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Titles tagged with ‘clowns’

4 titles - sorted alphabetically or by year

Behind the Big Top documentary – 1949

The Wirth Brothers Circus, one of Australia’s largest and most successful, survived another 15 years after this film was made.

The Circus Comes to Town documentary – c1943

The great circus families of the past had a huge impact but not after the arrival of the animal rights movement.

Clowns and their Make-Up documentary – 1985

As the title indicates, this is about how to apply clown make-up and not about much else.

Footscray 1971 historical – 1971

Shot by prominent film lover and collector Harry Davidson, this footage features numerous attractions of Footscray, Melbourne, in 1971.