Big Top Farewell

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1961
Date Released
2 Jan 1967
Stories in this Issue:
  1. 1Boy Wonder Challenges the Master
  2. 2Olympia’s Fab!
  3. 3Early Birds Catch Bargains
  4. 4Big Top Farewell

Story

Story No. within this Issue
4 / 4
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: ‘Big Top Farewell’. DESCRIPTION: The Bertram Mills Circus has held a Winter Season at Olympia ever since 1920. But this year sees the end of an association that’s lasted nearly half a century. For the entertainment of all children on holiday - and their parents - Movietone presents the finale of one of the most popular Christmastime entertainments. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV elephants parade into ring followed by ‘tiger’ horses from act presented by Wilhelm Frochte. MS children in audience. GV ‘Schumann’s Liberty Horses’ jumping pole in ring. CU girl in audience. Zoom out Schumann’s Liberty horses stand on hind legs in ring. LS Elephant & ‘Tiger horse’ stand on hind legs. GV Three elephants & three ‘Tiger Horses’ walk around ring. CU girl in audience. LAS Mendez standing on Seitz’s shoulders on high wire. CU girls in audience. LAS Mendez jumps down onto wire without balancing pole. MCU girl in audience. MLS Rogana Foster’s balancing act at top of ladder. MS clown takes off trousers for boxing match. MLS Enrico & Ernesto boxing. MS boy laughing at clowns. MLS Enrico & Ernesto boxing. MS Bob Bramson juggling with hoops. LS ‘Binder Binder’ act on the springboard. MCU children in audience. MS ‘Les 2 Francesco’ clown troupe playing with fire. CU boy in audience. MLS ‘Enrico Caroli Troupe’ rider jumps through fired hoop. MCU girl watching. MLS girl riding horse bareback jumps backwards onto following horse. MCU children watching. MS pan bear from ‘Ruperts Bear Troupe’ rides bike around ring. CU girl laughing. MLS three bears driving in car. MLS Coco & the clowns enter ring in old ‘T’ Model Ford. MS Coco etc. in ring. MCU children in audience laughing at clowns. LS clowns in ring. MCU children in audience. MLS clowns leave ring in car. Bertram Mills Circus.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Stunts; Animals; Performing arts
Locations
London; Olympia; England
Card file number
91914
Credits:
Commentator
Franklin Engelmann
Camera
Ronald E. Collins
Length of story (in feet)
368
Story extras:
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