Pete Smith Movies

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

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

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

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they...

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...