Pete Smith Movies

An amusing short film that looks at human and animal babies.

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

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

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

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...

Highlights the fast-paced and dangerous world of professional auto racing.

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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...

Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

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 raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

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

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

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

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...

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

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