Let There Be Light (1946)

[SaturnusSatanus]

How about letting these poor men go and see there families and try to return to normalcy instead experimenting on there minds.

[LFSIUN]

im here for pink floyd :

let there be more light

[Armypictorialcenter]

This is real and remarkable filmmaking. Some of the young GIs who worked on this film stayed with the Army studio for another 25 years. The sad part of the story is, when the bus takes recovered soldiers away from the hospital, there's a reverse shot of forlorn patients waving goodbye from the hospital grounds ... and some of those men never recovered and never left the hospital. Read about the film and the studio at the web site for Army Pictorial Center.

[FlyinMunky40]

Hmmm. This isnt Justice...

[billhicks8]

Enormous thanks to the Youtube user who posted this film. These soldiers have proven again how they can fight against the odds- whether it be temporarily or permanantly- and reclaim their dignity in the face of brutality and indifference (at least where certain areas of the public may be concerned). This is one of those movies that should be viewed by everyone.

[LDDavis911]

That's what today's newscasts are missing. A dramatic music score!

[amaliapolis]

Thanks for posting this difficult to find film.

[NancyCarol46]

My father also was treated at this facility in 1945 but was not in the film either. I believe electroshock therapy was used on him and also sodium anathol. The military never told my mother that this was a Psychatric Hospital, just addressed it as a Hospital.  My father never came back right from this. He was diagnosed as a Parnoid Szophrenic with Delusions of Grandure they said he was cured and sent him home....What a mistake....nothing but a life of hallucinations and delusions....UGH.:(

[wat700son]

human beings were never meant to murder one another, it's against creation-it's against nature

[HappyDad98036]

Great video, thanks for posting! PTSD isn't just a soldier's condition...many others have it, often from childhood or spousal trauma/abuse. SEEK HELP, counseling works!

[tntuof]

Is this real? It seems so well set-up..

[jowxy]

@tntuof it's real, look it up.

[snakesinmypants]

At least they turned the light off in the ward so they can masterbate themselves in the dark.

[darkiansmith]

These poor people. Iraq and Afghanistan are turning out cases by the truckload.

[mrswinn1962]

Seems to me the black soldier talks like he has education. He speaks very well. Yet he is only a PFC. Racism at it's best. SAD....

[ShinyTsubasa]

I don't like the way those psychologists are so pushy. >:\

[darkiansmith]

@ShinyTsubasa These are ARMY psychiatrists. "I order you to get better."

[Tucuxi3]

I smell a lot of Freud!

[HersheyBomar]

Thank you so much for putting this up!

[califgirl101]

Watched this incredible interesting movie! All I can say is WOW!

[hellomzbabs]

My father was treated at this facility in 1946 but was not in the film. I don't know if it was here or elsewhere that the military wanted to do electroshock therapy, but he refused. I was so thankful to find this online. I hope all victims of ptsd can be effectively treated. Better yet, I hope that we recognize that war hurts everyone. I want to thank all our veterans, including both my parents, for their service. The price of freedom is high, and too precious to be taken for granted.

[vivamortem]

@hellomzbabs freedom comes from never fighting in your own country?

[anxietyisland]

Every one of these guys is so damn precious. Like those that lost their lives, they gave their all in sacrifice for the freedom we have today. Personally, I want to reach out through the black and white emulsion of their images on film and give them a big hug and tell them they'll be okay. Heroes, every one of them.

[triptoheaveandho]

i undestand that our government baqnned this film from being seen =because it dikdnt want our soldiers to be seen as anything but brave and heroic-and it was apparently Walter Mondale in1980 who insisted the ban be lifted. ig ceritanly shows the horrors od war ..as this is REAL....

[marksellmedia]

The narrator is John's father, Walter Huston.

[fromthesidelines]

The narrator, 'Rodrigo', is none other than John Huston himself.

[Rodrigoteacher]

Who narrates?