Pete Smith Movies

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

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. Classic high spots from last year's football landmarks.

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

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

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

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

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

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

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

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...