Big Top Preview

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
1801A
Date Released
12 Dec 1963
Date submitted
7 Dec 1963
Date submitted
9 Dec 1963
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
3 / 3
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Big Top Preview. DESCRIPTION: Final rehearsals for the Bertram Mills Circus, before they leave their Winter quarters at Ascot for their Christmas season at Olympia. The resident Do-It-Yourself team give themselves a proper pasting and the circus poodles line up for their Christmas boxes. SHOTLIST: Key scene. GV horse act round ring. CU same. MS same. MS pan chimpanzee doing handstand. MS another playing the drums. GV chimps’ band. CU chimp playing trumpet. MCU another playing piano. MS clown with wallpaper. MCU midget clown. MS clown splashing midget clown. MCU midget. MCU 2 midgets throwing plaster. MS clown down ladder. MCU poodle act. GV elephant act. MS same. GV elephants with babies. CU ring master. GV elephants. MS girl climbing on elephant. LS same standing on elephant.
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Curiosities; Animals
Locations
Ascot; Berkshire
Card file number
87655
Credits:
Commentator
Geoffrey Sumner
Camera
Mark McDonald
Length of story (in feet)
218
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Big Top Preview', British Movietone News Issue No. 1801A, 12 Dec 1963. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/25358 (Accessed 01 Feb 2025)