Pete Smith Movies

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

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

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...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

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

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

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...

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

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

Pete Smith special about billiard.