Pete Smith Movies

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

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

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then...

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...