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Let's Cogitate (1948)

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Dave O'Brien actor: Dave O'Brien / Pete Smith

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

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Bowling Tricks (1948)

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Dave O'Brien actor: Pete Smith / Andy Varipapa

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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Hollywood Scout (1945)

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actor: Pete Smith / Celia Travers …

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

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Seventh Column (1943)

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Will Jason actor: Pete Smith / Dave O'Brien

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

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What About Daddy? (1942)

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Will Jason actor: Pete Smith / Dave O'Brien …

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

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Water Bugs (1941)

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Will Jason actor: Pete Smith

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California lakes. Included in this film are paddle boats with outboard motors, two people using a single pair of water skis, and a water skier towed by a low-flying airplane.

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Penny's Picnic (1938)

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Will Jason actor: Prudence Penny / Pete Smith …

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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Candid Cameramaniacs (1937)

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Hal Yates actor: Bobby Caldwell / Leonid Kinskey …

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

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Equestrian Acrobats (1937)

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David Miller actor: Pete Smith

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while riding them.

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Trained Hoofs (1935)

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David Miller actor: Pete Smith

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

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Goofy Movies Number Ten (1934)

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actor: Pete Smith

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they like. Next, the "Wotaphony Newsreel" shows clips of early experimental aircraft failing to fly. The "Added Attraction" is a clip of a bear jumping into a large fish tank and trying to catch the fish. Finally, the "Super Stupid Pictures" feature is a narrated silent film telling the life story of an ill-fated woman who was left on a doorstep as an infant, was taken advantage of by men for most of her life, and then came to a sad end after she had turned the tables on them.

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Radio Hams (1939)

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Felix E. Feist actor: Pete Smith / Barbara Bedford …

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

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Fisticuffs (1938)

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David Miller actor: Pete Smith / Max Baer …

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used to illustrate how Baer uses his skills.

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The New Audioscopiks (1938)

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Jacob Leventhal / John Norling actor: Pete Smith

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

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Friend Indeed (1937)

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Fred Zinnemann actor: Pete Smith / Mary Gordon

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and now has to depend upon the dog to lead him in his daily rounds. 'Sparky" was the dog who was responsible for the Interstate Commerce Commission passing a special ruling allowing guide-dogs to travel first-class in Pullman cars to accompany their blind partner, and not as animals confined to the baggage car. Smith shows how 'Sparky' went to Washington D. C. with his master and helped sell the change to the legislators.

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The Jonker Diamond (1936)

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Jacques Tourneur actor: Pete Smith / Nat Carr …

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan.

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Do Someone a Favor! (1954)

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Dave O'Brien actor: Pete Smith / Dave O'Brien …

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

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Ice Aces (1948)

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Dave O'Brien actor: Pete Smith

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

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I Love My Wife BUT! (1947)

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Dave O'Brien actor: Pete Smith / Dave O'Brien …

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

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Calling All Pa's (1942)

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Will Jason actor: Pete Smith / Dave O'Brien …

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.