Pete Smith Movies

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

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...

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

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

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

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 friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

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

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

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

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

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

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....

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

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

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

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