Pete Smith Movies

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

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

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

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then...

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

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

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

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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

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...

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

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