Pete Smith Movies

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

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

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

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

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...

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

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

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

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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...

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

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...