Seeing Hands

11m
WarDrama
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

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