Pete Smith Movies

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

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

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

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

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

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

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

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

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

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

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.