Pete Smith Filmes

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

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

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

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

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

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

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...

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

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits.

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

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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.