Pete Smith Filmes

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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

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.

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...

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

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

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they...

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

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...

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

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