Pete Smith Movies

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...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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...

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

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

A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they...

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.