Pete Smith Movies
- 1942

The Tree in a Test Tube
The Tree in a Test Tube4.9411942HD
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...
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- 1934

Roping Wild Bears
Roping Wild Bears51934HD
Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.
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- 1932

Snow Birds
Snow Birds61932HD
This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...
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- 1932

Microscopic Mysteries
Microscopic Mysteries61932HD
This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.
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- 1951

Camera Sleuth
Camera Sleuth51951HD
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...
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- 1954

Ain't It Aggravatin'
Ain't It Aggravatin'61954HD
This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.
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- 1954

The Camera Caught It
The Camera Caught It01954HD
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...
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- 1948

I Love My Mother-In-Law But...
I Love My Mother-In-Law But...7.31948HD
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...
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- 1953

Dogs 'n Ducks
Dogs 'n Ducks01953HD
A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.
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- 1946

Studio Visit
Studio Visit3.51946HD
This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.
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- 1935

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara5.91935HD
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy...
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- 1938

Fisticuffs
Fisticuffs61938HD
This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...
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- 1938

The New Audioscopiks
The New Audioscopiks6.51938HD
A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.
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- 1948

Let's Cogitate
Let's Cogitate51948HD
Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.
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- 1932

Olympic Events
Olympic Events01932HD
This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.
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- 1942

Acro-Batty
Acro-Batty01942HD
A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."
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- 1939

Weather Wizards
Weather Wizards61939HD
Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...
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- 1952

Musiquiz
Musiquiz11952HD
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments.
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- 1931

Trader Hound
Trader Hound61931HD
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....
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- 1946

I Love My Husband, But!
I Love My Husband, But!01946HD
In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy.
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