Pete Smith Movies

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

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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...

Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of...

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

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

This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

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

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

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

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

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...

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