Circus Time

Series

Series Name
British Movietone News

Issue

Issue No.
2329A
Date Released
24 Jan 1974
Stories in this Issue:

Story

Story No. within this Issue
5 / 5
Summary
MOVIETONE CARD TITLE: Circus Time. DESCRIPTION: All the thrills of the Big Top, come to West Berlin. SHOTLIST: SV pan man riding single wheeled bike (unicycle). SV pan zebras round arena. SV man on horse rides through sheet of paper. SV tiger jumps on back of rhino. STV pan tiger on back of rhino whilst it goes round arena. SV tiger on back of rhino. Trainer holding lead to tiger. SV crowd applauding. STV trainer in cage with tiger. Tiger jumps onto back of trainer & off again and back again. CU tiger. SV tiger lying on legs of trainer, another tiger up & it sits on his legs. STV tigers on trainer’s legs, tiger up to trainer’s head, it sits & trainer rests head on it. SV pan elephant banging drum with trunk & banging symbol with front foot and back to trainer. SV pan elephant up & under stick. SV elephant on hind legs & down, man jumps on back. SV pan elephant onto arena, elephant’s foot onto see-saw, thus sending man onto back of another elephant. SV crowd applaud. SV pan 2 tightrope walkers through air on swings, caught by two others on swings, they somersault back to swings. SV pan 2 acrobats off
Keywords
Entertainment and leisure; Stunts; Animals; Performing arts
Locations
Berlin
Footage sources
France
Card file number
99629
Credits:
Commentator
Leonard Martin
Length of story (in feet)
152
Story extras:
Film clip

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'Circus Time', British Movietone News Issue No. 2329A, 24 Jan 1974. https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/newsonscreen/search/index.php/story/30208 (Accessed 31 Jan 2025)