World War 2 PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder) Documentary - Let There Be Light (1946) [DVD]

This post-WWII John Huston film documents the psychiatric treatment of war veterans and shell shocked soldiers participating in a 10-week recovery program in a Long Island hospital. The 1946 documentary so poignantly captures the painful, touching side of recovery and the return back into civilian life that it was actually banned for a time after its release. Even though it was commissioned by the U.S. government, the film came off as a potentially demoralizing example of war trauma. In the footage, 75 Soldiers are filmed through the entire psychiatric process, from admission, evaluation and diagnosis to the various forms of treatment, including counseling, hypnosis, and psychological exams. Let There Be Light was the third chapter of Huston's trilogy of films for the government, and it remains a thought-provoking and tasteful documentation of WWII military psychiatry and the human side of psychosomatic disabilities spawned by war.

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