News in Colour: Bertram Mills Circus

Series

Series Name

British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.

1907

Date Released

20 Dec 1965

Stories in this Issue:

1. 1Queen High and Dry
2. 2What’s New in Pussy Cats?
3. 3Britain Tracks the Moon Men
4. 4News in Colour: Bertram Mills Circus

Story

Story No. within this Issue

4 / 4

Section Title

News in Colour

Summary

MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: News in Colour - Bertram Mills Circus. DESCRIPTION: Pictures show some of the acts from the famous Bertram Mills Circus at Olympia. SHOTLIST: MLS elephants in ring. MCU ditto. CU boy eating iced lolly. MS elephant balancing on one leg. CU elephant’s head. CU girl in crowd. MS elephant balancing on one leg. MS juggler balancing on wire catching cups on his hand. MS girl throwing cups. MS juggler catching cups. CU boy eating orange. LS juggler catching cups. MCU clown balancing chair on his nose. MS clown bouncing chair along. CU ditto. MCU sea lions catching and balancing balls on their noses. LS ditto. CU ditto. LS ditto. Pan clown feeding goldfish to two other clowns. MS seal and trainer. CU small girl clapping. MS white horses in mist enclosed ring. MS ditto. MS children. MS horses jumping flag. MCU small boy and girl clapping. LA trapeze artist climbing up to trapeze. MS clown and children looking up. LA trapeze artist performing on trapeze. MCU clown and children looking up. MS chimps on roundabout powered by another chimp. MCU ditto. MS children clapping. MS chimps dancing round totem pole dressed as Indians. MCU small boy blowing his nose. LS dogs playing football. MCU small children laughing. MS pan dogs playing football. Pan ditto. MCU ditto. CU boy laughing. MLS dogs playing football.

Keywords

Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Stunts; Animals

Locations

London; Olympia

Card file number

90588

Credits:

Commentator

Leslie Mitchell

Camera

Norman Fisher

Length of story (in feet)

260

Story extras:

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