Pete Smith Movies

  • 1940
    Stuffie

    Stuffie

    Stuffie

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

    Stuffie
  • 1947
    Neighbor Pests

    Neighbor Pests

    Neighbor Pests

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    Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

    Neighbor Pests
  • 1948
    Bowling Tricks

    Bowling Tricks

    Bowling Tricks

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    A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

    Bowling Tricks
  • 1949
    Water Trix

    Water Trix

    Water Trix

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    In this Pete Smith Specialty, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform...

    Water Trix
  • 1941
    Cuban Rhythm

    Cuban Rhythm

    Cuban Rhythm

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    In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

    Cuban Rhythm
  • 1931
    Trader Hound

    Trader Hound

    Trader Hound

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    Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....

    Trader Hound
  • 1944
    Groovie Movie

    Groovie Movie

    Groovie Movie

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

    Groovie Movie
  • 1938
    Fisticuffs

    Fisticuffs

    Fisticuffs

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    This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

    Fisticuffs
  • 1935
    Audioscopiks

    Audioscopiks

    Audioscopiks

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    After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

    Audioscopiks
  • 1937
    Pigskin Champions

    Pigskin Champions

    Pigskin Champions

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    The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

    Pigskin Champions
  • 1946
    Fala at Hyde Park

    Fala at Hyde Park

    Fala at Hyde Park

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    The second "Pete Smith Special" dealing with Fala, the pet dog of the late-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died long before the release of this...

    Fala at Hyde Park
  • 1943
    Fala: The President's Dog

    Fala: The President's Dog

    Fala: The President's Dog

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

    Fala: The President's Dog
  • 1937
    Friend Indeed

    Friend Indeed

    Friend Indeed

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    Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and...

    Friend Indeed
  • 1934
    Pro Football

    Pro Football

    Pro Football

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    This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

    Pro Football
  • 1936
    Hurling

    Hurling

    Hurling

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

    Hurling
  • 1941
    Aeronutics

    Aeronutics

    Aeronutics

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    This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

    Aeronutics
  • 1939
    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

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    Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

    Weather Wizards
  • 1941
    Memory Tricks

    Memory Tricks

    Memory Tricks

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    A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

    Memory Tricks
  • 1950
    A Wife's Life

    A Wife's Life

    A Wife's Life

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

    A Wife's Life
  • 1954
    Do Someone a Favor!

    Do Someone a Favor!

    Do Someone a Favor!

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    In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

    Do Someone a Favor!