''The Seeing Eye'' is a 1951 American short
documentary film
A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional film, motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a Recorded history, historical record". Bill Nichols (film critic), Bil ...
produced by
Gordon Hollingshead
Gordon Hollingshead (January 8, 1892 in Garfield, New Jersey – July 8, 1952 in Balboa Island, California) was an American film producer, associate producer and assistant director.
Career
Hollingshead began his career as an assistant ...
in
Technicolor
Technicolor is a series of Color motion picture film, color motion picture processes, the first version dating back to 1916, and followed by improved versions over several decades.
Definitive Technicolor movies using three black and white films ...
as a
Technicolor Special about
The Seeing Eye
The Seeing Eye, Inc. is a guide dog school located in Morristown, New Jersey, in the United States. Founded in 1929, the Seeing Eye is the oldest guide dog school in the U.S., and one of the largest. The Seeing Eye campus includes administrat ...
, a
guide dog
Guide dogs (colloquially known in the US as seeing-eye dogs) are assistance dogs trained to lead blind or visually impaired people around obstacles. Although dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, they are red–green colour blin ...
training school in
. It was nominated for an
Academy Award
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for
Best Documentary Short.
''The Seeing Eye'' was preserved by the
Academy Film Archive
The Academy Film Archive is part of the Academy Foundation, established in 1944 with the purpose of organizing and overseeing the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ educational and cultural activities, including the preservation of m ...
in 2006.
Among previous film short documentaries on the same subject are two other titles sporting the same title:
*Also for Warner Brothers, but produced by Jerome Hillman as part of the ''
Broadway Brevities
Broadway Brevities are two-reel (17–21 minutes long) musical and dramatic film shorts produced by Warner Bros. between 1931 and 1943. The series continued as Warner Specials in later years.
Overview
Other titles used for these black and white ...
'' series, running 19 minutes and released April 5, 1941.
*Produced by
Educational Film Exchanges, Inc., supervised by Clinton Wunder, running 10 minutes and released January 17, 1936 as part of the "Treasure Chest" series.
References
External links
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1951 films
1951 documentary films
1951 short films
American short documentary films
1950s short documentary films
Warner Bros. short films
Films shot in New Jersey
Morristown, New Jersey
Documentary films about dogs
Documentary films about blind people
1950s English-language films
1950s American films
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