:36:54 2146.37 |
HIGH WIRE ACT. GIRL BALANCES ON BOY'S SHOULDERS
WHILE HE WALKS THE TIGHTROPE |
00:37:00 2152.37 |
TIGHTROPE WALKER WALKS HIGHWIRE BLINDFOLDED
|
00:37:16 2168.37 |
CIRCUS RINGMASTER ANNOUNCES CIRCUS CLOWNS
|
00:37:21 2173.37 |
AMATEUR CIRCUS CLOWNS OF ALL AGES PERFORM
|
00:38:13 2225.37 |
CIRCUS FLYERS, AMATEUR CIRCUS FLYING TRAPEZE
ACT. |
00:39:54 2326.37 |
BOY TRIES TO PERFORM THE DOUBLE SOMERSAULT
TRAPEZE TRICK, SLOW MOTION TRAPEZE ARTIST MISSES PARTNER'S HANDS, FALLS INTO SAFETY NET. CU FRIGHTENED FACE OF YOUNG BOY |
00:40:13 2345.37 |
AMATEUR TRAPEZE ARTIST GETS BACK UP TO TRY THE
DOUBLE SOMERSAULT TRAPEZE TRICK AGAIN. THIS TIME IS SUCCESSFUL. AUDIENCE GIVES HEARTY APPLAUSE KIDS JUMP UP & DOWN FOR JOY. CIRCUS BAND PLAYS ROUSING NUMBER |
00:41:38 2431.37 |
BEHIND-THE-SCENES OF AMATEUR CIRCUS, BACKSTAGE
KIDS CONGRATULATE TEEN WHO PERFORMED DOUBLE SOMERSAULT TRAPEZE TRICK. GIRLS CRY TEARS OF JOY. KIDS IN THE CONGRATULATE EACH OTHER. SAPPY |
00:43:23 2535.37 |
FILM ENDS
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Description: SHOWS THE RESIDENTS OF PERU, INDIANA JOIN TOGETHER TO PRESENT A FULL-LENGTH CIRCUS EVERY SUMMER. PERU WAS ONCE THE WINTER QUARTERS OF 6 AMERICAN CIRCUSES, AND IS STILL THE HOME OF MANY RETIRED CIRCUS PERFORMERS WHO ACT AS TRAINERS FOR TRAPEZE, HIGH WIRE, TUMBLING & CLOWN ACTS. SCENES OF AUDITIONS, TRAINING SESSIONS, REHEARSALS, AND THE FINAL ACTS REVEAL THE TENSION, DISCOURAGEMENT, HARD WORK AND EXHILARATION
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