Pete Smith Movies

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

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

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...

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

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.

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

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

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...

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

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

A review of the 1937 football season.