Pete Smith Movies

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

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

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, clips from several unidentified silent films are woven into a story, with humorous commentary by Smith.

Choreographer Dave Gould and his students demonstrate various tap dancing steps. Also featured are an adagio and Russian sword dancers.

An attempt to explain the economic cycle of inflation and unemployment.

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

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

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

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

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

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

This short film focuses on a group of lifeguards from a Southern California beach during the off season.

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

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short was produced in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Labor. Using humor, it shows what can happen when tools and...

A ten-minute short starring Hollywood producer Pete Smith.

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

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...