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Seeing Hands
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.
Director and cast
- Gunther von Fritsch Director
- Pete Smith as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
- Russell Gleason as Ben Helwig (uncredited)
- Barbara Bedford as Ben's Mother (uncredited)
- William Bishop as Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)
- Robert Frazer as John Downin (uncredited)
- George McFarland as Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)
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