Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

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

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

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

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...

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

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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...