Circus elephants boarding a train, 1961

Chipperfield Circus elephants being loaded onto a British Railways van at St Botolph station, 28 September 1961. The elephants appeared in the epic film Cleopatra. Railway workers were used to transporting animals, although they mainly dealt with livestock being taken to markets! By the 1960s the numbers of animals being transported by rail was in decline due to competition from the roads. Released in 1963, 'Cleopatra', which starred Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor, was a box office hit.

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National Railway Museum London UK

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1536 x 1522 pixels

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5 x 5 inches / 13 x 13 cm

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