Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Paper Print Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Niver (Kemp) Collection (Library of Congress) DLC moving image Actualities (Motion pictures) lcgft Silent films. lcgft Short films. lcgft Nonfiction films. lcgft United States : Thomas A. Edison, Inc., 1901. A parade of elephants, camels, horse-drawn floats, horseback riders marches forward inside a tent of the Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus. A horse race takes place in the tent. Copyright: Thomas A. Edison; 17May1901; H4418. Some secondary sources give Edwin S. Porter as the producer of A day at the circus, however, the title is not credited to Porter in Musser's Before the nickelodeon, or in the AFI catalog: film beginnings, 1893-1910. A day at the circus was available as four individual films (Street parade; Assembly; Horse race; Team race) or all four films together (A day at the circus series) according to the Edison films catalog, no. 288, July, 1906, p. 48. Paper print shelf number (LC 1557) was changed when the paper prints were re-housed. Additional holdings for this title may be available. Contact reference librarian. Sources used: Edison films catalog, no. 288, July, 1906, p. 48; The AFI catalog : film beginnings, 1893-1910, p. 249; Niver, K. Early motion pictures, p. 74; Catalog of copyright entries : motion pictures, 1894-1912, p. 15; Musser, C. Before the nickelodeon, c1991. Early motion pictures : the Paper Print Collection in the Library of Congress / by Kemp R. Niver. Library of Congress. 1985. Adam Forepaugh & Sells Bros. Circus. Circus. Parades. Horse racing. Day at the circus http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mbrsmi/ntscrm.02064803 Restricted: video files available on-site only.