Pete Smith Movies

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

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

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

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...

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

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.

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

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

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

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

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

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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...