Pete Smith Movies

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

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

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

Pete Smith special about billiard.

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

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...

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

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

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

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

A review of the 1937 football season.

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

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

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

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

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...