Pete Smith Movies

  • 1941
    Army Champions

    Army Champions

    Army Champions

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    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...

    Army Champions
  • 1970
    Football Thrills of 1939

    Football Thrills of 1939

    Football Thrills of 1939

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

    Football Thrills of 1939
  • 1931
    Wild and Woolly

    Wild and Woolly

    Wild and Woolly

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

    Wild and Woolly
  • 1941
    Football Thrills of 1940

    Football Thrills of 1940

    Football Thrills of 1940

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    Pete Smith narrates some of the most spectacular college football plays from the 1940 season.

    Football Thrills of 1940
  • 1940
    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two

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    Questions and answers on various subjects, from Lady Godiva to the Panama Canal.

    'What's Your 'I.Q.'?': Number Two
  • 1954
    Do Someone a Favor!

    Do Someone a Favor!

    Do Someone a Favor!

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

    Do Someone a Favor!
  • 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
  • 1936
    Harnessed Rhythm

    Harnessed Rhythm

    Harnessed Rhythm

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

    Harnessed Rhythm
  • 1934
    Goofy Movies Number Eight

    Goofy Movies Number Eight

    Goofy Movies Number Eight

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    In this eighth installment in Pete Smith's Goofy Movies short films series, clips from silent films are given comedic narration.

    Goofy Movies Number Eight
  • 1949
    We Can Dream, Can't We?

    We Can Dream, Can't We?

    We Can Dream, Can't We?

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

    We Can Dream, Can't We?
  • 1944
    Football Thrills of 1943

    Football Thrills of 1943

    Football Thrills of 1943

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

    Football Thrills of 1943
  • 1953
    Things We Can Do Without

    Things We Can Do Without

    Things We Can Do Without

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

    Things We Can Do Without
  • 1949
    Super Cue Men

    Super Cue Men

    Super Cue Men

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    Pete Smith special about billiard.

    Super Cue Men
  • 1955
    The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

    The Fall Guy

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    In this final entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series, Smith pays tribute to actor and stuntman Dave O'Brien, who took many falls and spills (and...

    The Fall Guy
  • 1932
    Microscopic Mysteries

    Microscopic Mysteries

    Microscopic Mysteries

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    This short film takes a look through a microscope's lens at insect life.

    Microscopic Mysteries
  • 1950
    Curious Contests

    Curious Contests

    Curious Contests

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    This Pete Smith Specialty shows newsreel footage events that live up to the title. They include, among others, a diaper derby (the father who puts a...

    Curious Contests
  • 1954
    Rough Riding

    Rough Riding

    Rough Riding

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    This rare Technicolor entry in the Pete Smith Specialty series shows various events at a rodeo in Casper, Wyoming

    Rough Riding
  • 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?
  • 1955
    Just What I Needed

    Just What I Needed

    Just What I Needed

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    Harry Horseknuckle tries to figure out what to do with some strange and unwanted gifts.

    Just What I Needed
  • 1934
    Goofy Movies Number Nine

    Goofy Movies Number Nine

    Goofy Movies Number Nine

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    This comedic short presents a series of nonsensical news stories, in a "Wotaphony Newsreel". The reel's feature, "The Curse of an Aching Husband",...

    Goofy Movies Number Nine