A Smith called Pete narrates this short about a speed race on the Salton Sea. The people who took part were minor sports celebrities at the time, now forgotten. The boats skim above the buoyant waters, and the foley artist uses something to simulate something that sounds like a small, gas-powered lawn mower, while Pete simulates excitement and corny wisecracks, as he would for twenty years of shorts forMGM.
The question is how he got the job in the first place. Most shorts were narrated by performers with polished voices, or at least reputations. Red Grange might narrate sports shorts, but usually the man behind the microphone was an actor, the sort on man who might become a radio announcer. That wasn't Pete. He sounded like a fellow who brought the blue movies to the smoker, slapped you on the back, and pulled out a 'chicken inspector' badge. He was a publicist for MGM, and I guess they thought he would be amusing for a light-hearted short. And so he was, for two decades.