Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

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

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

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...

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

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...

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

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

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...