Pete Smith Movies

Pete Smith would make a "Football Thrills of...." each year as part of his Pete Smith Specials. 1944 was in the midst of WW II and most of the...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty comedic short details the troubles the average woman faces with maintaining beauty and fitness.

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

Shows how the game of football developed, and how its rules came to be.

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

Five years after he narrated STRIKES AND SPARES, Pete Smith returns to the subject of bowling with two pros: Andy Varipapa, who threw some trick...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty.

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

A ten-minute short starring Hollywood producer Pete Smith.