Pete Smith Movies

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

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

This short film showcases water sports activities such as sailboat racing and surfboard riding, including Christian Peterson doing a human surfboard...

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

Beautiful women allow men to crack whips and throw horseshoes at their heads.

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

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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...

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

This Pete Smith Specialty offers a look at Marineland of Florida, featuring the various marine life on display there.

This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.

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...

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

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...

This short film presents several athletes preparing for the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California.

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

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