4.2K views · 74 reactions | This year our collection reached 6,000 home movies, including this recent acquisition showing the raising of the Wirth's Circus big top, in the 1950s. Read more about our 2017 acquisitions: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/latest/2017-nfsa | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia | Facebook

🎪 Did you know the site of Arts Centre Melbourne used to be home to a circus? Our conservators restored this scrapbook compiled by Wirth's Circus transport manager Charles West, which is filled with thousands of fascinating images from times gone by, and stories waiting to be discovered. Come make your own memories at our summer blockbuster, Circus 1903 this January in the State Theatre → https://brnw.ch/21wDvJs | Arts Centre Melbourne

Footage of Wirth's Circus shot by American tourists in the early 1950s. It shows their arrival, construction of the big top, behind-the-scenes footage of the performers, and part of the show. From our #Circus collection: https://www.nfsa.gov.au/collection/curated/australian-circus-shows-performers-and-history | NFSA - National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

5.2K views · 111 reactions | In this clip from 1943, members of...

1.4K views · 20 reactions |  Did you know there's a long history of circus on the site where Arts Centre Melbourne now stands? Ian our curator of the Australian Performing Arts Collection shares his knowledge of one of Australia's major circus companies, Wirth's Circus. ️ Not long now until Circus 1903 rolls into our State Theatre stage! Don't miss out → https://brnw.ch/21wFB6j | Arts Centre Melbourne | Facebook