Seeing Hands (1943)

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.

Released July 3, 1943 11 min 7+

Genres: Drama, Short, War

Keywords: tmdb.war-propaganda, tmdb.disability, tmdb.blindness, tmdb.war-effort, tmdb.physical-disability, imdb.defense-plant, mdblist.imdb-short + 21 more, tmdb.defense-plant, imdb.dog, imdb.baseball, imdb.disability, imdb.pete-smith-specialty, imdb.tool-shed, imdb.seeing-eye-dog, imdb.new-job, imdb.model-airplane, imdb.injured-child, imdb.initiation, imdb.hospital, imdb.eye-injury, imdb.carpentry, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.blindness, imdb.narration, imdb.based-on-true-story, imdb.title-spoken-by-character, awards.oscar-nominated, aspectratio.1-37-1