From Turnips to Clowns: 1896-1940s
I was reading an e-juggle article about a man called George Bale from Lambeth in London, who became a juggler
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Duos, Trios and Troupes
The Bouncing Bodos: Archery & Trampoline Trio 1956
Not juggling but an archery and trampoline act instead. Here's George Bodo, his wife, Gloria and their daughter, Bonnie, aka
Anton and Antoschka: Soviet and Russian Clowns 1986
Here's a wonderful, 25-minute, Russian film-concert from 1986 called, “All The Clowns.” Filmed in the arena and behind the scenes
Soviet Circus Film: Arena of the Brave 1953
WOW!!! This has got to be the greatest circus film I've ever seen!I thoroughly recommend that you watch it, when
Larry Kemble: Comedy Unicyclist 1940 PLUS Allan Kemble & Christine
Here’s something I’ve been digging into. From 1936-49, the BBC aired a TV series called Variety. https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0402567/ From what I’ve
Les Mathurins: French, Comedy Acrobatic Duo 1957
Here are Les Mathurins, a comedy acrobatic duo from France, performing on the TV show, Sunday Night at the London
The Kellinos: Acrobatics and Icarian Games/ Risley Act 1910
Here are The Kellinos, an awesome acrobatic troupe who perform the art of Icarian Games (human foot juggling). If the
Trio Hoganas: Swedish Acrobats – “tooth line” 1950s to 1970s
So I've discovered the name of the act that Steve Rawlings posted yesterday. They were called Trio Hoganas and this
Chinese Circus Skills 1959
Not the best video quality but packed full of skills from 1959. Very little information is given so I don’t
The Bertini circus family: Wire Walking and Unicycling 1962-2004
So I've spent much of the day, chatting on Messenger with family members related to the Hoffman jugglers (The Six
The Six Hoffmans/ The Six Willys: Club Juggling Troupe 1940s and 1950s
So I've been doing some research into a circus family called The Hoffman's. They performed at a variety of circuses
Acrobati Comici: Tontolini’s Acrobats 1910
Here's a short film from 1910 called, “Acrobati Comici”.It says that it stars, Tontolini's acrobats.https://youtu.be/LUF-YIRQHp4 Tontolini was a character played
The Flying Nesbit Acrobatic Troupe: 1949-1956
Here’s the Flying Nesbit Acrobatic Troupe performing on Super Circus, an American television programme that aired live on Sunday afternoons
The Koch Sisters: Acrobatics, Ladder and Aerial Bicycle 1942 & 1944
The Koch Sisters (real surname –Kuharzh-Koh) Marta Boleslavovna Koch was born in Riga, Latvia (1912-1996).Circus performer, acrobat, gymnast, Honoured Artist
Janik & Arnaut: Serpent Dance 1954 AND Lola & Liebmann: Dance of the Cobra: 1951
From what started as a simple search to find more information about the artists in this first video, has led
Bob, Tina and Jean Rema: Perch Pole Act 1933 & 1936
This is the sort of discovery I was hoping for when I recently renewed my subscription to the British Newspaper