Curious Contests

Curious Contests

9 mins | Documentary | Nov. 11, 1950

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a diaper on his child fastest wins), a fireman's ball (two teams of fire fighters use high-pressure water hoses to move a large ball to score goals), and a basket race (men run a footrace while balancing a "tower" of ten baskets on their heads).

Curious Contests

9 mins | Documentary | Nov. 11, 1950

Curious Contests
This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a diaper on his child fastest wins), a fireman's ball (two teams of fire fighters use high-pressure water hoses to move a large ball to score goals), and a basket race (men run a footrace while balancing a "tower" of ten baskets on their heads).
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Curious Contests
Directors
Writers Joe Ansen, Don Brodie

Cast

Pete Smith

as Narrator (voice) (as a Smith named Pete)