CIRCUS [Main Title]

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  • Title: CIRCUS [Main Title]
  • Film Number: MGH 2403
  • Other titles: NATIONAL SAVINGS FILMS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Summary: Dramatised story set "before the war", involving a travelling circus in financial trouble, which is saved by the intervention of a local major, who forms a company with his money and money saved by a circus member via National Savings. The film has a National Savings trailer at the end, encouraging the setting up of savings groups to help the war effort.
  • Description:
  • Alternative Title: NATIONAL SAVINGS FILMS [Allocated Series Title]
  • Colour: B&W
  • Digitised: No
  • Object_Number: MGH 2403
  • Sound: Sound
  • Access Conditions: IWM Attribution: © IWM (MGH 2403)
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  • Production Date: 1940
  • Production Country: GB
  • Production Details: National Savings Commitee (Production sponsor) Merton Park Studios (Production company) Tully, Montgomery (Production individual) Musk, Cecil (Production individual) Egan, Terence (Production individual) Waxman, Harry1912-04-031984-12-24 (Production individual) Poulton, Charles (Production individual) Beaumont, C (Production individual)
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  • Physical Characteristics: Colour format: B&W Sound format: Sound Soundtrack language: English Title language: English
  • Technical Details: Format: 16mm Number of items/reels/tapes: 1 Footage: 747 ft; Running time: 20 mins 45 secs
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