A Smith named Pete narrates this Oscar-nominated short about a blind machinist. Russell Gleason plays the man, who lost his sight in boyhood. Subsequently, he learned to read braille and operate a wood-working shop in a shed. Two owners of a "small machine shop working in the war effort" heard him working at night without a light; on seeing the intricate work he did sightlessly, they hired him and trained him as a lathe operator. The last couple of minutes show Gleason as the blind man, working alone at his lathe, his only help his seeing-eye dog, who helps him locate dropped tools.
George "Spanky" MacFarland, longtime member of "Our Gang" makes his last appearance in an MGM short here.
George "Spanky" MacFarland, longtime member of "Our Gang" makes his last appearance in an MGM short here.