Title reads: “Manchester can take it“. Despite the Blitz, Manchester still puts on its usual Circus. Various shots of a circus ring with clowns, acrobats, horses and a lion trainer (Captain Tommy Kayes) performing their acts. Several cut-ins of the audience which is mainly children. Narrator comments: “It takes more than a maniac with a door mat under his nose to stop Manchester's fun“. FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT'S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed on the British Pathé website
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