Circus Day In Our Town (1949)

February 18, 2009 · By admin

Scenes of a big three-ring circus include the arrival, the parade, unloading, tent raising and highlights of the show itself. This film has amazing footage of a circus coming into a town, the townspeople helping with construction of the circus tents, the clowns preparing for their performance and the variety of circus acts and the crowds viewing them. ” Circus Day in Our Town

This film has amazing footage of a circus coming into a town, the townspeople helping with construction of the circus tents, the clowns preparing for their performance and the variety of circus acts and the crowds viewing them.

A circus train pulling into a station. Circus carts being rolled off the train. Elephants walking down train ramps.
An elephant pulling up a long wooden pole with ropes.
Men pounding in stakes with mallets
A machine pounding in stakes.
A group of men unrolling a large piece of canvas, pulling on the canvas.
An elephant unrolling a bundle of canvas.
A trailer that plays calliope music
A sword swallower
Man putting his clown face on, looking in a mirror
a marching band
two girls eating cotton candy
dogs playing “”basketball”" with a balloon
Crowd seated inside the “”big top”", clapping
A rollerskating duo, man spins in circles while holding a woman by his teeth, she is spinning suspended in the air, twirling
trapeze artists
acrobats
clowns, prancing horses, an aerial ballet
woman in a tutu does a bareback act, clown in a bareback act, human pyramid on horseback
tight wire dance, elephant act, elephant laying on a woman
human bullets into the barrel of a cannon, shooting out into a net

13:17:01
Elephants coming out of boxcar
13:17:54
Father letting small child be nuzzled by circus elephant
13:18:35
Circus tent entrance
13:19:05
Sideshow entrance
13:19:17
Minstrel show tent
13:19:24
Little African American boys standing in front of minstrel show poster
13:19:28
Sword swallower

13:20:00
Clowns putting on makeup
13:30:17
MCU Clowns coming out of tent
13:21:17
Short crowd shot
13:21:19
Roller skating tricks
13:21:34
MLS aerial lady acrobats
13:21:52
Group of acrobats in Russian costumes
13:22:22
MCU Clowns
13:23:37
MCU Horses rearing up right in front of trainer
13:23:47
aerial ballet
13:24:24
Female bareback rider (in a tutu)
13:24:39
Clown falling (almost) off horse
13:24:56
More clowns on horseback
13:25:36
Man standing sideways on horseback (nice clear shot)
13:26:02
Clown walks off back of horse
13:26:38
Wobbly tightrope walker
13:26:59
Tightrope walker nearly falls
13:27:05
MCU Elephants feet and legs
13:28:18
Elephant gets on top of circus lady
13:28:28
CU Lady’s face with elephant feet
13:28:42
Human cannonball preparation [crowd shot of kids]
13:28:54
More cannonball preparation
13:29:09
MLS Human cannonballs shoot out”",,02/15/09 02:30 PM,”1940s