Pete Smith Movies

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard...

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....