Pete Smith Filmes

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...

A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

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

In this Pete Smith Speciality, the audience is asked a series of multiple-choice questions on various subjects.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short provides a behind-the-scenes look at the Ice Capades practices with ice skating favorites of the time.

A chef helps a housewife cook a duck dinner that will not give her husband indigestion.

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

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

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...

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

Pete Smith does his usual mocking observations while the overweight Maxine Gates goes through the trials and tribulations of losing weight. The agony...

A little dog must learn to become friends with a big dog.

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

Filmmaker Pete Smith is very protective of the trophies and other mementos associated with his films that are located in his office at the studio,...

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

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 dog accused of murdering sheep is brought to trial.

This Pete Smith Specialty short focuses on the young men who have signed up for the U.S. Army. The film uses the analogy of the speed, accuracy, and...