Home Movie: 011325 (silent)

Description: Description: Expressive black-and-white photography of urban scenes in London precede a visit to the British countryside from Barnum & Bailey's Greatest Show on Earth circus. In London, a garment-maker's protest march is most noteworthy, and seen through this camera so too are the city streets, buses and children playing in parks. The documentation of the setup of circus production is most unique, showing the arrivals of animals, closeups of elephants, performers in costumes, and classic circus-motif paintings promoting sideshows. The camera is respectful toward performers of all kinds, those in sequins on wires and those performing on stage, with some expressing dwarfism. Reuse Statement: For information on reusing Prelinger Archives footage and obtaining written usage agreements, please visit www.prelinger.com. Subjects: 1920s, 1930s, Parades and processions, Cities, Strikes, Oddities, Performances Tags: London; city streets; Lloyds Bank; Lloyds of London; parades; streets; traffic; double decker buses; Royal Scots Dragoon Guards; Queens Guards; changing of the guards; horses; street scenes; ad for Harrod's on bus; downtowns; crowds; high angle photography; expressionist photography; labor; protests; protest marches; women's labor; sign Laceworkers Demand Safeguarding; city parks; children's activities; school groups; summer days; children's games; children walk on cup stilts; troops marching in street; British troops; troops wear kilts; World War 1 era uniforms; Windsor Castle; Round Tower; Edward III tower; circus trucks; man drives circus equipment into field; white horse; horse parade; working horses; circus horses being led to work; man rides two horses; step exercises; horse penis dangles; captive polar bears; side shows; elephants; snake charmers; acrobats; aerialists; trapeze artists; caged polar bears; sign Freida Pushnik armless legless girl; sign Alligator skin man; circus tents; sign You Are Now Entering the Greatest Show on Earth; elephant drinking water; animals drinking; Lippizzan horses; man expressing Dwarfism rides cart pulled by miniature ponies; women mount elephants; animal abuse; mock two headed horse; circus performers; American flag atop tent; men film and photograph circus performers; broadsides; salsa dance; juggling tricks; women with Dwarfism; snake handler; sword handler; emcee; woman wraps boa constrictor around her; tent interiors; trapeze artists; trapeze performers; man stands on head; carnies; Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey; Film Sponsor: Creator: Credits: Distributor: Contributor: Prelinger Archives Source Collection: Prelinger Archives Home Movie Collection Digitizing Sponsor: Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web (FFDW) and Internet Archive Production Date: circa early 1930s Release Date: Geographical Location: London, England; England; United Kingdom Genre/Form: home movie Language: Rights: Film Format: 16mm film Element: reversal Color: b&w Color Process: Sound or Silent: silent Film Soundtrack Type: mos Edge Code: circle triangle, square circle, triangle square, plus Frame Rate: 16 fps Length (feet): 322

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