Elephant Manicure (1950)

Elephant manicure at Chipperfield Circus, Bristol. M/S elephants coming out of marquee. M/S Elephant stepping on to table, man starts to file toenails. C/U Hands filing, and checking for smoothness. M/S Pan along line of elephants to one having manicure. C/U Man filing. M/S Man goes from back to front of elephant pulls up one leg and checks foot. M/S Two men attending foot. M/S Man filing foot, the chief attendant walks into frame and points out detail. C/U Chief attendant Tom Bartlett. C/U Elephant’s foot being filed. M/S Man sitting astride elephant, brushing it. C/U Elephant’s head, man inspecting mouth. C/U Elephants. 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 G