Curious Contests

  • Genre: Documentary
  • Run time: 9 min
  • Premiere: 1950. November 11.

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).

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Pete Smith

Narrator (voice) (as a Smith named Pete)

Editing

Production

Pete Smith

Producer

Writing

Joe Ansen

Writer

Don Brodie

Writer

Editing

Production

Pete Smith

Producer

Writing

Joe Ansen

Writer

Don Brodie

Writer