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Seeing Hands

Seeing Hands (1943)

Drama War

This serious Pete Smith Specialty series entry encourages industry to hire people with disabilities to help with the war effort. As a boy, Ben Helwig was blinded in an accident while playing baseball. He eventually acquired a guide dog and now works in a defense plant.

Updated May 24 2020

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war propaganda disability blindness war effort physical disability defense plant

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Runtime: 11 mins Rating: 5.3

Cast

George McFarland

George McFarland

Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)

Robert Frazer

Robert Frazer

John Downin (uncredited)

William Bishop

William Bishop

Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Barbara Bedford

Ben's Mother (uncredited)

Russell Gleason

Russell Gleason

Ben Helwig (uncredited)

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice)

Crew

Philip W. Anderson

Philip W. Anderson

Editor

Richard Duce

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Gunther von Fritsch

Gunther von Fritsch

Director

Max Terr

Max Terr

Music

Lester White

Lester White

Director of Photography

Joe Ansen

Joe Ansen

Writer

Joseph Nussbaum

Joseph Nussbaum

Orchestrator

Pete Smith

Pete Smith

Producer

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