Pete Smith Movies

Tells the story of young Willie Mosconi. From growing up with his father's pool hall downstairs to his first US Championship.

In this short film, champion fisherman Ernie St. Claire tries to catch a large salmon in Oregon's Rogue River.

The Green Bay Packers teach football tips.

In this Pete Smith Specialty short, two lion cubs escape from the zoo and go on an adventure.

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

A Pete Smith Specialty. The annual compendium of highlights from last season's major intercollegiate gridiron classics.

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

A tense businessman seeks to find a relaxing pastime but proves himself inept at golf, duck-hunting, and model plane building.

A review of the 1937 football season.

An exmination of the sport of championship diving.

The audience is asked questions about sports facts and records involving tennis, wrestling, swimming, golf, and cycling.

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...

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

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

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

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...

Despite the school just having won an important basketball game, its students are more interested in one of its teachers, namely Charles C. Peterson,...

How the game of ice hockey is played, demonstrated by the hockey team at Loyola University.

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