AN ALMOST OVERWHELMING ACCUMULATION OF APPROXIMATELY 200 ORIGINAL VHS VIDEOTAPES, CONTAINING SOMEWHERE BETWEEN 400-500 COLLECTIVE HOURS; POSSIBLY MORE, OF RARE, UNUSUAL, UNSEEN AND ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE, GATHERED FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. INCLUDED ARE THEATRICAL AGENCY PROMOTIONAL VIDEOS OF ACTS SEEKING EMPLOYMENT, PRIVATELY SHOT DOCUMENTATIONS OF COUNTLESS CIRCUSES LARGE AND SMALL, SIDESHOW FEATURES, ANIMAL ACTS, SOME CARNIVAL AND BURLESQUE SHOWS, ETC. THERE ARE VINTAGE 8MM AND 16MM FILM TRANSFERS, TELEVISION NEWS CLIPS, BROADCAST SPECIALS AND DOCUMENTARIES, PLUS ALOT MORE. A MODEST HANDFUL OF COMMERCIALLY PACKAGED VIDEO TAPES ARE INTEGRATED WITH THE MIX, BUT THE GREATEST MAJORITY OF THE COLLECTION IS PRIVATE AND CUSTOM. AS CAN BE EXPECTED, QUALITY WILL VERY SOMEWHAT. ALL CASSETTES APPEAR TO BE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION, AND MANY HAVE BEEN SPOT-TESTED FOR PLAYBACK ACCURACY. THIS ARCHIVE IS A GATHERING OF FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES, FROM WELL-KNOWN THEATRICAL AGENTS TO NOTEABLE CIRCUS HISTORIANS AND COLLECTORS. AGE SPAN OF FOOTAGE CONTAIN THEREIN RUNS 8 DECADES OR SO DATING BACK TO AS FAR AS THE EARLY 1920'S.