Let's Go To The Circus (1949)

[Music] to the magic world of sawdust and spangle. Come over closer folks right up here or here's where the freaks and wonders are like the amazing snake charmer extraordinary and the hoola hoola dancers. Plenty of time to see the side shows before the mat goes on. Let's leave them to buy tickets and let them go into the big top the ordinary way. I'm going to take you backstage where show folk performance. Here's where magic is made. Where clowns create their official funny faces for your enjoyment, where they work hard twice a day before each show. Every clown an artist in his own right, rushing to be ready as soon as the whistle blows. The circus backyard people by a big international family. An open air backstage where every artist waits tensely for his queue or limbers up for his act like this one. Children of all ages. We proudly present the new edition of your favorite show. Introducing first the oriental pageant. Wish we'd had more time outside to see these people polish and repolish their act. Precision, timing, and grace. Watch her balance that glass of water on her forehead. [Music] You know, I've seen her miss this, but today she's fine. Control. Perfect. Ladies and gentlemen, your attention please. Presenting the three- ring ballet of the elephants. 184,000 lb of Pachadermic PROU. Pachermic Politude. No words are long enough or big enough to describe the way circus folks feel in their hearts about their elephants. The backbone and mainstay of every circus. And while the show goes on under the big tub, the waiting goes on in the backyard. Presenting Margo and her spirited team of the world's finest liberty horses. You never guess that Margot's nervous, but she is. This is her first year with the show. She knows that the horses respond only to the crack of her whip. If she misses a single cue, the act will be ruined. [Music] You can be sure she appreciates your applause. [Music] While every kid in the audience wishes he could roller skate like this, the next act is waiting backstage. Human butterflies, stand by. Human butterflies. That's what they are. All right. These granddaughters of the spangled queens of yestery year whose act they're here reviving in spite of its great danger. This is the traditional and beautiful Iron Jaw. [Music] Ladies and gentlemen, your kind attention, please. Presenting a kaleidoscopic whirlwind of cycling and acrobatic sensation. Backstage, the ballet has made one more quick costume change. Now they're standing by for yet another dangerously high aerial spectacle which follows the clown parade. And here it is, the high perch act build as the epitome of poetry in the upper reaches of the canvas dorm. [Music] The show goes on. Parallel bars, acrobats, and clowns. [Music] A good circus. Show seems simple and spontaneous, but there's a lot of rehearsing and timing behind it. [Music] ladies and gentlemen. Presenting a beautiful court of valuere the daring and thrilling Spanish wear. When you see the funny man running around, you know that the ring is being made ready for some special event. Presenting dancing summersing artist on the silver strando [Music] originator of the famous forward summer salt on the camp wire. [Music] Watch for it. The forward somersault. Always unpredictable. Proudly introducing the final presentation of the day, the outstanding circus thrill of all time, the human projectiles and sili shot from the mouth of this monster can. [Music]