Pete Smith Movies

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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

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

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

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

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

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.

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

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

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...

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

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...

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard...

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

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

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