Pete Smith Movies

  • 1932
    Snow Birds

    Snow Birds

    Snow Birds

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    This Pete Smith Sports Champion short visits Southern California where it quickly moves from orange orchards to the mountain snow playground at Big...

    Snow Birds
  • 1935
    Audioscopiks

    Audioscopiks

    Audioscopiks

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    After the audience is instructed how to use the 3-D glasses they received, demonstrations of three-dimensional films are presented. Various objects...

    Audioscopiks
  • 1932
    Color Scales

    Color Scales

    Color Scales

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    This humorous short film shows various species of tropical fish at the Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco, California.

    Color Scales
  • 1934
    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

    Manhattan Melodrama

    71934HD

    The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.

    Manhattan Melodrama
  • 1948
    Bowling Tricks

    Bowling Tricks

    Bowling Tricks

    6.51948HD

    A demonstration of trick shots by champion bowler Andy Varipapa.

    Bowling Tricks
  • 1940
    Stuffie

    Stuffie

    Stuffie

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

    Stuffie
  • 1949
    Water Trix

    Water Trix

    Water Trix

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

    Water Trix
  • 1941
    Aeronutics

    Aeronutics

    Aeronutics

    71941HD

    This Pete Smith Specialty is a humorous look at a student's first flying lesson, in a propeller-driven biplane.

    Aeronutics
  • 1937
    Friend Indeed

    Friend Indeed

    Friend Indeed

    6.71937HD

    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...

    Friend Indeed
  • 1934
    Pro Football

    Pro Football

    Pro Football

    71934HD

    This MGM Oddity features the 1933 National Football League champion Chicago Bears. The team demonstrates various plays, which are shown first in real...

    Pro Football
  • 1931
    Trader Hound

    Trader Hound

    Trader Hound

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    Trader Hound, a dog who walks upright, wears human clothes, and speaks English, is in darkest Africa with a young sheik who is looking for adventure....

    Trader Hound
  • 1949
    Sports Oddities

    Sports Oddities

    Sports Oddities

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    A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

    Sports Oddities
  • 1939
    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

    Weather Wizards

    71939HD

    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...

    Weather Wizards
  • 1941
    Memory Tricks

    Memory Tricks

    Memory Tricks

    71941HD

    A few different methods that are supposed to help with memorization are presented

    Memory Tricks
  • 1936
    Hurling

    Hurling

    Hurling

    91936HD

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

    Hurling
  • 1942
    Marines in the Making

    Marines in the Making

    Marines in the Making

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    This short film shows U.S. Marines in training at a number of unidentified bases, with a focus on hand-to-hand combat.

    Marines in the Making
  • 1942
    What About Daddy?

    What About Daddy?

    What About Daddy?

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    The trials and tribulations of a husband as his pregnant wife gets closer to the delivery date.

    What About Daddy?
  • 1944
    Home Maid

    Home Maid

    Home Maid

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    Wartime housekeeping tips by a home-economics pro who comes to the aid of a bumbling, vertically challenged husband and his statuesque bride.

    Home Maid
  • 1938
    Man's Greatest Friend

    Man's Greatest Friend

    Man's Greatest Friend

    81938HD

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

    Man's Greatest Friend
  • 1933
    Handlebars

    Handlebars

    Handlebars

    61933HD

    A humorous history of the bicycle since 1819.

    Handlebars