Pete Smith Movies

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

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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...

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

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

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

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

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

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

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

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

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

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...

Highlights the fast-paced and dangerous world of professional auto racing.

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

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

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