Seeing Hands

Jul 3, 1943

0h 11m

★ 6.0

Overview

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.

Genres

War

Drama

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Seeing Hands Trailers

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Cast

Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Pete Smith

Ben Helwig (uncredited)

Russell Gleason

Ben's Mother (uncredited)

Barbara Bedford

Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)

William Bishop

John Downin (uncredited)

Robert Frazer

Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)

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