Wild Animals At Ascot (1958)

Ascot, Berkshire. Various shots of the town including the racecourse. Ascot countryside. Suddenly a group of elephants emerge from woodlands. Various shots of the jumbos. They run around a bit. A tiger is taken for a walk on a lead. These are all animals from Bertram Mills Circus having a little exercise. Big Cat trainer Alex Kerr from Glasgow plays with the tiger “Begum“. Tiger runs around and growls. A camel comes out to play too - the camel is called “Whippy“. Cuts exist - see separate record. 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-