Pete Smith Movies

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

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

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

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

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

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a new father experiences the trials and tribulations of fatherhood.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

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

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

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short film, a homeowner experiences a series of mishaps while taking a day off from the office.

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

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