Pete Smith Movies

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

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

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

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

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

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

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

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

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard...

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

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

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

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

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films.

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

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

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