Pete Smith Movies

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

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

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and...

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

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

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films.

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 several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...

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