Behind the Scenes

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1696A
Date Released
7 Dec 1961
Date Other
Dec 1961
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Behind the Scenes. DESCRIPTION: Before the circus comes to town, performers must be put through their paces again and again. And to judge by all that harness, there’s plenty of spit and polish to be done behind the scenes. Mrs Wilmar, the wardrobe mistress, has been playing her important circus role for 35 years. Behind the scenes, of-course! And here is Joan Kruse, rehearsing one of her teddy-bears, while a couple of clowns swap punches in a battle to bring the house down. SHOTLIST: Key scene. MS horses. GV harness. CU harness. GV two horses. MCU clowns. MS pan horses. MS horse. MS horse running round. CU woman. CU pan down woman. MS woman. MS bear. MCU ditto. GV bear and girl on toy horse. GV pan bear on bike. CU clown. MS two men boxing. MS boxer hits referee. CU clown. MCU boxer KO another. MS boxer taken away. MS ring master. MCU same. NB The boxers are midgets rehearsing a funny circus act.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure
Locations
London
Card file number
83553
Credits:
Camera
Ken Taylor
Commentator
Leslie Mitchell
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Behind the Scenes', British Movietone News Issue No. 1696A, 7 Dec 1961. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/24393 (Accessed 03 Mar 2025)