Pete Smith Movies

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

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

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

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

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the...

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

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...

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

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

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

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard...

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

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...

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

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....