Pete Smith Movies

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...

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then...

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...

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

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

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

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

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

An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.

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

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

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