Let There Be Light (1946)

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0038687/

The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. This documentary film follows 75 U.S. soldiers who have sustained debilitating emotional trauma and depression. A series of scenes chronicle their entry into a psychiatric hospital, their treatment and eventual recovery.

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[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.

[ShinyTsubasa]

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

[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...

[jowxy]

@tntuof it's real, look it up.

[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