Pete Smith Movies

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...

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

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

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...

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

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

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

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

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