A film report by Trevor Philpott

This film features two oddly-paired young men, Gerry Cottle and Brian Austin, who decided to build their own circus and take it on the road It's a story of a newborn baby of a roadshow struggling to stay alive on faith, stubbornness and sweat, its proprietors never sure whether they will be able to raise the rent for the next field to pitch a tent in. Anybody who knows the Gerry Cottle circus today will realise just how far they've travelled along the road to success since this film was made. Now it is probably the largest circus in the land and can afford all the elephants it wants.