Pete Smith Movies

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

A man looks at stacks of canisters of film on shelves. He pulls out a few to show real-life events caught on camera. He pulls out spools of film that...

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

This Pete Smith Specialty short shows newsreel clips of people performing strange stunts. Among those featured are a motorcyclist driving through a...

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

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...

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.

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

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

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

Pete Smith takes a humorous look at the wildlife that lives among the California redwoods.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

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

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

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

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.