Pete Smith Movies

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...

A 3-D short subject in which the narrator goes to a creepy old house in search of his missing aunt. There he encounters the Frankenstein monster, a...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

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

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

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

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

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...

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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

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

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

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

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

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

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

Wild bears that bother livestock are captured with ropes and shipped to zoos.

A Pete Smith Specialty.