Pete Smith Movies

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

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

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...

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

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

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

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and...

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, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...