Pete Smith Movies

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

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...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, we see how real-life investigator Jo Goggin used a motion picture surveillance camera to gather evidence and...

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

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

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

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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

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

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

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

This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

With Pete Smith providing dry off-screen commentary, we watch some serious fishing: a marlin caught near Catalina, a hammerhead shark caught then...

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

An off-camera narrator takes us through various scenarios of "just suppose". First we watch what would happen if a private detective behaved at home...

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

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