Movies: Pete Smith

This Pete Smith Specialty shows water-safety and life-saving techniques taught by the American Red Cross to advanced swimmers....

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River....

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny....

This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse Pistol Pete," produced by Super-Stupid Pictures. It consists of excerpts from an unidentified silent ...

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 deadline....

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

Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride....

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa....

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

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

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

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times....

Life in mid-century America is humorously compared to life at the turn of the century. Subject covered are keeping accurate time, proposing marriage, waking up in the morning, and going to the movies....

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads....

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry Winston; and how it was cut by Lazarre Kaplan....

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts....

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled....

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics....

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

A "Pete Smith Specialty" short that looks at legendary movie stuntman Harry Woolman planning and rehearsing stunts for films....