Pete Smith Movies

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...

This Pete Smith Specialty short takes a humorous look at the inconsiderate pests whose annoying habits make enjoying a movie impossible.

It's Thanksgiving. Newlywed husband Abner Poodlebean faces the turkey his wife has prepared: she wants him to carve it at the table in front of her...

Modern meteorology and a hard-working government weather team put their science and organization to work as a cold front moves from Alaska toward the...

This humorous Pete Smith Specialty short looks around various studios on a film lot.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a friendly do-gooder's good deeds backfire.

In this Pete Smith Specialties short, two professional dancers beautifully demonstrate the rumba and conga while actors humorously display some...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, a series of vignettes illustrate some ways that mothers-in-law irritate, and/or cause problems for, their...

This comedic short looks at human foibles that lead to major aggravations.

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

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

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

Frank Morgan is hired to put together a movie using odds and ends from the MGM vaults. He does so by splicing together a string of completely...

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, answers are sought regarding some things people may have wondered about.

In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

An examination of the history of anesthesia, from ancient Egyptian times to contemporary times.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty short on saving an important dinner after the household's cook suddenly quits.

In this short, members of the California Water Bugs club demonstrate new ways to get thrills when water skiing.

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...