Philip W. Anderson

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

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This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper...

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

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A compassionate Hollywood screenwriter attempts to talk a troubled actress out of taking her own life.

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In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

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This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

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In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

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Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

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This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

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A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

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This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

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In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

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This Pete Smith Specialty is a semihumorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house. It was produced in...

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Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

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In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

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Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

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This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

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Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

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

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A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

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