Pete Smith Movies

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

A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and...

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

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

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

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

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

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

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...

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

A Pete Smith Specialty.

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...