Pete Smith

This comedic Pete Smith Specialty short examines the folly of using "home remedies" for various ills.

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This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

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This Pete Smith Specialty short shows, humorously, the disastrous results when people save their money in unsafe places.

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The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

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A "Pete Smith Specialty" - a fairly serious look at radio hams in the usual jokey format. Shows aircraft using morse code.

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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...

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

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Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

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This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

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In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

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This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

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

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Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

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Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

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This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

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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...

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

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This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

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A man writes a check for $1,000 to cover a gambling debt. The problem is that he doesn't have enough money in his bank account to cover it. The check...

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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...

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A humorous look at some typical housework troubles that may arise. A Pete Smith Specialty short.

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A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...

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

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Demonstrates how accidents happen when proper safety devices are neglected.

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