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Circus Performances and Acrobatics

Dynamic images of circus acts featuring horses, acrobats, and clowns, highlighting various performances and animal acts from the mid-20th century.

United States:  c.1940's.  A real dog and pony show, complete with clowns and a unicycle.
United States: c.1940's. A real dog and pony show, complete with clowns and a unicycle.
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King Kong a colossal gorilla, first appeared in the 1933 film King Kong,
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HELEN OF TROY (1956), directed by ROBERT WISE.
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King Kong is a 1933 American fantasy monster/adventure film. It stars Fay Wray, Bruce Cabot and Robert Armstrong, and opened in New York City on March 2, 1933 to rave reviews. The film tells of a gigantic, island-dwelling ape called Kong who dies in an attempt to possess a beautiful young woman. Kong is distinguished for its stop-motion animation by Willis O'Brien and its musical score by Max Steiner. King Kong is often cited as one of the most iconic movies in the history of cinema.
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Alabama Governor George Wallace sits in a wheel chair to address the 1972 Democratic Convention. The right wing politician won five 1972 Democratic primaries before he was shot and paralyzed while campaigning. July 11, 1972.
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BRIGITTE HELM in METROPOLIS (1927), directed by FRITZ LANG.
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GORGO (1960), directed by EUGENE LOURIE.
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Anefo photo collection. Television series 'JA Sister, no sister' of the VARA. Grandpa Leen Jongewaard between the lions, recordings in Circus Boltini. May 4, 1968
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BRADLEY COOPER and CAREY MULLIGAN in MAESTRO (2023), directed by BRADLEY COOPER.
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Artwork: "Supersonic Bailout" Artist: Walter Richards. Country: Unknown
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Careful Caress is triumphantly bestowed at last on Sheba Sheik, 18-year-old movie lion who has appeared with Tarzan and tries to act ferocious. More accustomed to entering political lions' dens, Nixon, urged on by photographers, bestows a cautious arm's-length pat on unresponsive movie star Sheba Sheik, at a circus party. October 07, 1953.
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Misc. - Beauty Constests - A'Lia - 1954. ***** In 'Miss Universe' ***** Shirley Bliss of ***** NSW., *****. August 20, 1954.
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Harry Houdini (1874 - 1926), in a sequence of photographs escaping from a huge number of imprisoning handcuffs.     Date: 1904
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