Pete Smith Movies

A short film where viewers are given 10 or 15 seconds to answer questions about the United States and its involvement in World War II.

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

Romance of Radium is a 1937 American short film directed by Jacques Tourneur, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. This short film tells the story of...

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...

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...

Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

This short film focuses on how racehorses are trained.

This short film highlights the odd 1930s fad of playing baseball while riding donkeys.

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short showcases former heavyweight boxing champion Max Baer with various sparring partners in the ring. Slow motion is used...

This humorous short film shows how carelessness and accidents can harm the war effort, and steps on how to avoid them.

Re-enactment of how the 726-carat Jonker diamond was discovered in South Africa in 1905 by the family of Jacobus Jonker; how it was sold to Harry...

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

Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

A dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

This Sports Parade series entry follows the life of Dixie Dan, a harness racehorse, from birth through age three.