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Circus Wedding

Circus Wedding
Clip: 426259_1_1
Year Shot: 1966 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1748
Original Film: 039-035-01
HD: N/A
Location: New York, New York
Timecode: 00:16:12 - 00:17:45

A dancer and acrobat exchange marital vows in the center ring at Madison Square Garden before a matinee performance of the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey Circus. Clowns and fellow-performers are witnesses...along with 15,000 invited wedding guests...the audience! Aerial of Elephants on parade, showgirls standing and sitting on the backs of these elephants. Miss Joyce McDougal of England is dressed in mouse ears and tail, she is standing on the elephants back waving to the people. Off the elephant she is standing in the center ring doing the frug and behind her an elephant is standing on his head. In the center ring Ms. McDougal is going to get married, Prince Paul the tiny clown is the ring bearer. Miss McDougal is in her wedding gown and she is escorted down the aisle by Henry Ringling North and the groom walks up to her side, he is an acrobat and production man. In attendance is their fellow circus performers all dressed in their circus costumes. CU of the couple as they exchange their vows and seal it with a kiss in front of matinee audience of 15,000 guests. Miss McDougal kisses the clowns as she thanks them for being there with them on their wedding day before the couple kisses again.