Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....

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

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

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...

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

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

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.

A review of the 1937 football season.

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...