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The Shield

United States, 1971
film

Presents statements from industrial employees whose eyesight was saved by wearing eye protection, followed by statements from a man who was blinded in an indu..

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I Can't See

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Just once

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Your richest gift

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Don't be incorrectly dressed

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A Thousand eyes

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