Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

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...

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.

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

A review of the 1937 football season.

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

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

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

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

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

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

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

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

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

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

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

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

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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