Pete Smith Movies

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...

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

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

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

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.