Circus Animals

Duration:

Year Published: 1948

Creator: Academy Films

Complete Record: Trainer loading elephants off of Train boxcar. There’s a sign that reads “Bailey’s Circus”. Men loading horses off of boxcars, lining them up. Men on horses herding a large group of horses past the train. Elephants tied to the tents with ropes, erecting the tent. Elephant unfurling a rolled up tent. Man feeding hay to horses in a trough. Man giving horses hay from a bucket. Horse rider in costume displays horse tricks in front of the circus tent. MED of a two-humped camel. Another camel looks at the camera. Men leading a giraffe by a rope. Shot of tigers in small cages with “Clvde Beatty Circus” on a sign above them. MED of two tigers pacing. CU of a lion sitting in a cage. Lion roaring in a cage. Two men feed lions and tigers. Lions and tigers eat the meat. Tiger licks it’s paws and cleans it’s face. MED of polar bears in cages. CU of a few polar bears in a cage. A shirtless man feeds them. Elephants dipping their trunks into barrels of water, spraying it on themselves. Elephant getting water from a spigot on a truck, spraying himself. A big group of elephants eating hay. Elephant trainer cleaning elephant with dust and a broom. The elephant lays down. Trainer sweeps his hide. Elephant kneels as trainer fits him with regalia. Elephants in a line, trunk to tail, wearing hats (top hats and feminine hats). Elephant in top hat standing on nose. Elephants in hats standing on hind legs. The End.