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Zoos

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: NFCA use for zoos and zoological gardens

Found in 46 Collections and/or Records:

Shooting Wild on Access Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 20: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.194
Scope and Contents

Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 200 Feet. Black and White, Silent. Note on box reads, "Seen at the Zoo and Caught Snapping".

Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

The Iron Mule, Be My King, Winchester 73, The Golf Nut, Stagecoach, Honest Horace, The Stuntman, Misbehaving Husbands, and Hit or Miss Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 30: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.289
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm, 350 feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from comercial films. Includes; Al St.John in the 'Iron Mule'. Lupino Lane in 'Be My King'. James Stewart and Millard Mitchell in 'Winchester 73'. Billy Bevan in 'Honest Horace' and 'The Golf Nut'. John Wayne and Claire Tervor in 'Stagecoach'. Ben Turpin in 'The Stuntman'. Ken Maynard and Bobby Vernon in 'Hit or Miss'. Also features animal scenes including; peacocks from...
Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Trade and Advertising Material, c1900 - 1999

 Series
Reference code: 178I22
Scope and Contents

A range of items of promotion and advertising from a range of circus companies and performers, including artistes' photographs with act descriptions used for seeking employment in circuses and pamphlets advertising independent performances and circus companies' literature and souvenirs for public distribution and promotion including Gerry Cottle's Circus, Belle Vue, Blackpool Tower, Bertram Mills Circus, Gandey's, Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey, Knie and many more.

Dates: c1900 - 1999
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection

Unwelcome Guest, Zoo Time, Dizzy Decorators, Beauty at the Bath, Winchester 73, and The Iron Mule Film, c1907 - 2001

 Item — Box Noel Drewe Box 23: Series 178D5
Reference code: 178D5.222
Scope and Contents Circusama, Yesterdays Circus Today. 8mm. 380 Feet. Silent, with both Colour and Black and White footage. Extracts from commercial films. Includes; Ben Turpin in 'Unwelcome Guest'. Harrison Marks in 'Dizzy Decorators'. Abbot and Costello in 'Beauty at the Bath'. Stephen McNaily and John McIntyre in 'Winchester 73'. Al St. John in 'The Iron Mule'. Also features lions, tigers, giraffe, crocodiles, penguins and sea lions from London Zoo, nude scenes Western scenes, and possible scenes in India....
Dates: c1907 - 2001
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Noel Drewe Collection / Films

Various, c1920 - 2006

 Series
Reference code: 178Z55
Scope and Contents

A range of items from British theme parks and attractions such as zoos and museums including badges, pins and booklets.

Dates: c1920 - 2006
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Frankie Roberto Collection

Zoological Gardens and Zoos Trade and Advertising Material, c1950 - 1989

 File
Reference code: 178I22.39
Scope and Contents

Various booklets from zoological gardens and zoos including Woburn Wild Animal Kingdom, African Lion Safari, Longleat, The Parks and Reserves of Natal and Zululand, Edinburgh Zoo, Zoo Berlin, Amar Circus Zoo, Pinder Circus Zoo, The Dark Continent in Tampa and Le Village Hindou at Jardin Zoologique D'Acclimatation, which is a human village.

Dates: c1950 - 1989
Found in: National Fairground and Circus Archive / Circus Friends Association Collection / Trade and Advertising Material

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