Pete Smith Movies

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

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

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

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.

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

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

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

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

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...

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...

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

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.