Pete Smith Movies

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

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

The second "Pete Smith Special" dealing with Fala, the pet dog of the late-President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died long before the release of this...

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

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

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

In this comedic Pete Smith Specialty short, average housewife Mrs. George T. Hardnose's day is recalled.

This "Pete Smith Specialty" features narrated clips of acrobats and stunt performers who earn their living in unusual and exciting ways.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short looks at the notion that a man chases a woman till he catches her. Who's really chasing whom?

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...

A dog living in a junkyard learns that all stray dogs will be exterminated by 3 o'clock that afternoon, so sets off to find a master before the...

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

This Pete Smith Specialty showcases the Cristiani Family, a circus act. They mount and dismount moving horses and perform acrobatic feats while...

1938 short film starring Prudence Penny.

Humorous look at fantasy gadgets like ketchup in a tube, tilting book shelves, etc.

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

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 "Pete Smith Specialty". Three sea lions gatecrash the kitchen of a beach house, steal some goodies, then go on to cause chaos at the party.