Pete Smith Movies

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...

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

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

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

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and...

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

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

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

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

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform...