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1966FAIRS, CIRCUS & AMUSEMENT PARKS
DESCRIBES THE CIRCUS AS IT WAS IN THE PAST BY PROVIDING AN INSIGHT INTO HOW TENTS WERE SET UP, HOW THE PERFORMERS PREPARED FOR THEIR ACTS, & BY SHOWING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF A FEW ACTS. PICTURES THE UNLOADING OF RAILROAD CARS, THE MANY ANIMALS WHICH CONTRIBUTE TO A CIRCUS, AND THE CLOWNS' MAKE-UP. PARALLELS THE CIRCUSES OF TODAY & CONCLUDES THAT THE CIRCUS IS STILL THE "GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH".

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POSTER FOR RINGLING BROS. AND BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS" POSTER CIRCA 1966
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CIRCUS CLOWN APPLYING MAKE UP. SEEN THROUGH MIRROR
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PEOPLE ENTERING ARENA. SPORTS ARENA
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CIRCUS CLOWN IN DRESSING ROOM ADDRESSES THE CAMERA
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STEAM TRAIN APPROACHES, PASSING VIEWER.
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WORKERS CARNIES UNLOADING TRAIN CARS. HORSES.
CIRCUS ANIMALS. COLE BROTHERS. CIRCUS. HORSES PULLING WAGONS. MS ROPE WRAPPED AROUND SNUBBING POST.
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ELEPHANTS COME OFF TRAIN. UNLOADING CIRCUS ANIMALS FROM TRAIN CARS. BULL. LLAMA. ZEBRA.
CAMEL.
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PARADE OF HORSES.
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CIRCUS ANIMALS TIED UP WAITING. SOME SITTING.
CAMELS AND ZEBRAS.
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ELEPHANTS USED TO PULL CIRCUS WAGONS.
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CARNIES DRIVING STAKES ONTO GROUND BY MEN &
MACHINES. POLES GOING UP. ELEPHANTS PULLING POLES. CARNIES ERECTING CIRCUS TENT.
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CARNIES, CIRCUS PEOPLE EATING UNDER TENT. TRAYS OF BREAKFAST FOOD (FRENCH TOAST) & SAUSAGE.
FOOD SERVER GRABS SLICES OF FRENCH TOAST &
SAUSAGE WITH HIS HANDS, UNSANITARY.
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CIRCUS ELEPHANTS USED TO UNLOAD ROLLS AND ROLLS OF TENT CANVAS. ELEPHANT USES TRUCK AND FEET TO UNROLL CANVAS. CARNIES ERECT CIRCUS TENT
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CIRCUS GOERS WANDER AROUND CIRCUS MIDWAY.
LITTLE BOYS WITH COTTON CANDY.
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BARKER ON STAGE OUTSIDE SIDESHOW WITH SIDESHOW ATTRACTION "PRIMITIVE MAN" TALKS THROUGH MIC TO CROWD, DRAWING IN CROWD TO SIDESHOW
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PEOPLE ON LINE BUYING TICKETS TO THE CIRCUS
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PEOPLE UNDER CIRCUS TENT WANDERING AROUND.
LIONS IN CAGES. ANIMALS.
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TRUMPET. BLACK TRUMPETER SOUNDS START OF SHOW
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CU CIRCUS CLOWN SITTING OUTSIDE APPLYING CLOWN MAKE UP. PUTS WIG ON. BATS GOOFY EYES.
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PAN GROUP OF CIRCUS CLOWNS "CLOWNING AROUND"
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CARNIES LEAD CIRCUS ANIMALS OUT OF TENT,
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CIRCUS AUDIENCE. CIRCA 1966. PARADE AROUND THE BIG TOP. ACROBATS. PONIES. JUGGLING. CIRCUS CIRCA 1966.
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CIRCUS CLOWN ADDRESSES VIEWER. JUGGLES TWO SMALL RED BALLS, DROPS BALLS. FROWN ON CLOWN. CLOWN FROWNING. SAD CLOWN
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