Panic at the Circus

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1569A
Date Released
2 Jul 1959
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Ballroom Champions
  2. 2Satchmo Better
  3. 3Panic at the Circus
  4. 4The Lighter Side: Pass the Saucer
  5. 5The Lighter Side: Peter the Pup
  6. 6The Lighter Side: One for the River
  7. 7The Lighter Side: Crest of a Wave
  8. 8The Seaway Opened
  9. *Spastics’ Holiday Home

* Story has local or special distribution

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 8
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Panic at the Circus. DESCRIPTION: Fire broke out at a circus in Japan, and terror spread as rapidly as the flames. An elephant who was unchained in readiness for the performance, decided to bolt. Off she went through the crowd, knocking people down and injuring forty. No wonder there was panic at the circus! SHOTLIST: MS fire. MS firemen fighting blaze. MS crowds panicking. MS firemen fighting blaze. MS crowds panicking. SCU Japanese women. MS crowds. MS same. SCU elephant escaping. MS same running through crowds. MS same (2). CU crowds running. CU same. CU mother with child. CU Japanese girl. CU Japanese woman. CU two Japanese men. GV crowds watching fire.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Accidents and disasters; Animals
Locations
Japan
Footage sources
United States of America
Card file number
77535
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Length of story (in feet)
75
Story extras:
Film clip

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