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CWM FM 28
                                                            Original Format: 16mm-SILENT-Color
                                                            Running Time: Approx 18 minutes
                                                            Creator: Van Pool, Paul
                                                            Title: RINGLING BROS. and BARNUM & BAILEY CIRCUS-Joplin, Mo., Sept. 12, 1940

                                                                Summary description in order of appearance:

                                                            Title and leads 
                                                            Merle Evans, band leader 
                                                            Billing stand 
                                                            Train arrival, unique, steam locomotive, loaded train etc. 
                                                            Elephants 
                                                            Switching train 
                                                            Unloading train, runs, snubbing post, train, elephant run team 
                                                            Walter McClain 
                                                            Mack truck pulling 6 canvas covered cage wagon down street 
                                                            Unloading stock cars, horses, camels, zebras etc. 
                                                            Lead stock and ring stock enroute over streets 
                                                            (Blurred) setting up tents, wind, lot scenes, (out of focus) 
                                                            Sideshow banner line, midway. (back to good quality) 
                                                            Bigtop showing air conditioning vents 
                                                            Light plant close-up 
                                                            Entire band posed in backyard with Merle Evans 
                                                            General backyard, gilly wagon, lots of spec 
                                                            Clown, Felix Adler 
                                                            More spec in backyard 
                                                            Pat Valdo, posed 
                                                            Clown Felix Adler with his pig 
                                                            More clowns-Chas. Bell included 
                                                            Fred Bradna posed and driving rig in backyard 
                                                            Cristiani Troupe, riders, posed in backyard 
                                                            More backyard, misc. 
                                                            Hubert Castle, posed in backyard 
                                                            Robert De Vasconcellos, rider 
                                                            Andrea Gallagher, riding horse in backyard 
                                                            More general backyard 
                                                            Liberty horses exiting from backdoor-good 
                                                            Flying Concellos posing in backyard (Antoinette, Art and 3rd man) 
                                                            Cookhouse, kitchen scenes 
                                                            Dining tent interior(dark) 
                                                            Blacksmith 
                                                            Motor fleet-Macks and Caterpillar tractors parked on lot 


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