Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

In this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform...

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...