Pete Smith Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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....

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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

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

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

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

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

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