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A Dog’s Life, Arabian Nights, Nose for News, Not My Wife!, Badland Big‘eads, and Shoulder Arms Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box: Noel Drewe Box 26
Reference code: 178D5.255

Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, Tandberg. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Including; Charles Chaplin in Charlie at the Dances extract from 'A Dog’s Life', and Charlie’s parcel from home extract from 'Shoulder Arms'. Sally in bath extract from 'Not My Wife!'. Pamela Green in 'Badland Big‘eads', a Harrison Marks comedy. Women wrestlers extract from 'Arabian Nights'. Also features animal scenes including dog and parade, seal swimming, lion, birds and penguins, and a waterfall scene.

Dates

  • Creation: c1907 - 2001

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s)

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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