Circus
Found in 4453 Collections and/or Records:
Newspaper Cuttings Relating to the Circus, 1957 - 1992
Subject Content: business of the circus, general circus information, circus animal ban, animal trainers, Orange Bowl (American football). Publications: Circus Historical Society, King Pole, Radio Times, New York Times.
Newspaper Cuttings Relating to the Circus, 1959 - 1996
Subject Content: advertisements for the movie 'The Big Circus'; review of circus act; Billy Smart's Big Top returning to Birmingham (cartoon); Gulf War article with a picture of troops and a Billy Smart's diner sign; Royal Windsor safari park cartoon.
Newspaper Cuttings Relating to the Circus and Animal Acts, 1962 - 1992
Subject Content: animal cruelty, banning animals, Billy Smart's passing, general circus information. Publications: Saturday Evening Post, Windsor Express, Evening Argus, Mail on Sunday, Daily Mail.
Newspaper Cuttings Relating to the Circus and Performance, 1946 - 1986
Subject Content: circus performers, the Smart family, vehicles, theme parks and special events. Publications: Sunday Express, King Pole, Daily Mirror, World's Fair, The Commercial Motor, LIFE magazine. Langauges: English, French, German Spanish.
Newspaper Cuttings Relating to the Circus and Theme Parks, 1961 - 1993
Subject Content: amusement parks, theme parks, Safari Park, wild animal ban, circus animals, location for a circus, Orange Bowl (American football game), correspondence about circus in Bournemouth (SEE 178F34.1) . Publications: photocopies & originals, Evening News, Evening Mail, Bournemouth Evening Echo, Daily Express, The Star, Miami Herald.
Nightingale's Courtship, World Clown Congress, Charlie Rivel Film, 1993
VHS. Filmed in Sweden. Note on tape reads 'The Nightingale’s Courtship (Arnaut? Bros), World Clown Congress Harnosand, Sweden 1993 (see programme), Charlie Rivel with daughter and grandson Benny Shumann)'.
Nightwatchman's Report 1960, 1960
Business records related to the Smart family and Smart circus.
No Kidding Film, c1960 - 1970
Circusama and Yesterdays Circus Today. 16mm, G.B. Equipment Ltd. 8 minutes long. Black and white with sound. Includes Chessington Zoo and Lord George Sanger's football dogs. Copied to DVD 2 and DIGI-BETA.
Noel Drewe Collection
A large collection of films entitled Circusama containing amateur and professional films on the themes of circus, performing animals and zoos, and edited clips from commercial Western and comedy films. The films are in a variety of formats including 8mm, Super8, 9.5mm and 16mm and contain related correspondence and notes. This collection also contains some sound reels mainly of fairground music.
Noel Drewe's Circusama Volume 2 Film, c1907 - 2001
VHS PAL. Compilation of films collected and filmed by Noel Drewe.
Norman Family Collection
This collection contains photographs, business papers, newspaper cuttings typed pages and notes (probably for an autobiography) with some correspondence about a proposed book. There are also some costumes and props.
Notebooks , c1940 - 1959
Notebooks containing notes and indexes of Lionel’s photographs.
Notes Regarding Circus Tour Locations, 1953
Business records related to the Smart family and Smart circus.
Nottingham Empire Programme, 1954
Front cover: drawing of various performers on stage. Inside: programme in the centre, commercial advertisements, advertisements for other acts. Back cover: advertisements. 2 pages.
Oaer Nonob Russian Clowning Act Advertising Pamphlet, c1900 - 1999
Black and white photograph of man wearing a cheff's hat on the front cover with white type on red background and colour and black and white photographs of performance scenes with text.
O'Beirne Collection
Amateur Super8 cine reels filmed by Thomas O’Beirne, black and white and colour photographs and slides, circus and theatre posters, a watercolour and a small amount of other ephemera.
Obituaries, 2 December 1911
George Sanger's Obituary.
Obituaries and Funeral Cards, 1911 - 2019
Obituaries and funeral cards for George Sanger, Dame Laura Knight, Billy Merchant and Carmen Rosaire among others.
Obituaries, Birth, Death and Marriage Certificates, 2 October 1966 - 17 June 2003
Booklets from various memorial services.
Obituary for Cyril Mills, 1991
Photocopied obituary for Cyril Mills of the Bertram Mills Circus printed in The Daily Telegraph on 22 July 1991 accompanied by a letter of condolence to Mrs Mills from The British Association of Leisure Parks, Piers and Attractions.