Philip W. Anderson Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

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

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

Reverend Norman Vincent Peale fights to bring his message to the nation.

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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 short film is a humorous look at basic first aid techniques for mishaps that often occur around the house.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

A young man takes a succession of odd jobs in order to save enough money to buy himself and his mother a house. He lands a position in a newspaper...

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

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

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

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

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

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

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

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.