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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.
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Pete Smith Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Russell Gleason Ben Helwig (uncredited)
Barbara Bedford Ben's Mother (uncredited)
William Bishop Man Pulling Lamp Cord (uncredited)
Robert Frazer John Downin (uncredited)
George McFarland Fatty, Boy Leading Initiation (uncredited)
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