This Circus Business (1934)

Titles read: “This CIRCUS BUSINESS (or Tumbling To It)“. Australia. Various shots of an orang-utan called Freda at Taronga Park Zoo. We see her swinging on a rope and walking along it while carrying an umbrella and holding onto the hand of her keeper. She then plays with a plank of wood - commentator says she is tossing the caber. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website.