Pete Smith Movies

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

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

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

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

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

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

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

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

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

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

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

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

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

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...

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

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