Pete Smith Movies

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

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...

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 comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

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

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

The second "Pete Smith Special" dealing with Fala, the pet dog of the late-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died long before the release of this...

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...

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

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...

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...