Pete Smith Movies

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

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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

This "Pete Smith Specialty" features narrated clips of acrobats and stunt performers who earn their living in unusual and exciting ways.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

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...

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

A ten-minute short starring Hollywood producer Pete Smith.

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...

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and...

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

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

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