Pete Smith Movies

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

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

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

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

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

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.

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

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.

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

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.