1950s Monkey Circus

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Uploaded by on Jun 22, 2011

Very old footage recently unearthed: Chimpanzee circus show from 1950s reel-to-reel home video. Monkeys riding donkeys, roller skates, unicycles and little stage coaches on a merry-go-round. I have no specific details on this except that I believe it was shot somewhere in Texas, definitely between 1952 and 1964 by Cyril Mesecke of Temple, Texas. Music by Primus.

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  • Figures Primus would show up here...

  • wounded knee!!!

  • That sure looks like the old stage show put on at the St.Louis Zoo during those years

  • This was taken by my father! I wonder whether I was the little girl at the very beginning :)

    Thanks so much Ryan. I don't think I have ever seen this :) I was telling my husband what a circus was really like as we were watching 'Water for Elephants'. Pretty close huh?

  • I like when they are riding on the motorcycles! great video

  • The only thing better than chimps on video are chimps on film. Thank you for transferring and posting this!

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