Pete Smith Movies

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

A Pete Smith Specialty. Classic high spots from last year's football landmarks.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

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

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

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

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

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

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.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.