The Circus Comes To Town (1956)

Olympia, London. Elephants circling around while their trainer Joan directs them. Children watching the elephants’ performance. They are the new arrivals at Bertram Mills’ circus - baby elephants from Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Baby elephant wiggling its head. Another elephant hopping around. Close up shot of the two girls in the audience enjoying the show. Joan standing on top on the two elephants (one foot on each) with the other two behind with their front feet on top of the first two. Children applauding. Various shots of the woman and a man (Guttenbergs) on the back of two horses riding in circles. They jump and wiggle on top of the horses pretending that they cannot get on them properly. Children watching. Woman climbs on man’s back while circling. A great close up shot of a boy with glasses looking upwards with his mouth wide open. Woman with a vale over her head walking along the high wire with a pole in her hands (Malikova). She sits and starts twisting and turning. Children looking on. Woman lion