’simon’s Sircus’ Aka Lion Mascot For Fleet Air Arm Acrobatic Team (1968)

No title - Lion mascot for fleet air arm acrobatic team ’Simon’s Sircus’. Yeovilton. Somerset. M/S pilots of 892 squadron walking across tarmac with Simon the lion on chain. The camera pans down to Simon. M/S Simon on chain. C/U board ’892 Squadron’. M/S Simon going up steps onto one of the parked aircraft. M/S Simon on top of plane with Lieutenant Commander Simon Idiens. Various shots pilots stroking lion on plane. C/U back of lion showing his tail draped over plane. M/S Simon jumping down from plane, he is held on chain by his trainer Michael Baldwin. C/U two pilots watching. M/S Simon lying on ground having his tummy tickled by pilots. C/U Simon rolling on his back. C/U Simon’s head as he gets up. Various C/U’s of Simon. 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 r