Pete Smith Movies

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. Classic high spots from last year's football landmarks.

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

A humorous look at various circus and other acrobatic feats. One of the "Pete Smith Specialties" produced and narrated by "A Smith named Pete."

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

Short film covering a variety of topics that folks may have wondered about.

Pete Smith special about billiard.

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

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

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

In this Sports Champions entry, power boat racers use specially designed outboard motor boats in a race on California's Salton Sea.

This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

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 showcasing athletic stunts.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

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...