Peter Roberts
Also Known As: not available
Biography: Newscaster
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: Not available
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Gender: Male
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Black Cats and Broomsticks
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-14
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We Never Sleep
Overview: A short documentary about the Pinkerton Detective Agency, the oldest private detective company in the United States.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-01
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The Merchandise Mart
Overview: Documentary short about the Chicago landmark building where thousands of products are displayed for buyers, wholesalers, and tourists.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-04-27
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Game Warden
Overview: A day in the life of a game warden.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-02
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Tale of a Trotter
Overview: This short follows the life of a harness racehorse named "Spunky" from foal, through training, to the finish of his first race at Yonkers Raceway.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-31
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White Peril
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-12-07
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Emergency Doctor
Overview: This short follows a big city ambulance emergency crew, which sometimes includes a medical doctor, to car crash sites, fires, construction mishaps, a D.O.A., and the delivery of a baby.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-06-21
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Her Honor, the Nurse
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-01-06
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Canadian Carnival
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-11-25
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Gym College
Overview: In this Sportscope series entry, members of the Florida State University gymnastics team demonstrate their athletic skills.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-09-30
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Canadian Lancers
Overview: 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.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1956-03-16
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Sportsmen at Work
Overview: This short film focuses on how conservationists endeavor to protect wildlife.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Wild Water
Overview: This Sportscope short focuses on the sport of kayaking.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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Bermuda Cockleshells
Overview: This Sportscope short focuses on sailboat racing in Bermuda.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-11-01
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Bonefish and Barracuda
Overview: Fishing tips from Lee Wulff. Filmed off the coast of Florida.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-10-28
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Dirt Track Racing
Overview: This RKO Sportscope entry introduces the viewer to the sport of speedway, a type of motorcycle racing, in post-World War II Vienna.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-05-16
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Cave Explorers
Overview: This Sportscope short documentary takes a look at a group of Austrian speleologists who explore a newly-discovered cave.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-01
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The Beach of Nazaré
Overview: This Screenliner short looks at the dress and customs of Nazaré, a fishing village on Portugal's Atlantic coast.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1957-01-08
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Tanbark and Turf
Overview: This short film takes the viewer on a tour through the world of harness racing and show horses.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1955-08-05
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The Revolt In Iraq
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Original Language: en
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