Pete Smith Movies

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.

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

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

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

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

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

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

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

Another in the long series of "Pete Smith" shorts from M-G-M in which William Newell meets and falls in love with Sally Payne, and begins to budget...

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.