{{short description|1936 film}} {{italic title}} {{About|the documentary short|the video game character|Master Hand}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2026}} {{Use American English|date=January 2025}} thumbnail|''Master Hands'', full movie from 1936 '''''Master Hands''''' is a 1936 sponsored documentary film short which shows what work is like in a Chevrolet automobile factory. It was produced by the Jam Handy Organization, a pioneer in industrial film production.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Lys |first1=Lynley Shimat |title=Orphans Project Write-Up: Master Hands |url=https://www.nyu.edu/tisch/preservation/program/student_work/2005fall/05f_1800_lys_a2.pdf}}</ref>
==Credits== Notables for this film include original music by Samuel Benavie, cinematography by Gordon Avil, and film editing by Vincent Herman.<ref>[https://www.filmpreservation.org/preserved-films/screening-room/master-hands-1936 National Film Preservation Foundation]</ref>
==Legacy== In 1999, ''Master Hands'' was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".<ref>[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/700417625 Prelinger Archives. Master Hands. (Part III) (1936) (eVideo 1936)-WorldCat.org]</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Complete National Film Registry Listing |url=https://www.loc.gov/programs/national-film-preservation-board/film-registry/complete-national-film-registry-listing/|website=Library of Congress|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Preserving the Silver Screen (December 1999) - Library of Congress Information Bulletin|url=https://www.loc.gov/loc/lcib/9912/nfb.html|access-date=2020-07-23|website=www.loc.gov}}</ref>
==See also== *Jam Handy *Prelinger Archives
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *''Master Hands'' essay [https://www.loc.gov/static/programs/national-film-preservation-board/documents/master_hands.pdf] by Richard Marback and Jim Brown on the National Film Registry website *{{IMDb title|0221385|Master Hands}} *''Master Hands'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN|0826429777}}, pages 256-258 [https://books.google.com/books?id=deq3xI8OmCkC] *''Master Hands'' at the Internet Archive: **[https://archive.org/details/masterhandscomplete4kh264 4K Complete] **[https://archive.org/details/MasterHa1936 Part 1] **[https://archive.org/details/MasterHa1936_2 Part 2] **[https://archive.org/details/MasterHa1936_3 Part 3] **[https://archive.org/details/MasterHa1936_4 Part 4]
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