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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
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Year: 1970  Color: Color
Genre: FAIRS, CIRCUS & AMUSEMENT PARKS

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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