Pete Smith Movies

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...

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

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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...

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

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

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...

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

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

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

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

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

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?