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Moscow State Circus, That's Entertaining, Gerry Cottle Circus, Chinese Circus, 20th Circus Festival and Cirque de Main Films, 1988 - 1997

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Reference code: 178D13.19

Scope and Contents

A BBC TV production in association with the Entertainment Corporation, Channel 4, BBC Sctoland Hand Pict Productions, WDR, Telmondis, France 3. Colour, sound and background music. DVD1 Moscow State Circus from Battersea Park, London, introduced by David Hibling, contains narration by Charles Nove, circus acts including equestrian, acrobatics, trapeze and comedy, interviews with circus performers in Russian with subtitles in English 1988, followed by That's Entertaining documentary on Gerry Cottle's Circus presented and narrated by Richard Cawley, showing circus acts in the ring and behind the scenes footage, contains interviews with circus staff and a party in the circus 1990, followed by scenes from a Chinese Circus showing circus acts and rehersals narrated by the performers and translated into English, the show includes acrobatics, plate spinning, comedy, a Chinese dragon and gymnastics and has a Chinese music sound track 1992, 2:20:53 mins. DVD2, colour, sound and background music. 20 Zircusfestival, Paris, Zircus Von Morgen presented by Dagmar Berghoff in German, showing a range of different circuses and circus acts including acrobatics, aerial acts, juggling, gymnastics, Chinese circus, clowning, contorsionism and interviews with some of the performers, followed by tv documentary and ice skating scene from a German musical film and British tv, 3:22:47 mins.

Dates

  • Creation: 1988 - 1997

Creator

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

Extent

2 Item(s) (DVD, 2 discs)

Language of Materials

English

German

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Cultural context

Occupation

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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