The Seeing Eye

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Movie
Original title The Seeing Eye
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1951
length 20 minutes
Rod
Director Owen Crump
production Gordon Hollingshead
for Warner Bros.
music William Lava
camera André de la Varre
occupation

The Seeing Eye is an American documentary - short film by Owen Crump in 1951, which for a Oscar nominee.

content

The film shows a tour of the blind school "The Seeing Eye" in Whippany , New Jersey . The dogs living there are their "seeing eyes" for the blind and an important aid in the daily tasks to be mastered. The special thing about it is that the narration is from the point of view of a school guide dog .

production

publication

The film, produced by Warner Bros. , was first released in the United States in December 1951. It represents an updated version in Technicolor of the black and white film Brevity , shot in 1941 , which at the time showed a tour of the blind school "The Seeing Eye". The film was part of the Broadway Brevity series . There is also another short film with the same title and content, produced by Educational Film Exchanges Inc. and released in January 1936 as part of the Treasure Chest series .

background

The Seeing Eye was founded in the United States on January 29, 1929 in Nashville , Tennessee . In 1931 the organization moved to Whippany, New Jersey, because the northeastern climate was more suitable for the dogs being trained. At the beginning of June 1965, the foundation stone was laid for the current headquarters in Morristown , New Jersey.

Award

Gordon Hollingshead was nominated at the Academy Awards in 1952 with the film as a producer for an Oscar in the category "Best Documentary Short Film" , but lost out to Fred Zinnemann and his film Benjy .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Seeing Eye (1951) at letterboxd.com (English)
  2. ↑ The Seeing Eye - History at seeingeye.org (English)
  3. ↑ 1951 Academy Awards at infoplease.com (English)