''The First Circus'' is a 1921
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short
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silent animated film
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, produced and directed by
Tony Sarg
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and
Herbert M. Dawley, featuring a pair of prehistoric circus performers balancing upon a
brontosaurus
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. A print has been preserved in the US Library of Congress film archive.
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