Pete Smith Movies

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

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

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

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

An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.

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 shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...