Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

A review of the 1937 football season.

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

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...

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...

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

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

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

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...

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

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

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of...

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.