Pete Smith Movies

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

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....

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...