Pete Smith Filmes

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

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

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

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

Swing High is a 1932 American Pre-Code short documentary film directed by Jack Cummings. In 1932, it was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

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

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

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...

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

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

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...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

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

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

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

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

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

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