Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and ma...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely unrelate...

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

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

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

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

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...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

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

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.