Pete Smith Movies

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

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

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

The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. A documentary that explains the answers to questions about Portuguese man-of-war fish and the Rosetta Stone, among others.

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...

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

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

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

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

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

Pete Smith special about billiard.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty explaining the finer points of meat carving, shown by an expert.

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

This short film presents an unusual Beverly Hills store called the Patio Shop, where trash is turned into art.

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...

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...

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