Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm (1911)
Short dramatised documentary showing the ups and downs of daily life on a circus farm. “The only light comes from the flames of the funeral pyre that consumes a dead circus elephant shortly after its corpse has been unceremoniously dragged across a field by 50 carthorses.” (BFI)
Genre: Documentary
Runtime: 4 min
Release Date: January 1, 1911
Language: No Language
Original Language: en
Keywords
elephant, circus, docudrama, animals, silent film, cremation, circus animal
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm about?
- Short dramatised documentary showing the ups and downs of daily life on a circus farm. “The only light comes from the flames of the funeral pyre that consumes a dead circus elephant shortly after its corpse has been unceremoniously dragged across a field by 50 carthorses.” (BFI)
- How long is Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm?
- Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm has a runtime of 4m (4 minutes).
- What genre is Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm?
- Lights and Shades on the Bostock Circus Farm is a Documentary film.