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Australian Circus Shows, Performers and History
This collection celebrates Australia's rich history of circus and carnival performers. It includes footage of Wirth's Circus, which entertained audiences for over 100 years, as well as the Flying...
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Con Colleano
Go behind-the-scenes at the circus with rare home movie footage of Australia's Con Colleano, the world-famous 'Wizard of the Wire'.
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Colleano on Tightwire, Rehearses in Arena: The Wizard of the Wire
Dressed in Spanish matador costume with flowing crimson and white cape, Con Colleano commences his elaborate Spanish-flavoured circus routine. High upon the tightwire, he dances, bounces, twirls and...
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Circles
This short film by Isobel Knowles was originally made for the Melbourne Women's Circus and later adapted for the Amazing Rolling Picture Show in Sydney where it was shown on a screen attached to a...
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Elimar, the 'juggling genius'
Juggler and tightrope walker Elimar Clemens Buschmann performs his famous tennis-racket trick, hat tricks and juggling routines with clubs, balls and rings. Buschmann was a genius juggler as well as...
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A Big Country: The Appeal of Alberto's Circus
This excerpt from the ABC program A Big Country traces the very start of Alberto's Circus and Zoo back to the late 1800s when the Perry family swapped their western Queensland pub for a bullock team...
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A Big Country: Alberto's Circus on Tour
This excerpt from the ABC program A Big Country covers the Tasmanian leg of Alberto's Circus' travels across Australia. It's extraordinary seeing some of the animals in open trucks; the circus must...
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Flying Fruit Fly Circus
This item from GMV6 News 1989 records the 10th anniversary performance of the Flying Fruit Fly Circus and outlines its future funding concerns. The Flying Fruit Fly Circus is located on the Murray...
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Alice has to walk home
This silent newsreel clip shows Princess Alice, the most beloved and famous elephant of Wirth's Circus. It's unclear whether the truck has broken down or if Alice in unable to climb back on board....
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The Last Circus?: Circus Song
A song, 'The Last Circus’, plays under a montage of circus scenes, including clowns, acrobats, animals performing and kids reacting. Summary by Damien Parer
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