Pete Smith Movies

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

A review of the 1937 football season.

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

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

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

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

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

A Pete Smith Specialty. Classic high spots from last year's football landmarks.

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

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...