Pete Smith Movies

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

A review of the 1937 football season.

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

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

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

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

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

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...

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

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

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

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

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

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

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they...

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