Seeing Hands

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

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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