Pete Smith Filmes

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

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

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

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 humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then...

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...

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

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

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

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...

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.