Pete Smith Movies

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

An examination of the role played by dogs over the years in scientific research.

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

A series of questions testing one's knowledge of fun facts about horses and equestrian in general are asked. The questions deal with horse age and...

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig...

A Pete Smith Specialty. Chef Prudence Penny gives hints on cooking.

Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy are stopped by narrator Pete Smith for the purpose of showing the audience how much wood and wood by-products the...

A look at colorful (and mostly imported) birds, ranging in size from hummingbirds to storks.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, Dr. Harold E. Edgerton demonstrates stroboscopic photography, which he helped develop. This process allows us to...

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

This short looks at the following questions: How would you act as an expectant father? How many greeting cards are sold in the USA each year? Why do...

Fala was the famous Scotch Terrier owned by Franklin Delano Roosevelt during his last two presidential terms.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a wife endures the trials of being married to a husband with traits that drive her crazy.

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

A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

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...

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

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 short film showing the Irish contact sport known as hurling, which is similar to, but much rougher than, American football.

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...