Pete Smith Movies

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

A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and...

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

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

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

Another in the long series of "Pete Smith" shorts from M-G-M in which William Newell meets and falls in love with Sally Payne, and begins to budget...

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

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

This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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...

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

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...