Peter Roberts

The Merchandise Mart

Larry O'Reilly

Peter Roberts

Documentary short about the Chicago landmark building where thousands of products are displayed for buyers, wholesalers, and tourists.

Tanbark and Turf

Peter Roberts

This short film takes the viewer on a tour through the world of harness racing and show horses.

Tale of a Trotter

Peter Roberts, Marty Glickman

This short follows the life a harness racehorse named "Spunky" from foal, through training, to the finish of his first race at Yonkers Raceway.

Canadian Carnival

Douglas Sinclair

Peter Roberts

Carnival time in Quebec, Canada, is also time for racing with sled-dogs, horse-drawn sleighs, hockey, curling the carving of ice-statues, obstacle races by youngsters, fireworks, and also the selection of a Carnival Queen.

White Peril

Don Horter

Peter Roberts

This RKO Pathé Screenliner show members of the 'snow patrol' at work in the Cascade Mountains of Washington state. At designated places, they measure snowfall and take core samples of the snow and measure its weight and density. They also measure river currents in relation to the snowfall. The data is used by the U.S. Geological Survey to help determine how the water runoff in the spring will translate into supplies of fresh water.

Wild Water

Peter Roberts, Fritzi Schwingl

This Sportscope short focuses on the sport of kayaking.

Her Honor, the Nurse

Harry W. Smith

Peter Roberts

This RKO-Pathe Screenliner short looks at the duties of the modern nurse. The story tracks the education of a student nurse as she works toward graduation and shows the earning of her cap during her student days, in retrospect. At the beginning, she wears the Student Nurse uniform dress and apron only, with no cap. She appears later in the movie as a more experienced Senior student with her cap already wearing a stripe. This was frequently done in the three year hospital programs to differentiate the Junior level students from the Seniors, more experienced and closer to Graduation. The capping ceremony illustrated shows the bare headed students receiving their plain white cap, and addressing it as something from her past that she will remember fondly.

Black Cats and Broomsticks

Larry O'Reilly

Peter Roberts

Superstitions are examined in the context of mid-20th century America. Walking under ladders, spilt salt, stepping on cracks, haunted houses, voodoo dolls, and such are used to illustrate the widespread belief in the supernatural.

Bermuda Cockleshells

Harry W. Smith

Peter Roberts

This Sportscope short focuses on sailboat racing in Bermuda.

Dirt Track Racing

Heinz Scheiderbauer

Peter Roberts

This RKO Sportscope entry introduces the viewer to the sport of speedway, a type of motorcycle racing, in post-World War II Vienna.

Sportsmen at Work

Larry O'Reilly

Peter Roberts

This short film focuses on how conservationists endeavor to protect wildlife.

Canadian Lancers

Douglas Sinclair

Peter Roberts, Mark Facey

This Sportscope short shows youngsters (8 years old and up) training at the Junior Bengal Lancers riding school in Halifax. Later they demonstrate their skills at a celebration in Annapolis, Nova Scotia. Six-year-old Heather Cameron, who is too young to be a student, is named official mascot of the unit.

Gym College

Howard Winner

Peter Roberts, Dick Gutting

In this Sportscope series entry, members of the Florida State University gymnastics team demonstrate their athletic skills.

We Never Sleep

Larry O'Reilly

Peter Roberts

A short documentary about the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the oldest private detective company in the United States.

The Beach of Nazaré

Van Campen Heilner

Peter Roberts

This Screenliner short looks at the dress and customs of Nazaré, a fishing village on Portugal's Atlantic coast.

Cave Explorers

Heinz Scheiderbauer

Peter Roberts

This short documentary takes a look at a group of Austrian speleologists who explore a newly-discovered cave.