Movies: Pete Smith

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

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to see in slow motion what happens during events that occur too fast to be seen by the naked eye. Exampl...

A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and size measuring terms and protocols, race track gambling lingo, harness racing lingo and training techni...

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

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

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the ball down the alley. He then performs several trick shots....

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a husband endures the trials of being married to a wife with irritating traits....

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

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily Rock) above Idyllwild. The various climbing techniques are explained, as well as the dangers one encount...

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and teamwork of sports and how these qualities are translated into the weapons training of American soldi...

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

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

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 include clips of the effects of heavy rain, of early attempts to fly, of an auto race with a spectac...

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

Under Pete's Smith's narration, this one-reeler tells the story of the training of three new recruits in the Canadian Northwest Mounted. When they tire of the repetitive routine, a superior officer tells them the story of another Northwest Mounted Po...

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

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 diaper on his child fastest wins), a fireman's ball (two teams of fire fighters use high-pressure wat...

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

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained....

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