High Wire Family (1952)

High wire family. Chessington Zoo, Surrey. C/U feet in wheel walking it round. M/S showing they belong to Riki Lingana and he is walking the hoop along a high wire in Big Top. M/S as his wife Diane runs in with more hoops. M/S of their nine month old baby Kristi in pram. M/S of Riki with his bicycle on wire during practice session, he gets on and rides across the wire. C/U Kristi sleeping in pram. M/S as Riki stands on a board on the wire and wobbles it from side to side whilst balancing with an umbrella, he steps back onto the wire. C/U baby sleeping. M/S as he throws the umbrella down. Diane hands him up a wheelbarrow and he balances it on the wire. She picks up baby Kristi and sits in a swing attached to the wire. M/S as Riki wheels the barrow along the wire pushing the swing with Diane and Kristi on it. 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.