Pete Smith Movies

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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 comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

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

This "Pete Smith Specialty" features narrated clips of acrobats and stunt performers who earn their living in unusual and exciting ways.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

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

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

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

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