Pete Smith Movies

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

A boogie-woogie piano introduces what purports to be a jitterbug lesson, starring prize winner Arthur Walsh, his partner, and then later various...

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

This comedy short contains a "Wotaphony" newsreel and a short film from Super-Stupid Pictures entitled "The Downfall of Thaddeus G. Blotto, Esq." As...

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

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

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

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

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...

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

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

A Pete Smith Specialty.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a raccoon spends the night looking for food for his family. After his encounters with a skunk, a frog, and a...

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

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

Two expert badminton players demonstrate how the best play the game, including some slick trick shots. Meanwhile, befuddled bungler Bellamy B....

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...

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