Pete Smith Movies

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

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...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

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

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

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

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.