Seeing Hands

Seeing Hands 1943

5.30

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.

1943

Main Street Today

Main Street Today 1944

6.25

This patriotic short film promotes America's war effort at home. The story looks at a fictional small town's main street, seeing where additional workforce, for increased production of materials needed by the military, might come from.

1944

He's My Guy

He's My Guy 1943

6.00

The former members of a vaudeville team meet up again in a defense plant during WW II.

1943