The children are amazed by the animals and explode with laugher at the clowns, the adults rediscover their childhood and tremble for the acrobats, jugglers, knife throwers... a tour of the circus' legendary acts.
The Fratellini Brothers, Albert, François and Paul, Italian-born French clowns, in their dressing room of the Medrano Circus.
Albert Harlingue / Roger-Viollet
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PARIS - CIRCUS MEDRANO - ALEX ; Circus Medrano. The clown Alex. Paris, on 1950.
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Le clown Rhum du Cirque Medrano, en 1950.
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FRANCE - CLOWN RUM ; The clown Rum of the Circus Medrano, in 1950.
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Arturo Saraiva Mendes d'Abreu, known as Porto (1888-1941), Portuguese August clown, in the middle. France, around 1930.
Henri Martinie / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : clowns. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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FRANCE - CIRCUS - CLOWN PUTTING ON MAKE UP ; Circus : clown putting on make-up. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : knife thrower. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : clowns. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Show of circus : the wildcats. France, about 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : clowns. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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FRANCE - ELEPHANTS IN A CIRCUS ; Elephants in a circus. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Achille Zavatta (1915-1993), French clown and director of circus. Paris, Olympia, December 1957.
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Tamer of wildcats. Paris, zoological garden, about 1900.
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The Clérans, trapeze artists. France, years 1950.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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FRANCE - CIRCUS - THE CLERANS ; The Clérans, trapeze artists. France, 1950's.
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Moscow Circus. Elephant and clown. Paris, November 1960.
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Medrano circus. Elephants. Paris, circa 1955.
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Moscow Circus. Clown Popov. Paris, November 1960.
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FRANCE - CARNIVAL - CIRCUS ; Fairground attraction of a fun fair. France, on 1950's.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Miss Dora, contortionist.
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PARIS - CIRCUS OF MOSCOW ; Circus of Moscow in the Sports centre. Let us bind(connect) on horses. Paris.
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Paris - Foottit Clown ; Foottit Clown. Paris, 1903.
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FRANCE - THE CLOWN BEBY ; The clown Beby and a whitefaced clown. France, on 1930's.
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The clowns Rhum and Alex of the Médrano circus. Paris, 1950.
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Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), French mime artist. Paris, Winter Circus, on February 6, 1962.
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Bouglione circus. France, 1980.
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Le clown Grock ; The clown Grock (1880-1959) in the Medrano Circus. Paris, 1937.
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Wings of a circus. France, circa 1935.
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Musicians from a circus. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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FRANCE - TRAPEZE ARTISTS ; Circus : trapeze artists. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Fairground people. France, circa 1935.
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Dressing room of a circus artist. France, circa 1935.
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Circus : number with an elephant. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : Clérans, funambulists and acrobats. France, circa 1936
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Circus : clown riding a bicycle. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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FRANCE - CIRCUS PINDER ; Circus Pinder. snake charmers. France, by 1950.
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Fanni circus. Parade. Paris, April 1953.
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FRANCE - FANNI CIRCUS - ORCHESTRA ; Orchestra of the Fanni circus. France, 1950's.
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Clown Nino. France, 1930's.
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Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), French mime artist. Paris, Winter Circus, on February 6, 1962.
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TRAPEZE ; The trapeze artist Andrée Jean at the cinema Berlitz for the premiere of the film "Trapeze". Paris, on September 21, 1956.
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Circus artists.
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Cirque de Moscou. Avril 1956.
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PARIS - CIRCUS MEDRANO - ALEX ; Circus Medrano. The clown Alex. Paris, 1950.
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Le clown Alex du Cirque Médrano. Paris, 1950.
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Cirque-acrobates.
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Les clowns Mais et Grock (de gauche à droite).
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Clown. Photographie de Léopold Mercier.
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Clown. Photographie de Léopold Mercier.
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Circus : clown riding a bicycle. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : tamed horse. France, circa 1935.
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Circus : tamed horses. France, circa 1935.
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Circus : trapeze artist. France, circa 1935.
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Circus : tamer and tiger. France, circa 1935.
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Circus : trapeze artist. France, circa 1935.
Gaston Paris / Roger-Viollet
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Circus : horsewoman. France, circa 1935.
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Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), French mime artist. Paris, Winter circus, February 1962.
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France - Acrobats ; Acrobats. France, early 20th century.
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Clowns in their dressing room. France, around 1930.
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Moscow Circus. Acrobat. Paris, April 1958.
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