Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

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

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...

This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers.

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

An examination of the problem of the house guest who has overstayed is welcome, and how to get rid of him.

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

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

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

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

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

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