Pete Smith

A short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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

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In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

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This entry in the series starts with a "Wotaphony Newsreel," which contains feature stories with humorous commentary. Then we see "Passions of Horse...

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This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

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A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

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In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

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This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

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

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This "complete show on one reel" starts with Super-Stupid Picture's "The Heel of a Nation", in which the narrator tells a humorous story while the...

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Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

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In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

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A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

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In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, women battle for bargains in a department store.

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

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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...

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This short film focuses on a day in the life of a Hollywood talent scout assigned to cast animals.

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Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

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Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

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

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An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

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Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

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In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

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