Pete Smith Movies

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

In this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform...

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

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

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.