Pete Smith Movies

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...

The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

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

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

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

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

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...

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...

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.

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 final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.

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