Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Christmas Time is Circus Time

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1020
Date Released
20 Dec 1948
Date submitted
16 Dec 1948
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Section Title
Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Christmas Time Is Circus Time. DESCRIPTION: At Olympia before an audience of children, the Bertram Mills’ stars and trained animals performed much to the children’s amusement. SHOTLIST: CUT STORY: KS Groups of clowns. Children seated in arena seats. Performers make their entry also several animals. Kids seated with thumbs in their mouths. Shots of clowns passing across arena. Kids seated - cut-ins. Elephants perform, playing cricket. CU kid types watching. Clowns performing. Kids laughing. Horses & ponies performing. Kids laughing. Several shots of chimpanzees performing, having tea party & doing balancing tricks. SCU person getting into cannon. Cut-in Reg Sutton dressed as a kid. Cannon smoke rising after firing. Person in the safety net. Unrideable mule races round arena, several try to mount him. Kids laughing. Clowns performing with buckets of water. Bertram Mills Circus.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Children; Animals
Locations
Olympia
Card file number
51225
Credits:
Camera
Godfrey Kenneth Hanshaw
Camera
Hilton Craig
Commentator
Lionel James Gamlin
Camera
Norman Fisher
Length of story (in feet)
239
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Movietone’s News - Reported by Lionel Gamlin: Christmas Time is Circus Time', British Movietone News Issue No. 1020, 20 Dec 1948. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/15486 (Accessed 02 Feb 2025)