Jumbo Crosses Brooklyn Bridge
About this episode
Barnum sent 21 elephants onto the stampede-struck Brooklyn Bridge. In 1884 Barnum's circus was bound for Brooklyn, almost a year after a collapse scare fed that stampede.
Research sources for this film
AI-assisted reconstruction from documented history. AI-assisted reconstruction based on documented history. Verify details against primary sources. Depictions of historical figures are illustrative reconstructions for documentary storytelling — not authentic photographs or recordings of those persons.