Circus Town

Duration: 49 min.

Year Published: 1971

Creator: NATBRCO

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Shows how nearly 2,000 residents of Peru, Indiana, join together to present a full-length circus every summer. Includes scenes of auditions, training, rehearsals, and the acts themselves., Peru, Indiana was once the winter quarters of six American circuses and is the home of many retired circus performers who now train the town's young people for trapeze, high wire and clown acts. Each summer these young professionals (ages 6-18) gather to present a circus performance.

Complete Record: , Peru, Indiana was once the winter quarters of six American circuses and is the home of many retired circus performers who now train the town's young people for trapeze, high wire and clown acts. Each summer these young professionals (ages 6-18) gather to present a circus performance. NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.