Pete Smith Movies

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

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

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

This "Pete Smith Specialty" features narrated clips of acrobats and stunt performers who earn their living in unusual and exciting ways.

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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

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

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

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

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,...

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

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

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