Pete Smith Movies

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

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

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

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

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

Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

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