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Handy (Jam) OrganizationHere's Looking (1939)

Visual perception in animals, humans, and from the driver's seat of a Chevrolet.


This movie is part of the collection: Prelinger Archives

Producer: Handy (Jam) Organization
Sponsor: Chevrolet Motor Company
Audio/Visual: Sd, B&W
Keywords: Perception: Vision; Natural history; Automobiles: Engineering

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: Seto-Kaiba_Is_Stupid - - February 1, 2009
Subject: BEST FILM EVER
I LOVE THIS FILM SO MUCH. THANKS RICK.

Reviewer: Classic_TV_and_Radio_Fan - - September 27, 2008
Subject: I Love It, Thank You Rick!!
I love this film because it's old. Old films are awesome.

Reviewer: Robin_1990 - - April 22, 2008
Subject: Fun and VERY Underrated
I love this short, since it's got great footage of the time. More Jam Handy Please!

Reviewer: ERD - - June 14, 2007
Subject: "Here's Looking" a 1939 movie infomercial
Jim Handy used animals' vision in the first part if the film to get the audience interested and then uses it as a transition to show improvements in the 1939 automobile's windows. What do you expect from a movie infomercial?

Reviewer: Spuzz - - July 22, 2003
Subject: Eyes of Jem Handy
The never ending absurdity of Jam Handy comparing the most ridiculous things to automobiles is continued here as we are treated to some observations about animals and how they see. We get explanations of how Water Hawks, fish and, apparantly making it's motion picture debut, the quite ugly Tarsius. As I was watching this, since I'm used to this sort of thing, I wondered "when are they going to bring the cars into this?" and sure enough, shortly after, the narrator explains that this can be tied in by the way we see out of cars (mmkay, I'll buy that). We then see improvements in window technology and what would happen if we had a 'fish eye' view and driving. This is all supposed to mean something. Let me know if you can tell me.

Shotlist

"SHOWS HOW MODERN CAR TAKES ADVANTAGE OF MAN'S SEEING MECHANISM, REDUCING BLIND SPOTS OF STRUCTURE & GIVING HIM FLAWLESS GLASS TO SEE THRU. FISH, BIRDS & ANIMALS ARE PROTECTED BY GOOD SEEING MECHANISMS. TARSIUS SPECTRUM SHOWN FOR FIRST TIME ON FILM."

Two men in a fishing boat start discussing the eyesight of a hawk and a fish. Scientists in a lab are also concerned with the eyesight of various animals in comparison to human eyesight, such as the tarsier and hawk, and are shown using a type of microscope to examine the eyesight of a guinea pig. Scientists set up a camera with different lenses in an automobile to allow the left eye vision and the right eye vision to eliminate completely the center post of the vehicle from the driver's line of view. Secondly, they simulate the eyesight of a tarsier and a fish in the driver's seat which enables them to demonstrate the 360 degree visibility of the Chevrolet.

Two men fishing in a row boat, one man standing and smoking a pipe
A hawk flying
Man holding a trout in his hand
Close-up of a trout being held, gasping for air
Close-up of the eye of a hawk
Close-up of a guinea pig
Scientists in lab coats looking at a guinea pig with seeing instrument
Sign, "SPECTRAL TARSIER, TARSIUS SPECTRUM"
A scientist removing a tarsier from a cage, placing it on a small tree
Close-up of the tarsier being held in one hand
Close-up of human eyes (woman's eyes)
Woman getting an eye test with machinery
Woman typing while two scientists look on
Shot of wind vent of automobile
Animation from above a car on the road
The elimination of the corner post of an automobile
Close-up of the eyes of a tarsier



CHEVROLET AUTOMOBILES ADVERTISING TRANSPORTATION SIGHT SEEING EYES SENSES VISION VISUAL PERCEPTION BLIND SPOTS GLASS TRANSPARENCY FISH BIRDS ANIMALS DOCTORS PHYSICIANS FISHERMEN FISHING SPECTRAL TARSIER TARSIUS SPECTRUM MUSCLE SCIENCE PHYSIOLOGY BIOLOGY Chevrolet Motor Company (sponsor) Automobiles Vision Perception Eyes Senses Tarsus spectrum Spectral tarsus Primates