Pete Smith Movies

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...

The first part of this short is a "Metrophony" newsreel. It contains actual newsreel footage with humorous commentary (e.g., a flotilla of gondolas...

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

A Pete Smith Specialty showcasing athletic stunts.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. Classic high spots from last year's football landmarks.

A satire on movie newsreels combines with humorous narration of silent screen footage in this one reel comedy short.

This short features professional bowler Andy Varipapa. He first shows the correct way to grip a bowling ball and the proper form for delivering the...

Prudence Penny and Gwen Lee give more cooking tips in Technicolor

This Sports Champions entry visits a rodeo and highlights the three main events: bronco busting, bull riding, and bull-dogging steers.

This short looks at the sport of rock climbing. A team of three men ascend a rock wall on Southern California's Tahquitz Rock (also known as Lily...

A boy trains his new golden retriever for duck retrieving competition, much to the chagrin of his first dog, a lovable but untrained mutt.

A Pete Smith Specialty shorts series entry. Dave demonstrates a variety of household items and furniture which, while modern, is much more trouble...

Pete Smith special about billiard.

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

This Pete Smith Specialty short demonstrates the uses of micro- and macrophotography. We see extreme closeups of the mechanical workings of a tiny...

This entry in the "whole show on one reel" series begins with a do-it-yourself overture for which the narrator asks the audience to hum any song they...

The story of the short film from the beginning of the movies in the 1890s, when all movies were shorts, through the 1950s when short subjects...

A comic short filled with fake news and a fake movie trailer made up of clips from silent movies.

In this short, Pete Smith provides comedic narration over silent film footage.