This short film made for the WPA is part of an unusual collection of films entitled "Unseen Cinema: Early American Avant-Garde Film 1894-1941". It's not at all the sort of collection the average person would want to watch--mostly because it consists mostly of art films and films of historical interest--and not the sort of things most folks enjoy seeing.
"Hands" shows LOTS of sets of hands doing various jobs. And, occasionally, you see the hands grasping checks--which you assume is to indicate that the hands have earned this money. It all seems like a rather dull film to indicate the value of work and the WPA--part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
You cannot really rate a film like this--it just doesn't have a lot of appeal to most folks and is an odd product of its times.
"Hands" shows LOTS of sets of hands doing various jobs. And, occasionally, you see the hands grasping checks--which you assume is to indicate that the hands have earned this money. It all seems like a rather dull film to indicate the value of work and the WPA--part of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal.
You cannot really rate a film like this--it just doesn't have a lot of appeal to most folks and is an odd product of its times.
