Pete Smith Movies

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

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

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...

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 Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics. Reliving past games of...

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...

This "Pete Smith Specialty" features narrated clips of acrobats and stunt performers who earn their living in unusual and exciting ways.

A review of the 1937 football season.

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.

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and...

A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...