Pete Smith Movies

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

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

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

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

After their mother remarries, two brothers cause chaos at their Aunt's home.

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

A review of the 1937 football season.

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

The profession of capturing animals in action on celluloid is both an art and science. Some of the most exciting footage can be obtained in different...

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

In this Pete Smith Specialty comedic short, we see various ways a wife may unintentionally hold her husband back.