High Wire (1945)

Title reads: “High Wire“. Location of events unknown. Various shots of three acrobats doing stunts on tight rope. The high wire is rigged up on playing fields behind housing estate. Good shots of children and housewives looking up at the performance. The acrobats are the Alzana trio, aka Harold Davis, Minnie and Elsie. Originally from Sheffield, they are performing with circus, “Smart’s Victory Road Show“. 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 represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as well as Visnews content from 1957 to the end of 1984. All footage can be viewed o