Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty.

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

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

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

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

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.

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

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

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

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

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