"This is a Living?" is an MGM short featuring film clips of lots of different dangerous jobs. For the most part, the jobs are acrobatic in nature--such as high wire acts, acrobatics, trapeze artists and the like. Some of the clips might have been from the 1950s but judging by the hair and fashions, it's clear MGM raiding their vast vaults and used a lot of clips from the 1930s.
Like all the other Pete Smith Specialty shorts I've seen before this one, the worst thing about this one is Smith's narration. He talks non-stop and often the narration seemed more distracting than helpful. A clear case where more is much less. As far as the clips go, they were rather impressive and clearly spoke for themselves. Overall, worth seeing but far from a must-see short.
Like all the other Pete Smith Specialty shorts I've seen before this one, the worst thing about this one is Smith's narration. He talks non-stop and often the narration seemed more distracting than helpful. A clear case where more is much less. As far as the clips go, they were rather impressive and clearly spoke for themselves. Overall, worth seeing but far from a must-see short.