1947 CIRCUS ANIMALS FILM GETTING ELEPHANTS & CAMELS READY FOR BIG TOP CIRCUS PARADE XD45694

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This educational film (meant for children) shows scenes of circus animals and their trainers setting up for the circus.
Title screen: “Academy Films Presents: Circus Animals” (Copyright MCMXLVII). James A. Larsen, Western Electric Recording. Indian elephants emerge from red train car, walk down ramp (0:17). Seven elephants by train car labeled “circus”; several men walk through scene (0:30). A trainer leads elephant by trunk to line up. Pony emerges from “Cole Bros Circus” train car and is led by a man down ramp (1:04). Show horses lined up by train car, and more emerge with trainers (1:16). Circus animals walk down suburban street (1:30); at front is a man on horseback, leading elephants to circus ground, passing by houses. Thirteen elephants walk two-by-two, with trainers riding on elephants’ shoulders. Llamas, camels, zebra led by trainers (toward circus grounds) through park (1:49). Circus trainer with whip guides “Jumbo” the elephant to pull wagon holding circus tents (marked: “Cole Bros Circus”). Circus tent roll pulled off wagon (by elephant = off screen) with circus workers. Jumbo the elephant in chain / harness unrolls circus tent with trunk and feet in field (circus grounds) (2:17). Two harnessed elephants pull red circus wagon (mountains visible behind) (2:46). Jumbo the elephant eating in harness / chain next to circus trainer, wagon full of hay (3:01). Elephants walk in line through circus grounds, passing tents / wagons, led by trainer (3:31). Elephants stop to drink water while men pass with wheelbarrows / circus setup. Circus act rehearsal: on circus grounds, woman in cowboy boots / hat / green show outfit climbs elephant’s trunk (background: hay barrels, lighting fixtures, wagons, cars); the elephant stands on hind legs while woman poses on its forehead, high in the air, holding harness (4:10). Man uses stick to pull on elephant’s hide to get her to lie down (4:21). Elephant lies down. Men use straw brooms to clean elephant. Elephant rolls back onto her side after cleaning; face / back get brushed (5:01). Elephant kneels down on all fours by hay wagon on circus grounds while men fasten colorful “circus blanket” on her body (5:13). Trainer pats elephant, she stands, he leads her forward (with stick) towards tent (5:48). Trainers put circus blankets on Bactrian camels (6:05). Dressed circus camels drink from pail (6:38). Camels eat grains on circus grounds (leafy hay / alfalfa) (7:04). Circus ponies tied in tented area on circus grounds, eating hay (7:18). Young boys watch as show horses eat / drink from metal container next to trainer / worker in front of circus tent (7:25). The boys back up when the horse moves. Trainer with horse on lead; they rehearse a circus horse dance in field in front of tent (7:38). Trainer holds up whip and approaches horse head-on, horse rears (7:45). Young man washes Palomino show horse’s legs (7:55). Trainer brushes horse’s mane near circus tent / hay; another trainer approaches with costume for the animal (blanket - red, black, and gold, with eye holes) and they fasten outfit on the animal (8:13). A man (who we are told is a clown; white hair, white man, heavy set) wearing big shoes but not yet dressed brushes a small black dog on back of circus wagon (8:49). Then, same clown in police outfit (fully dressed) with a big nose, hat, coat, walking across circus grounds with dog (9:14). Two men with ladder and a seal approach a horse (9:24). The seal climbs the ladder onto the horse’s back, and the trainer feeds the seal fish. Trainer then leads horse forward, seal now riding on horse’s saddle as it walks. Elephants line up outside circus tent near costumed women (hats / skirts) and then elephants enter tent (in background: town building visible) (9:40). In front of branded circus wagons, female elephant rider lifted onto elephant’s head, trainer beside (9:53). Elephant walks forward. Crowds gathered on circus grounds. Elephants in circus blankets hold each other’s tails and walk forward, guided by trainers, followed by: camels, costumed woman suspended between camels, men on show horses, female dancers in glittery outfits, parade / circus float with giant shoe pulled by ponies (10:11). More elephants (10:45).
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[@kennethjohnson6319]

A very fun episode of the circus animals and the people who train and take care of the animals in 1947

[@lucyfernandez8304]

Wild Animals

[@geemanbmw]

Came for tigers 🤷‍♂️ but elephants 🐘 are cool

[@dino._.con1232]

A black circus tent how exciting🙄🙄

[@URProductions]

What a better time to be a alive. Back when you could take the kids to the circus and see all kinds of wonderful animals. It's too bad all the negative poopy poo's had to ruin it for everyone else.

[@jaminova_1969]

Jumbo gets 1 1/2 - 2 1/2 bales of hay a day, plus fresh fruit & grains! Plus, free travel and room & board! Not a bad life!

[@dino._.con1232]

Good girl jumbo good girl

[@spiderreed350]

Love these type of flicks..I love animals so I'm kind of split on using them for entertainment purposes. But these appear to be well taken care of,hopefully...

[@longwhitemane]

I am really, really twisted on this one. While I have nothing against working animals or even circuses, I know how most animals were badly treated in circuses and elsewhere until about the 1980's-1990's. We have a long way to go, bit things are so much better than they were.

[@jaminova_1969]

The narrator said that the trainers are kind to the animals!

[@cameronduff884]

Exploitation isn't confined to animals, we all worked together to get to where we are today.

[@spiderreed350]

I feel just like you do on the animals.

[@lastoutlaw3882]

Narrator can be liar​@@jaminova_1969

[@joshuagibson2520]

I'm just here for all the animal abuse comments.

[@cameronduff884]

You might want to check out the movie WATER FOR ELEPHANTS.(fiction)

[@electrolytics]

I came to see the "animal abuse" comments. LOL. Weak virtue signalers.

[@daviddavenport1485]

Poor Jumbo

[@rosemolina3225]

Poor animals

[@cameronduff884]

This doesn't look like a bad life for a elephant, how would you like a beautiful woman ride your trunk....but seriously folks, have you seen the demonstration by Tomas Edison after a elephant killed his trainer...you may not want to.

[@longwhitemane]

Boom.

[@tonyelliott7734]

Edison had nothing to do with killing the elephant. His company just filmed it.

[@yobekorb]

This dont seem odd to yall? The elephants literally stepped out of a tin can. Just leave them on the dirt where they belong please.

[@ChicagoMel23]

Yeah now people realize more the abuse that goes on

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

GLAD THIS BAD ABUSE OF ANIMALS IN CIRCUS HAS BEEN BANNED. THIS FILM LIES WHEN THEY SAY THE. ANIMALS ARE WELL TREATED. 😤😤😤😤😧😧😧😧😯😯😯😯

[@electrolytics]

How do you know the film lies?

[@captainamericaamerica8090]

JUMBO AND ALL THESE ANIMALS ARE FORCED TO OBEY! OR THEY GET A BEAT DOWN "**NOTICE THE TRAINERS WITH A THOSE THICK HICKORY WOOD STICKS! 😯😯😩😩😓😓😓

[@tomcat3360]

Fixed it: “These elephants were captured as infants when their parents were killed.”

[@URProductions]

The circus elephants came from India where elephants had been domesticated for thousands of years.

[@joshuagibson2520]

Are you one of those Peta folks?

[@tomcat3360]

@@joshuagibson2520 yes, if it stands for People Eating Tasty Animals

[@joshuagibson2520]

@@tomcat3360 indeed my friend. Got grease on my screen typing this reply as I'm knawing on some delicious pig belly.

[@BubuH-cq6km]

1:50 I can name Obama Biden Harris Pelosi Clinton Smith Klobuchar Schiff Cortes Omar McConnell Johnson Manchin Boebert Scalise Trump Pence Cruz Rubio Cheney Cheney Bush

[@daktarioskarvannederhosen2568]

NO ANIMALS SHOULD BE IN CIRCUS

[@MikeBMW]

To me, it's just a sad life for these animals (no matter how the narrator mentions they are treated "well"), pulled from there native habitat merely for entertainment. I'm happy this type of entertainment has become less popular and, even, stopped in some areas. Horses and dogs have been domesticated, so I'll give a pass on those, however.