Pete Smith Movies

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

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

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

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

A review of the 1937 football season.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

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

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

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 Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

Highlights the fast-paced and dangerous world of professional auto racing.

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...

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...

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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