Pete Smith Movies

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

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

The unusual talents of Johnny Price, a minor league baseball pitcher and trick artist, are showcased in this Pete Smith Specialty. Among other...

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

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...

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

Swing High is a 1932 American Pre-Code short documentary film directed by Jack Cummings. In 1932, it was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th...

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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

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

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...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

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