Pete Smith Movies

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases a group called the Water Bugs. Its members devise new ways to experience thrills on the waters of California...

This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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

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

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, cameraman Charles T. Trego films water skiing champion Preston Petersen, as he and two unnamed female skiers perform...

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

Pete Smith tells the story of 'Sparky', a German shepherd dog trained to lead his blind master, a country doctor who lost his sight in a fire, and...

Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.

The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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 few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

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 friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.