Seeing Hands (1943)

11m
Running Time

July 3, 1943
Release Date

Seeing Hands (1943)

11m
Running Time

July 3, 1943
Release Date

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Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Plot.

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.

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Release Date
July 3, 1943

Status
Released

Running Time
11m

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This Movie Is About.

disability
war propaganda
blindness
physical disability
war effort
defense plant

Wiki.

Seeing Hands is a 1943 American short film. It tells the story of Benjamin Charles Helwig, who was blinded in his late teens but became a valued employee at an American World War II manufacturing plant, machining and inspecting precision parts. Directed by Gunther von Fritsch, the film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 16th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).

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