Pete Smith Movies

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

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

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

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

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

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

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

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

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

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

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...