Let There Be Light (1946)
1946 · Newsreel · 58 min · dir. John Huston
- Documentary
- War
Synopsis
The final entry in a trilogy of films produced for the U.S. government by John Huston. Some returning combat veterans suffer scars that are more psychological than physical. This film follows patients and staff during their treatment. It deals with what would now be called PTSD, but at the time was categorised as psychoneurosis or shell-shock. Government officials deemed this 1946 film counterproductive to postwar efforts; it was not shown publicly until 1981.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- John Huston
- Writer
- John Huston
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Studio
- U.S. Army Pictorial Services
- Released
- 1946-12-16
- Running time
- 58 minutes
Cast & crew
John Huston Director
Walter Huston
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★★ · One of the MOST important films of the 20th century · CubanBach · 2016-03-26
I am left with tears of joy and sadness, of release, of relief and deep personal satisfaction that these men were treated with kindness, respect and compassion. Recommended without reservation. A "must see"
★★★★★ · The fact that US government & military hid this film from public · RM_115 · 2022-01-02
verifies veteran mistreatment as active duty and post by Amerika and dept of Veterans Affairs. This is ongoing almost a century later with over 100 veterans dying by suicide each day; I bet if figures were kept back then, the number is that amount or worse. Publicizing this information is bad for keeping up recruitment and public support for their ongoing wars sending other people's families, son's, daughters, etc into that meat grinder. War is good business- invest somebody else's kids and families fighting rich person's wars to pay for Amerika's free ride and lunch especially freeloading…
