Pete Smith Movies

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...

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

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

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...

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

Pete Smith special about billiard.

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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

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

This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

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

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

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...

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.