Pete Smith Movies

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

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

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

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

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

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

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

In this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

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

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...

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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