Seeing Hands

11m

War Drama

6

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.

Cast

Pete Smith

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Russell Gleason

Ben Helwig (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Ben's Mother (uncredited)

William Bishop

Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)

Robert Frazer

John Downin (uncredited)

George McFarland

Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)

Crew

Gunther von Fritsch

Director

Joe Ansen

Writer

Philip W. Anderson

Editor

Lester White

Director of Photography

Pete Smith

Producer

Max Terr

Music

Richard Duce

Art Direction

Joseph Nussbaum

Orchestrator