Harry Mantel’s Vignettes: Circus
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This short film captures highlights from a circus performance. Acts include performances from clowns, dancing dogs, elephants, acrobats, leopards & tigers, magicians, horses, chimpanzees and trapeze artists.
Credits
Harry Mantel (filmmaker)
Complete catalog record
Cfa collection: Harry Mantel Collection
Notes: The footage opens to a stage where an animated circus performance is taking place. A variety of animals including dogs, elephants and jaguars are depicted dancing and performing tricks. Shots of clowns, acrobats, aerialists, a tiger leaping through the air in a cage with a tamer, and a trapeze artist are also portrayed, Most shots are snippet-length, no more than a few seconds.
Subjects: Circus; Animals
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 115 feet; Distribution Print, 115 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16638; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16653
Notes: The footage opens to a stage where an animated circus performance is taking place. A variety of animals including dogs, elephants and jaguars are depicted dancing and performing tricks. Shots of clowns, acrobats, aerialists, a tiger leaping through the air in a cage with a tamer, and a trapeze artist are also portrayed, Most shots are snippet-length, no more than a few seconds.
Subjects: Circus; Animals
Places: North America > United States
Language: English
Cfa elements: Print, 115 feet; Distribution Print, 115 feet
Cfa records: https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16638; https://collections.chicagofilmarchives.org/Detail/objects/16653
Sources
- Chicago Film Archives · record ↗ — title, year, creator, length, format, color, sound, genre, description, credits, catalog record, video
Record added 2026-11-08 21:25:09