Pete Smith Movies

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

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

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

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

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 MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they...

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...

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty.

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

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

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

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...