Pete Smith Movies

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

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

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

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

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

Pete Smith special about billiard.

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

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

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

The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

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

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.