Man’s Greatest Friend

Series: Pete Smith Specialties Series

Duration: 400 ft.

Year Published: 1940

Creator: MGM

Format: 16mm

Sound: Sound

Description: BosU; Cal; Geo; Ill $1.50; Kan; Minn 50c; NC; Ohio; OreS 50c; Roch; Syr $1.50; Wis; YMCA $1.50

Complete Record: Caveman and DOG hunt together in the forest. Red cross Rin Tin tin DOG crawling to wounded soldier in slow motion. MS of soldier holding the DOG. CU of DOG “smiling” at soldier. MAD DOG! great shots of terrorized children being stalked by mad DOGs. An actor reenacts Louis Pasteur finding a cure for rabies by infecting himself. Boy stricken with rabies goes with his mother to Pasteur for help. CU shots of Pasteur feet as he paces, cu of mom’s feet while she paces. Boy wakes up next morning completely cured. Cut to DOGs in kennels eating DOG food. Cut to vets office, owners with strange looks on their faces wait to be seen by the doctor. Doc smiles. Girl on a slide at a playground falls on her butt and cries, a DOG comes over to console her. ain’t that the cutest thing you ever did see!

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946