London Circus (1951) - Performing Elephants, Motorbike Bears and Clowns

London Circus, 1951, the Bertram Mills Christmas show at London Olympia, filmed by British Pathe. Watch the full video here: See this Playlist of our Best YouTube Hits: Follow us on Twitter [club201327013|@britishpathe] : Join our Facebook page for more archive videos and images: Included in this extract of the Circus show are performing elephants, horses jumping through paper sheets, a motorbiking bear, monkeys on a tightrope and a slapstick clown show. Not to mention great archive footage of kids in the crowd enjoying themselves in the Christmas holidays! In the British Pathe free online film archive at there are plenty more great vintage circus videos, take a look! A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES