War Neuroses: Netley Hospital (1917), pt. 2 of 5

[3mate1]

Do soldiers today still develop these same kinds of ticks and tremors? I havn't heard or seen soldiers since the first world war display the same sorts of physical symptoms... PTSD, shell shock, soldiers heart what have you... I'm told they are the same, but apparently they are not?

[Hellfireknightmare]

@3mate1 Never heard about Vietnam (1964-1975)? WW1 Was fought in filthy trenches, but you could see the enemy in the opposite trenches; most of the time. In Vietnam, soldiers were ambushed by hidden enemies and even hidden traps, mines and snipers. It's well known that Vietnam veterans had psychologic disorders as well. Good evening.

[SloreTactician]

Who does farmwork in a suit and tie? This is a true relic of a lost era.

[hotelmario510]

It's so strange to see how fragile the human mind really is. You don't realise it until you see these films.

[Hellfireknightmare]

@hotelmario510 I agree, but I wouldn't say "fragile". Imagine cannot sleep during days and nights because of the tremors of thousands of bombs falling next to you; the terrible stench of mutilated corpses, urine and letrines full of slime and blood (Dysentery killed thousands of soldiers) being attacked by a poisonous gas which kills at entering your lungs and witnessing the horrible death and dismemberment of THOUSANDS of human beings, like you. I would change your "fragile" for "strong".

[hotelmario510]

@Hellfireknightmare I just find it bizarre that a traumatic event can actually cause physical side-effects.

[Hellfireknightmare]

@hotelmario510 And as I said: I agree.

[whereskim89]

at 3:44 they said pvt king was digging incompetently but why did they give him a pitchfork and expect him to dig?

[carlosb1]

@whereskim89 no shit huh lol

[zhenaw]

@whereskim89 It's a fork for digging in the earth. It's used for turning up roots such as potatoes, as they are in this film.

[letsgetthisoverwith]

@whereskim89 maybe they made him choose from different tools to dig, and he picked the pitchfork.

[paquitomoralles]

2:13 fingerprint on the lenses

[jaymorpheus11]

I don't know if being on medication for ones whole life is better treatment than is shown on this old video... figuring some of the people got treated without refills.

[Steeveriffic]

Not trying to be funny, but wonder if this inspired Python's Ministry of Silly Walks.

[allwittynamestaken]

oh the wonderful power of hypnosis

[owl1970]

FAKE

[pongboy1100]

@owl1970 WHAT FAKE? You mean all this stuff is fake??? you are a asshole! that needs to be at Verdun in a trench with mud, dead people and mortars all around you!

[owl1970]

@pongboy1100 This footage was proven to be fake in 1918. It was a deception scam used by the hospital to entice paying customers to come to the hospital. If you had even the most basic education on World War 1 you would know of this scandal.

Shell shock is real... But these claims of curing men in a single day are as false now as they were in 1917 when this movie was filmed.

[pongboy1100]

@owl1970 wow wow wow... i didn't know that! i know shell shock is real but i didn't know that.

My excuses to what i had just said.... buddy's? :)

[MisterBeaucoup]

@owl1970 At least they were cured eventually. I can't imagine having to spend my whole life walking around like that or shaking all the time.

[owl1970]

@MisterBeaucoup That is true.

[hutch1111111]

@pongboy1100 The documentary about this hospital was that they could cure shell shock in a matter of hours of several days. The real truth of course was and is that it can not happen that quickly. The names and incidents were real, they were recorded in the war diaries of various regiments, Netley borrowed them to showcase their treatments of shell shock.

[pongboy1100]

@hutch1111111 oh i didn't know that... thanks for the info

[marcusos1111]

poor men i feel really bad for them may them rest in peace. this videos are a bunch of lies i seriously doubt they recovered that fast from their traumatic symptoms! i hate how millions can die from one single idiots decision!(president kings etc) i wish to live the day a leader would get his head out of his ass and be on the fronlines! just for once!!

[Wermacht02]

pvte Sandall likes to wear a full suit working in the farm????.. suspicious

[ahamburger111]

@Wermacht02 Getting filmed around this time period was extremely rare and very expensive. I doubt he wanted to wear some junk clothes on the only occasion he'll probably ever be filmed.

[Wermacht02]

@ahamburger111 makes sense.... thank you

[ObbytheTrainhopper]

I wish there was sound, but then again, I'm glad there isn't any. I have a feeling their voices would be rather haunting...

[C3P0meetsData]

@ObbytheTrainhopper No, you don't want sound....or at least i don't. I wouldn't be able to handle watching this if i could hear their voices. I mean think about it, would you want to hear something described as "hysterical speech" from someone who died like, 100 years ago? That would bother me.

[ObbytheTrainhopper]

@C3P0meetsData Yeah, I agree with you there. It'd be deeply disturbing. Not only the actual sounds and content of their speech, but even the sound quality from this time would make it that much more spine-tingling.

[dancruz93]

Some took 2 hours, others years and others never u dummass, don't expect every1 to b the same. Wat a dickkk. I hate you!

[bestqualitybeats]

dont' be silly, it's imposible to be like that in 2 hours they suffer by years and years of war to be healty in two hours

[kmklover]

Wow! Thats pretty amazing how fast they were able to turn them around, that is if they arent lying about how long it took.

[kortenaken]

The treatment only took about 2 hours for stop moving his arms. I think that's strange.

[xbeckieboox]

Is this Netley Hospital which once stood on Southampton water?

[WellcomeFilm]

@xbeckieboox  Yes. The Curator.

[xbeckieboox]

wow i live not far from the chapel which is remaining,this really shows how big the place once was.Thankyou !

[welrish]

was electroshock therapy their treatment?

[Cytacon]

@welrish No, that "treatment" was not used until the 1930s.

[yellowwitch1]

@welrish no, in those days, people were treated with psycotherapy, hypnosis and work (farm, making baskets, keeping your mind busy). Freud started his career with these guys. now doctors don't want to give the trouble and force feed their patients with medication and electroshocks (and pocket commissions from the pharmaceutical industry).

[mojopin70]

@yellowwitch1 ,,pff techniques are much better today , medication is a god send for people with ptsd and other mental illnesses an unbalanced comment