Unseen Guardians

Unseen Guardians

11 mins | Drama, Documentary | Aug. 26, 1939

The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories, which are shown testing electrical equipment, fire extinguishers, and large floor safes; and those who run orphanages, who assure that the children in their care are placed in proper adoptive homes.

Unseen Guardians

11 mins | Drama, Documentary | Aug. 26, 1939

Unseen Guardians
The "unseen guardians" of the title are the Postal Inspection Service, which investigates mail order racketeering; the Underwriters' Laboratories, which are shown testing electrical equipment, fire extinguishers, and large floor safes; and those who run orphanages, who assure that the children in their care are placed in proper adoptive homes.
Producers Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Original title Unseen Guardians
Directors Basil Wrangell
Writers Samuel H. Chain, George Wallace Sayre, Doane R. Hoag

Cast

John Nesbitt

as Narrator

Nestor Paiva

as Mail Order Crook

Jo Ann Sayers

as Leading Actress