Newsreel footage about a circus reopenning after WW2. April 1946. Background sound, but no voiceover. Features a plate spinner, an elephant barber, a wire walker, clowns and other animal acts.
1975 newsreel item about a French circus school. "Todays children of the sawdust ring can now attend a school to learn the many skills of circus performing."
clips strung together from gettyimages. Highlights include a 4 person passing troupe, and a frankly sinister knife throwing act.
Not all clips appear to be from the same sequence.