Item title reads - Circus baptism.
Billy Smart’s Circus, Clapham, London.
M/S circus performers in ring in front of vicar, Canon Ockwell of Balham. C/U mother Ingrid Wilson, star of the high wire, and baby Giselle. C/U’s elephant watching and camel. L/S of the group. M/S clown stood next to mother. M/S horse. M/S as vicar takes Giselle. M/S children and ponies. M/S as baby Giselle is baptised. M/S Ingrid and the baby’s father who is rodeo rider Billy Wilson. M/S Billy Smart, who is the baby’s great grandfather, holding her. M/S circus group.
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