Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

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

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

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...

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

Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

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

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

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

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

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of...

Pete Smith special about billiard.

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...