Movies: Pete Smith

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

Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected....

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

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

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 diaper on his child fastest wins), a fireman's ball (two teams of fire fighters use high-pressure wat...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we take a music quiz, plus survey various unusual musical instruments....

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt....

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily Rock) above Idyllwild. The various climbing techniques are explained, as well as the dangers one encount...

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then wrestled in a small rowboat near Baja, the largest (721 pounds) great white shark caught to date in Cali...

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they tire of the repetitive routine, a superior officer tells them the story of another Northwest Mounted Po...

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

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

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big Pines L.A. County Camp for some winter sports including sledding, skating, and ski jumping....

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood....

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard at 45 mph....

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short....

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