Let there be light

Duration: 58

Year Published: 1948

Creator: United States. Department of Defense.

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Sound: sound

Description: Explores the rehabilitation of returning World War II soldiers who were victims of an enormous variety of psychosomatic combat disabilities. Demonstrates narcosynthesis, hypnosis, and psychiatric therapy for individuals and groups. Observes the intensely personal moments of self-revelation that are vital to the slow process of psychological healing. Presented as originally written and produced by John Huston with the exception of the deletion of the soldiers' names to protect their privacy., Shows the rehabilitation of combat neuro psychotic patients in an Army hospital. Demonstrates narcosynthesis, hypnosis, and psychiatric therapy for individuals and for groups., Withheld from the public for 35 years, this classic documentary of World War II focuses on the various psychoneuroses suffered by soldiers as a result of combat duty. Narrated by Walter Huston, the film follows the men's admission to Mason General Hospital on Long Island to their release, enumerating the stages of treatment and providing insight into the battle fatigue syndrome., Withheld from the public for 35 years, this classic documentary of World War II focuses on the various psychoneuroses suffered by soldiers as a result of combat duty. Narrated by Walter Huston, the film follows the men's admission to Mason General Hospital on Long Island to their release, enumerating the stages of treatment and providing insight into the battle fatigue syndrome.