Seeing Hands

{{short description|1943 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2018}} {{Infobox film | name = Seeing Hands | image = | caption = | director = Gunther von Fritsch | producer = Pete Smith | writer = Joe Ansen | starring = | music = | cinematography = Lester White | editing = | distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer | released = {{Film date|1943|7|3}} | runtime = 11 minutes | country = United States | language = English }}

'''''Seeing Hands''''' is a 1943 American short film. It tells the story of Benjamin Charles Helwig, who was blinded in his late teens but became a valued employee at an American World War II manufacturing plant, machining and inspecting precision parts.{{refn|''Seeing Hands'' (1943). Gunther von Fritsch, director.}} Directed by Gunther von Fritsch, the film was nominated for an Academy Award at the 16th Academy Awards for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).<ref name="Oscars1944">{{Cite web|url=http://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1944 |title=The 16th Academy Awards (1944) Nominees and Winners |accessdate=June 29, 2013 |work=oscars.org}}</ref>

==Cast== * Barbara Bedford as Ben's Mother (uncredited) * William Bishop as Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited) * Robert Frazer as John Downin (uncredited) * Russell Gleason as adult Ben Helwig (uncredited) * George 'Spanky' McFarland as "Fatty” leading initiation (uncredited) * Pete Smith, narrator of short (uncredited)

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0036340|Seeing Hands}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Seeing Hands}} Category:1943 films Category:1943 drama films Category:1943 short films Category:American drama short films Category:American black-and-white films Category:Films directed by Gunther von Fritsch Category:1943 English-language films Category:1943 American films Category:English-language drama short films