Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

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

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

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

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

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

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...

Narrator Pete Smith talks about the different kinds of neighbors that can be pests, and how to deal with them.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

Short comedic subject on the history of photography from the daguerrotype to modern amateur photographers.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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...

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

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

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...

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

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

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