Pete Smith Movies

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

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

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

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

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

A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage,...

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

A review of the 1937 football season.

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.