Pete Smith Movies

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

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

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

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.

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...

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

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

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

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

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

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

Highlights the fast-paced and dangerous world of professional auto racing.

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming