Pete Smith Movies

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

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

Swing High is a 1932 American Pre-Code short documentary film directed by Jack Cummings. In 1932, it was nominated for an Academy Award at the 5th...

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

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

A "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.

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

A Pete Smith short that deals with the newly-created 3-D process.

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

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