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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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Film curator Tara Marynowsky looks at a preserved collection of 16mm home movies of Wirth's Circus and the family that ran it.
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This 8mm footage of Wirth's Circus was shot by unknown American tourists who filmed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s.
The footage shows the circus unloading their gear from a train with the...
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The film begins with Wirth's famous circus elephants being dressed in their costume rugs. This is followed by a menagerie of animals: horses, ponies, zebras, more elephants and a caged lion.
The...
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Wirth's Circus arrives at Geelong and prepares for a performance. The footage shows the circus being transported on train carriages and then being hauled by elephants along the main street, past the...
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8mm movie by unknown American tourists who filmed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s. The footage features Wirth’s Circus. Wirth’s Circus was Australia’s largest and most prestigious circus...
