The Cairoli Family Circus and Chipperfield's Circus Films, c1950 - 1959

Item

Reference code: 178D13.2

Scope and Contents

BBC1, Chipperfield Advance Film Unit. Colour, sound and background music. DVD 1 assorted clips of the Cairoli family circus acts including bareback riding, gymnastics and clowning, behind the scenes clips, circus scenes in French and narration about the 'white face clown' in English, narrated in German tv broadcast. BBC 1 programme on Robert Brothers Circus, narrated in English, showing circus scenes, performers and animals, 01:27:01 mins. DVD 2 Black and white footage of Chipperfields Circus and Menagerie, tenting tour 1951 and Chipperfield Circus on the Road 1956 and Chipperfield Tenting Tour 1959 documentaries, from Jim Stockley's private archive, including circus arriving and setting up and circus acts including The Golden Palominos and Fiery Jack introduced by John L. Chipperfield and animal acts such as elephants, polar bears, lions and tigers, no narration, presented on a classical music background, 01:01:52 mins. France, Salzburg (Austria) and England.

Dates

Creation: c1950 - 1959

Creator

Circus Friends Association of Great Britain (Established 1934) (Organisation)
British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) (Established 1920) (Organisation)

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in the NFCA reading room

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