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Wirth's Circus (excerpt)

1950

Wirth's Circus (excerpt)

1950

  • NFSA IDAJWGDRYA
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormHome movie, Actuality
  • GenresPersonal, Silent film
  • Year1950

8mm movie by unknown American tourists who filmed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s. The footage features Wirth’s Circus. Wirth’s Circus was Australia’s largest and most prestigious circus company. For eight decades Wirth’s was billed as Australia’s own ‘Greatest Show on Earth’, and was a huge travelling circus of international standard and reputation.

8mm movie by unknown American tourists who filmed in Australia and New Zealand in the 1950s. The footage features Wirth’s Circus. Wirth’s Circus was Australia’s largest and most prestigious circus company. For eight decades Wirth’s was billed as Australia’s own ‘Greatest Show on Earth’, and was a huge travelling circus of international standard and reputation.

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