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5) 0155.0006 [Kodascope excerpts]
Collection formerly called 'Seavey Collection' Shots from a circus showing a tightrope walker [Herbert Kenney's uncle was a tightrope walker by profession]. Shots include a bala...
8) 0252.0079 [Howard Kane--home movies] Reel 79
NHF notes as follows. Can/reel/box annotations appear in quotes. Reel 79: (50 ft., dc 1935) Barnett Bros. three-ring circus. Two men lead elephant from tent and make print o...
21) 0307 cat. 1001-06-WABI-54 Barnum and Bailey Circus
New York City: Circus at Madison Square Garden including children riding elephants, a parade through streets. Narrated with music.
10) 0318 cat.0013-06-WABI-59 Wild Animal Circus
Wild animal circus. Shots of caged elephants, camels, llamas, leopard and zebra. Also elephants performing, and clowns dressing child in clown costume.
7) 0401 cat. 0080-08-WABI-64 Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots through cage bars of leopards performing with a trainer including a balancing act, jumping through fire hoops and playing.
13) 0410 cat. 0081-10-WABI-64 Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots of International Hippodrome Circus including performers' trailer, a boy with a dog, people on a trampoline, people talking, and a man looking at a drum set.
7) 0416 cat. 1036-15-WABI-64 Circus at Brewer
Brewer: Shots of International Hippodrome Circus including performers' trailer, a boy with a dog, people on a trampoline, people talking, and a man looking at a drum set, woman ...
8) 0431 cat. 1012-05-WABI-61 Circus
Circus including clown with audience, tiger in a cage, circus entrance, crowd entering, Clyde Beatty-Cole Bros. Circus sign, elephants, giraffes, camels, woman with monkey.
35) 0565 cat. 0038-02-WABI-59 Cerebral Palsy Children
Children roller skating, at circus, at day camp, at YMCA pool, and at the United Cerebral Palsy Center.
45) 0726.0008 [unidentified--home movies] Reel 8
NHF cataloguer's notes (reel numbers are NHF-assigned): Reel 8: Circus. Zoo. Mountain scenes. A small-town parade. Four-masted schooner 'Seth Parker' open to the public. Isl...
17) 0751.0018 [Wilbur Senter--home movies] Reel 18
Amateur footage. Can notes (quoted) and reel notes as follows; reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 18: 'Circus and ski jumping reel.' Robbins Brothers Circus. National Ski J...
13) 0780.0006 [Sawyer--home movies] Reel 006
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows (box/reel notes in quotes, reel numbers are NHF-assigned). Reel 6: 'Jo and John in boat, rainbow, Mt. Washington, air circus ; ca. 1939'. Lengt...;Scenes of rainbow. Man and woman in canoe and then in motor boat. Some airplane stunts and parachutist, but these are poor quality. Views of mountains and surrounding area.
12) 1140.0460 [Circus Sets Up at Bangor Auditorium]
Circus equipment set up at Bangor Auditorium. Performer practices on trapeze. Footage of ponies and elephants, tigers in cages.
11) 1140.0463 [Shrine Circus in Bangor]
Opening night of Shrine Circus at Bangor Auditorium. Footage of tigers, trapeze artists.
1) 1229.0003 [Charles Gilbert--home movies] NHF Reel 003
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Intertitles in quotes; film box notes/dates in parentheses. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 3: (Circus). (1929). (10:17). Two women sittin...
58) 1229.0009 [Charles Gilbert--home movies] NHF Reel 009
NHF cataloguer's notes as follows. Film box notes/dates in parentheses. Reel numbers are NHF-assigned. Reel 9: (Circus.) (1929.) (37:32) Circus parade, animals in wagons. Trolle...
17) 1323.0002 [Henry P. Rines--home movies] Reel 2
Can notes: 'Fair--Chipman property. White Mountains. 1928.' // Shrunken, fairly heavy edge damage. // Scenes of harness racing track. Horse racing. Shots of horse drawn carriage...
2) 1323.0012 [Philip Thompson--home movies] Reel 012
Label: 'Maine State Pier--Waterfront Park Boston--Haymarket Square [Boston]--Ringling Bros. Circus--Portland Waterfront. 1980.' (5:08.51). Maine Pier. Harbor. Ships docks. Water...
25) 1688.0009 [Annie Wood Nowell--home movies] Reel 9
Notes from can: 3A. Burr House & Circus; Win. '27, Dux. '27; Burr House; Coffins; Garfields; Masquerade; N's Hair cut. 6 yrs.; Jumble Gym [?]; Swims; Shown at Dux. party '44...;Intertitles: '58416', 'WINCHESTER, SPRING 1927 NANCY 1 YR. 9 MOS. OLD'. A toddler (Nancy) playing indoors. Nancy playing in the garden. Two girls walking outdoors. Nancy in the ...
4) 1906.0002 [Belfast Movie Queen footage] Reel 2
Label on can "Fire Dept. Steamer, Boston Boat, Steamer Belfast, Pygmy Circus,-Parade & Show, Belfast Dam Bursts" Color footage of fire department steam engine and hose dem...
10) 1944 Collecting America: Folk Art and the Shelburne Museum
Tour of folk art museum in Shelburne, Vt. including reproduction of Vermont in the 1930s as actors portray collector Electra Hevameyer Webb and associates going to barn to colle...
22) 2002-013.0002 Florida, family scenes, circus--Julia Crafts Sheridan--home movies. Reel 2
Florida boat; man with two fish. Florida farm scenes, flowers, women. Picnic at picnic table, 8 or so adults. Views of Barnum & Bailey Circus with elephants and other animals. ...
23) 2509.0001 Summer of '72, 1972--Linda Stearns--home movies, Reel 1
Among things on the footage is a performance of "The Circus" by Polly Thomas School of Dance. It was filmed summer of 1972. Nearly a decade later is some footage from the Airp...;Circus performers and dancers on a field, with people seated around the edge. Recording equipment. A circus performance. A man with a camera. A clown leads a dance procession. (...;Birthday - RED DOLL Cake "3"
26) 2790.0001 [Roger Inman Film]
[The film is water damaged and some images are obscured.] A series of “magic tricks” accomplished with film editing: A trick with a bottle. A woman appears, standing on a table....
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